Mr Peter Voser became Chief Executive Officer on 1 July 2009. Before his appointment as CEO, Mr Voser had been Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and an Executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell since 2004. He was CFO of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies from October 2004 to July 2005. Mr Voser was CFO and an Executive Committee Member of the Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) Group of Companies, based in Switzerland, from March 2002 until September 2004.

He joined Shell in 1982 after graduating in business administration from the University of Applied Sciences, Zurich. Following that, he went to work in a number of finance and business roles in Switzerland, the UK, Argentina and Chile. After moving back to London from Chile in early 1997, he became the Group Chief Internal Auditor. In 1999, Mr Voser was appointed CFO of Shell Europe Oil Products. He became CFO of the Global Oil Products Business in early 2001 and a member of the Oil Products Executive Committee.

From 2004 until April 2006, Peter was a member of the Supervisory Board of Aegon N.V. He served on the Board of Directors of UBS AG from April 2005 to April 2010. He is currently a Director of Catalyst, a non-profit organisation which works to build inclusive environments and expand opportunities for women and business. He was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of Roche at their 2011 Annual General Meeting in March 2011. Mr Voser is also active in a number of international and bilateral organisations, including the European Round Table of Industrialists and The Business Council.

A Swiss citizen born in 1958, he is married to Daniela and they have three children.