Peter Voser | |
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Born | Peter Robert Voser 29 August 1958 Baden, Switzerland |
Alma mater | Zurich University of Applied Sciences |
Occupation | Businessman |
Years active | –present |
Title | Chairman of ABB |
Board member of | IBM Corporation / Temasek Holdings / PSA International |
Spouse | Daniela Voser |
Children | 3 |
Peter Robert Voser (born 29 August 1958) [1] is a Swiss businessman, who is the chairman of the Swedish-Swiss company ABB. He was the CEO of the Dutch-British corporation Royal Dutch Shell from July 2009 to December 2013. He was interim CEO of ABB from April 2019 to February 2020. [2] He started his career at Royal Dutch Shell in 1982, working in a number of finance and business roles in different countries. From 2002 to 2005 he was chief financial officer for ABB and Royal Dutch Shell. In 2004, he was appointed Royal Dutch Shell's chief financial officer (CFO) and then CEO in July 2009.
Voser was born in Baden, Switzerland in 1958. [3] From 1979 to 1982 he studied for a Business Administration degree from Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland. [4]
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. [5]
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. [6] On 2 May 2013, it was announced that Voser would retire from Shell in the first half of 2014. [7] On 17 April 2019, Voser was named interim Chief Executive Officer of ABB. [8] and also Board Director in IBM since 2015. [9]
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. [14] [15] In April 2022 Peter Voser was conferred the Honorary Citizen Award by the Singapore Government. [16]
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. [17]
Voser is married to Daniela and has three children. [18] Since September 2013 he has been serving in the position of the chairman of the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies, replacing Josef Ackermann. [19]
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