Wael Sawan
Chief Executive Officer
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Leads Shell's performance, discipline, and simplification agenda.
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Shell is an integrated energy company headquartered in London. FY2025 revenue was $266.886 billion, income attributable to shareholders was $17.837 billion, and the company had 85,000 employees.
Shell makes money by exploring for and producing oil and natural gas, liquefying and trading LNG, refining and marketing fuels, selling lubricants and chemicals, and operating customer-facing energy businesses. Results are driven by commodity prices, LNG volumes, trading margins, refining margins, operating reliability, and capital discipline.
Chief Executive Officer
Leads Shell's performance, discipline, and simplification agenda.
Former Chief Executive Officer
Led Shell through the BG Group acquisition and early energy-transition strategy.
Shell faces commodity-price volatility, energy-transition pressure, emissions regulation, climate litigation, portfolio simplification demands, refining and chemicals cycles, and operational safety risk.