
Ben van Beurden has run Shell since 2014 and joined the oil major in the 1980s (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA)
(Picture: PA Archive)The chief executive of Shell, Ben van Beurden, is stepping down from the top job at the UK’s most valuable company.
He will be replaced at the end of the year by a fellow company insider, Wael Sawan, who steps up from its gas and renewables division.