Jeroen van der Veer (born October 27, 1947 in Utrecht, Netherlands) is the CEO of oil company Royal Dutch Shell. October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Utrecht ( (help· info)) is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. ... A chief executive officer (CEO), or chief executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, or agency. ... Natural olive oil Synthetic motor oil Oil, in a general sense, is a chemical compound that is not miscible with water, and is in a liquid state at ambient temperatures. ... A corporation is a legal person which, while being composed of natural persons, exists completely separately from them. ... Royal Dutch Shell PLC is a multinational oil company of Anglo Dutch origins, which is amongst the largest energy corporations in the world, and one of the five supermajors (vertically integrated private-sector oil, natural gas, and petrol (gasoline) companies). ...

The Dutchman joined Shell in 1971 where he worked in manufacturing and marketing in the Netherlands, Curaçao and the United Kingdom. This is a list of Dutch people who are famous and/or have an article: // Art Architecture Jaap Bakema, (1914-1981), architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage, (1856-1934), architect J. H. van den Broek, (1898-1978), architect Pierre Cuypers, (1827-1921), architect Willem Marinus Dudok, (1884-1974), architect Aldo van Eyck... Anthem: Himno di Kòrsou Capital Willemstad Area  - Total  - % water (Not ranked) 450 km² Negligible Population  - Total  - Density 173,400 (2006) 391/km² Curaçao (pronounced [kurasão]) is an island in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela. ...

Van der Veer graduated in 1971 from Delft University with a MSc in mechanical engineering and went on to earn a MSc in economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam. In 2005 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria. Founded in 1842, the Delft University of Technology, in Delft, the Netherlands, is one of the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive technical universities in the Netherlands, with over 13,000 students and 2,100 scientists (including 200 professors). ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... The W16 engine from a Bugatti Veyron Mechanical engineering is a very broad field of engineering that involves the application of physical principles for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. ... Buyers bargain for good prices while sellers put forth their best front in Chichicastenango Market, Guatemala. ... Erasmus University Rotterdam is a university in the Netherlands, located in Rotterdam. ... An honorary degree (Latin: honoris causa ad gradum, not to be confused with an honors degree) is an academic degree awarded to an individual as a decoration, rather than as the result of matriculating and studying for several years. ...

He is a non-executive director of Unilever, married to Mariette and has 4 daughters. Unilever (Euronext: UNA, LSE: ULVR, NYSE: UN) is an Anglo-Dutch company that owns many of the worlds consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. ...

External link

(English) Bio at Shell public website