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'''Peter Robert Voser''' is a Swiss businessman, who is the chairman of the Swedish-Swiss company [[ABB]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121219015153/http://www.forbes.com/profile/peter-r-voser/ Forbes.com]</ref> He was the [[chief executive officer|CEO]] of the Dutch-British corporation [[Royal Dutch Shell]] from July 2009 to December 2013.<ref>https://global.abb/group/en/about/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/peter-vose</ref>
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In 2009 he was the highest paid corporate executive in [[Europe]].<ref>http://www.sueddeutsche.de/geld/ranking-managergehaelter-in-deutschland-arbeit-die-sich-lohnt-1.965532-11</ref> [[Royal Dutch Shell]] paid former CEO 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]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/mar/13/shell-chief-peter-voser-pay-profit-warning-share-awards Former Shell chief paid £22m over two years despite profit warning] Annual report reveals how Peter Voser made enormous gains through share awards and other performance-related bonuses, The Guardian 13 March 2014</ref>
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==Early life==
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Voser was born in [[Baden, Switzerland|Baden]], Switzerland in 1958.<ref>[https://www.munzinger.de/search/go/document.jsp?id=00000027822 Munzinger.de]</ref> From 1979 to 1982 he studied for a Business Administration degree from [[Zurich University of Applied Sciences]], Switzerland.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130609210616/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1793836&ticker=RDSA:LN</ref>
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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.<ref>http://www.temasek.com.sg/mediacentre/newsreleases?detailid=20751</ref>
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From 2002 to 2004, Voser was CFO and an executive committee member of the [[ABB Group|Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) Group of Companies]]. Voser was active in a number of international and bilateral organisations, including the [[European Round Table of Industrialists]] and The Business Council.
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In 2010, he became a director of [[Catalyst (nonprofit organization)|Catalyst]], a [[non-profit]] organisation working to build inclusive environments and expand opportunities for women at work.
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Voser was CFO of Shell until mid-2009, when he became the company's CEO and was succeeded as CFO by [[Simon Henry]].<ref>https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/3340/royal-dutch-shell-in-board-reshuffle-names-simon-henry-new-cfo-4752.html</ref> On 2 May 2013, it was announced that Voser would retire from Shell in the first half of 2014.<ref>http://www.4-traders.com/ROYAL-DUT-ADR-B-14213/news/ROYAL-DUT-ADR-B-ROYAL-DUTCH-SHELL-PLC-CEO-Peter-Voser-to-retire-in-2014-16805204/</ref> On 17 April 2019, Voser was named interim Chief Executive Officer of ABB. <ref>https://new.abb.com/news/detail/19429/abb-names-peter-voser-as-interim-ceo-ulrich-spiesshofer-steps-down/ </ref>
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==Other positions==
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* [[Economic Development Board]] (EDB) Singapore, Member of the International Advisory Council<ref>[https://www.edb.gov.sg/en/about-edb/our-team/international-advisory-council.html International Advisory Council] [[Economic Development Board]] (EDB).</ref> 
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* [[Temasek Holdings]], Singapore Member of the Board of Directors (since 2015)<ref>http://www.temasek.com.sg/mediacentre/newsreleases?detailid=20751</ref>
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*[[PSA International]], Singapore, Chairman (since 2019)<ref>https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/americas/peter-voser-named-new-chairman-psa-international</ref>
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* [[ABB]], Sweden, Chairman of the Board of Directors (since 2015)
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*Since September 2013 he has been serving in the position of the chairman of the [[St. Gallen Symposium|St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies]], replacing [[Josef Ackermann]].<ref>International Students’ Committee, [http://stgallen-symposium.org/News.aspx?sc_itemid={05EAEB23-AB05-4E75-A6E7-6B6D91517D81} Changes in the Board of Trustees]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, retrieved 25 May 2012.</ref>
 
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* [[IBM]], USA, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2014)<ref>http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ibm-elects-two-new-members-to-its-board-of-directors-2014-07-29</ref>
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On 15 July 2011, the [[Sultan of Brunei]] awarded Voser the [[Order of Paduka Seri Laila Jasa]] in recognition of his services to Brunei.<ref>http://www.temasek.com.sg/mediacentre/newsreleases?detailid=2075</ref><ref>http://bruneiresources.blogspot.com/2011/07/hm-65th-birthday-awards.html</ref>
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In April 2022 Peter Voser was conferred the Honorary Citizen Award by the Singapore Government.<ref>https://www.edb.gov.sg/en/about-edb/media-releases-publications/national-honours-conferred-on-two-senior-business-executives-for-significant-contributions-to-singapore.html</ref>
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==Personal life==
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Voser is married to Daniela and has three children.<ref name="Shell bio">https://web.archive.org/web/20100730075214/http://www.shell.com/home/content/aboutshell/who_we_are/leadership/executive_committee/peter_voser/</ref>
 
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Person.png Peter Voser   Powerbase SourcewatchRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(businessman)
Peter Voser.jpg
BornPeter Robert Voser
29 August 1958
Baden, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Alma materZurich University of Applied Sciences, International Institute for Management Development
Children3
SpouseDaniela Voser
Member ofEuropean Round Table of Industrialists
Swiss manager and highest paid executive in Europe in 2009. Attended the 2010, 2012 and 2013 Bilderberg meetings as CEO of Shell.

