據美國油價網9月15日報道，英國能源巨頭殼牌公司周四宣布，首席執行官本·范伯登將于2022年底卸任，現任殼牌綜合天然氣、可再生能源和能源解決方案總監的魏思旺將于2023年1月1日成為其下一任首席執行官。

據英國《金融時報》報道，去年5月，蘇格蘭商人、必和必拓前首席執行官安德魯·麥肯齊爵士就任殼牌公司董事長后，范伯登的離職準備工作就開始了。

兩位不愿透露姓名的消息人士告訴路透社，殼牌董事會繼任委員會今年夏天就范伯登的離職和潛在繼任者舉行了幾次會議。

他們最終決定由殼牌綜合天然氣、可再生能源和能源解決方案總監魏思旺于2023年1月1日接任首席執行官。

“魏思旺去年被任命為該集團綜合天然氣和可再生能源業務的負責人，這在內部被視為一個跡象，表明他正在接受最高職位的培訓。”英國《金融時報》指出。

麥肯齊爵士在談到任命時表示，他是一位杰出的領導者，具有“戰略清晰性”和對殼牌和能源行業的“深刻理解”，擁有推動殼牌安全、盈利地度過下一個轉型和增長階段所需的“所有品質”。

魏思旺表示：“我期待著引導我們優秀的員工以開拓精神和充沛激情去迎接巨大的挑戰，抓住能源轉型帶來的機遇。”

麥肯齊爵士說，“即將卸任的首席執行官范伯登可以非常自豪地回顧自己在殼牌39年的非凡職業生涯”，并補充說，“在過去的十年中，范伯登一直是殼牌到2050年實現凈零排放能源業務轉型的先鋒”。

孫美玲 摘譯自 美國油價網

原文如下：

Shell’s Renewable Director Steps Up As New CEO

British energy giant Shell announced Thursday that CEO Ben van Beurden will step down at the end of 2022 and that his successor will be the company's renewables director. 

FT reported preparations for van Beurden's departure began last May when Scottish businessman and former CEO of BHP Billiton Sir Andrew Mackenzie became Shell's chair. 

Two unnamed sources told Reuters that Shell's board succession committee met several times this summer about Beurden's departure and potential successors. 

They picked Wael Sawan, Shell's director of integrated gas, renewables, and energy solutions, to lead the company on Jan. 1. 

"Sawan's appointment last year as head of the group's integrated gas and renewables business was viewed internally as a sign he was being groomed for the top job," FT noted. 

Mackenzie commented on Sawan's appointment by saying he "is an exceptional leader, with all the qualities needed to drive Shell safely and profitably through its next phase of transition and growth."

Sawan said: "I'm looking forward to channeling the pioneering spirit and passion of our incredible people to rise to the immense challenges, and grasp the opportunities presented by the energy transition."

The outgoing CEO "can look back with great pride on an extraordinary 39-year Shell career," Mackenzie said, adding, over the last decade, van Beurden "has been in the vanguard for the transition of Shell to a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050."