Peter Voser

Voser was born in Baden, Switzerland in 1958.[https://www.munzinger.de/search/go/document.jsp?id=00000027822 Munzinger.de] From 1979 to 1982 he studied for a Business Administration degree from Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland.{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1793836&ticker=RDSA:LN|title=Peter R. Voser: Executive profile and biography|publisher=Bloomberg BusinessWeek|access-date=4 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609210616/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1793836&ticker=RDSA:LN|archive-date=9 June 2013|url-status=dead}}

In 1982, at age 24, Voser joined Shell and held a variety of finance and business roles in Switzerland, the UK, Argentina and Chile, as well as chief financial officer of Oil Products.{{Cite web|url=http://www.temasek.com.sg/mediacentre/newsreleases?detailid=20751|title = News & Views}}

From 2002 to 2004, Voser was CFO and an executive committee member of the Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) Group of Companies. Voser is active in a number of international and bilateral organisations, including the European Round Table of Industrialists and The Business Council.

In 2010, he became a director of Catalyst, a non-profit organisation working to build inclusive environments and expand opportunities for women at work.

Voser was CFO of Shell until mid-2009, when he became the company's CEO and was succeeded as CFO by Simon Henry.{{cite web |title=Royal Dutch Shell in board reshuffle, names Simon Henry new CFO |date= 12 March 2009 |url= https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/3340/royal-dutch-shell-in-board-reshuffle-names-simon-henry-new-cfo-4752.html |access-date=27 May 2022 |publisher=Proactiveinvestors (UK)}} On 2 May 2013, it was announced that Voser would retire from Shell in the first half of 2014.{{cite web|title=ROYAL DUT ADR'B' : ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC – CEO Peter Voser to retire in 2014|date=2 May 2013 |url=http://www.4-traders.com/ROYAL-DUT-ADR-B-14213/news/ROYAL-DUT-ADR-B-ROYAL-DUTCH-SHELL-PLC-CEO-Peter-Voser-to-retire-in-2014-16805204/|publisher=4 Traders|access-date=2 May 2013}} On 17 April 2019, Voser was named interim Chief Executive Officer of ABB. {{cite web |url=https://new.abb.com/news/detail/19429/abb-names-peter-voser-as-interim-ceo-ulrich-spiesshofer-steps-down/ |title = ABB names Peter Voser as interim CEO}}

and also Board Director in IBM since 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibm.com/investor/governance/board-of-directors.html|title=Meet the board|website=IBM }}

• Economic Development Board (EDB) Singapore, Member of the International Advisory Council[https://www.edb.gov.sg/en/about-edb/our-team/international-advisory-council.html International Advisory Council] Economic Development Board (EDB).

• Temasek Holdings, Singapore Member of the Board of Directors (since 2015){{cite web|last1=Forshaw|first1=Stephen|title=Temasek Appoints Three More Board Members|url=http://www.temasek.com.sg/mediacentre/newsreleases?detailid=20751|website=Temasek Holdings|access-date=25 April 2015}}
• PSA International, Singapore, Chairman (since 2019){{Cite web|date=29 March 2019|title=Peter Voser named as new chairman of PSA International|url=https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/americas/peter-voser-named-new-chairman-psa-international|access-date=12 September 2021|website=Seatrade Maritime|language=en}}
• ABB, Sweden, Chairman of the Board of Directors (since 2015)
• IBM, USA, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2014){{cite web|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ibm-elects-two-new-members-to-its-board-of-directors-2014-07-29|title=IBM Elects Two New Members to Its Board of Directors|publisher=marketwatch|access-date=29 July 2014}}

On 15 July 2011, His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei awarded Voser the Order of Paduka Seri Laila Jasa in recognition of his services to Brunei.{{Cite web|url=http://www.temasek.com.sg/mediacentre/newsreleases?detailid=20751|title = News & Views}}{{Cite web |title=HM 65th Birthday Awards |url=http://bruneiresources.blogspot.com/2011/07/hm-65th-birthday-awards.html |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=HM 65th Birthday Awards}} In April 2022 Peter Voser was conferred the Honorary Citizen Award by the Singapore Government.{{Cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.sg/en/about-edb/media-releases-publications/national-honours-conferred-on-two-senior-business-executives-for-significant-contributions-to-singapore.html|title = National Honours Conferred on Two Senior Business Executives for Significant Contributions to Singapore}}

• 50x50px Order of Paduka Seri Laila Jasa Second Class (DSLJ) – Dato Seri Laila Jasa (15 July 2011)

Royal Dutch Shell paid former chief executive Peter Voser £22m in his last years 2012–2013 through share awards and other performance-related bonuses while the company failed to perform well. Voser was responsible for the controversial projects of the US oil shale lands, the Niger Delta and the Arctic oil exploration.[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/mar/13/shell-chief-peter-voser-pay-profit-warning-share-awards Former Shell chief paid £22m over two years despite profit warning] Annual report reveals how Peter Voser made enormous gains through share awards and other performance-related bonuses, The Guardian 13 March 2014

Voser is married to Daniela and has three children.[http://www.shell.com/home/content/aboutshell/who_we_are/leadership/executive_committee/peter_voser/ Peter Voser biography at Shell.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730075214/http://www.shell.com/home/content/aboutshell/who_we_are/leadership/executive_committee/peter_voser/ |date=30 July 2010 }} Since September 2013 he has been serving in the position of the chairman of the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies, replacing Josef Ackermann.International Students’ Committee, [http://stgallen-symposium.org/News.aspx?sc_itemid={05EAEB23-AB05-4E75-A6E7-6B6D91517D81} Changes in the Board of Trustees]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, retrieved 25 May 2012.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080310204621/http://www.ert.be/members_a_to_z.aspx European Round Table of Industrialists – Members]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090318074501/http://catalyst.org/page/89/catalyst-boards Catalyst: Boards]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110726060853/http://www.roche.com/media/media_releases/med-cor-2010-12-13.htm Roche announces change in Board of Directors]
• [http://www.roche.com/about_roche/management/board_of_directors/board_of_directors-voser.htm Peter Voser entry on Roche Board of Directors]

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• [https://money.cnn.com/2009/07/07/news/international/royal_dutch_shell_peter_voser.fortune/?postversion=2009070808 Meet Shell’s new CEO- Fortune magazine interview (8 Jul 2009)]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110402231123/http://www.shell.com/home/content/aboutshell/swol/2011/pv_jan_2011/ Delivering energy through innovation – interview (10 Jan 2011)]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110430030830/http://www.shell.com/home/content/aboutshell/swol/2010/pv_june_2010/ Shell CEO keeps foot on accelerator – interview (14 Jun 2010)]
• [http://www.shell.com/global/aboutshell/features-highlights/pv-jan-2010.html I’m open to critics but I have a business to run – interview (2 May 2013)]

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