Employment.png Chairman

In office
April 2015 - Present
EmployerABB
Preceded byJean-Claude Trichet
PolyBilderberg

Employment.png Shell/CEO

In office
2009 - 2013
Bilderberg

Peter Robert Voser is a Swiss businessman, who is the chairman of the Swedish-Swiss company ABB.[1] He was the CEO of the Dutch-British corporation Royal Dutch Shell from July 2009 to December 2013.[2]

In 2009 he was the highest paid corporate executive in Europe.[3] Royal Dutch Shell paid former CEO 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.[4]

Early life

Voser was born in Baden, Switzerland in 1958.[5] From 1979 to 1982 he studied for a Business Administration degree from Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland.[6]

Career

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.[7]

From 2002 to 2004, Voser was CFO and an executive committee member of the Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) Group of Companies. Voser was 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.[8] On 2 May 2013, it was announced that Voser would retire from Shell in the first half of 2014.[9] On 17 April 2019, Voser was named interim Chief Executive Officer of ABB. [10]

Other positions

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/20103 June 20106 June 2010Spain
Hotel Dolce Sitges
Barcelona		The 122 guests met in the Hotel Dolce Sitges, Barcelona, Spain.
Bilderberg/201231 May 20123 June 2012US
Virginia
Chantilly		The 58th Bilderberg, in Chantilly, Virginia. Unusually just 4 years after an earlier Bilderberg meeting there.
Bilderberg/20136 June 20139 June 2013Watford
UK		The 2013 Bilderberg group meeting.
WEF/Annual Meeting/200421 January 200425 January 2004Switzerland
WEF		2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres.
WEF/Annual Meeting/201126 January 201130 January 2011Switzerland
WEF		2229 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201225 January 201229 January 2012Switzerland
WEF		2113 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/201323 January 201327 January 2013Switzerland
WEF		2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201620 January 201623 January 2016Switzerland
WEF		Attended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201717 January 201720 January 2017Switzerland
WEF		2952 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."
WEF/Annual Meeting/202021 January 202024 January 2020Switzerland
WEF		This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting.
WEF/Annual Meeting/202222 May 202226 May 2022Switzerland
WEF		1912 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/202316 January 202320 January 2023Switzerland
WEF		The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World"
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  • IBM, USA, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2014)[15]

On 15 July 2011, the Sultan of Brunei awarded Voser the Order of Paduka Seri Laila Jasa in recognition of his services to Brunei.[16][17] In April 2022 Peter Voser was conferred the Honorary Citizen Award by the Singapore Government.[18]

Personal life

Voser is married to Daniela and has three children.[19]

References

  1. ↑ Forbes.com
  2. ↑ https://global.abb/group/en/about/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/peter-vose
  3. ↑ http://www.sueddeutsche.de/geld/ranking-managergehaelter-in-deutschland-arbeit-die-sich-lohnt-1.965532-11
  4. ↑ Former Shell chief paid £22m over two years despite profit warning Annual report reveals how Peter Voser made enormous gains through share awards and other performance-related bonuses, The Guardian 13 March 2014
  5. ↑ Munzinger.de
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130609210616/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1793836&ticker=RDSA:LN
  7. ↑ http://www.temasek.com.sg/mediacentre/newsreleases?detailid=20751
  8. ↑ https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/3340/royal-dutch-shell-in-board-reshuffle-names-simon-henry-new-cfo-4752.html
  9. ↑ http://www.4-traders.com/ROYAL-DUT-ADR-B-14213/news/ROYAL-DUT-ADR-B-ROYAL-DUTCH-SHELL-PLC-CEO-Peter-Voser-to-retire-in-2014-16805204/
  10. ↑ https://new.abb.com/news/detail/19429/abb-names-peter-voser-as-interim-ceo-ulrich-spiesshofer-steps-down/
  11. ↑ International Advisory Council Economic Development Board (EDB).
  12. ↑ http://www.temasek.com.sg/mediacentre/newsreleases?detailid=20751
  13. ↑ https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/americas/peter-voser-named-new-chairman-psa-international
  14. ↑ International Students’ Committee, Changes in the Board of Trustees[dead link], retrieved 25 May 2012.
  15. ↑ http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ibm-elects-two-new-members-to-its-board-of-directors-2014-07-29
  16. ↑ http://www.temasek.com.sg/mediacentre/newsreleases?detailid=2075
  17. ↑ http://bruneiresources.blogspot.com/2011/07/hm-65th-birthday-awards.html
  18. ↑ https://www.edb.gov.sg/en/about-edb/media-releases-publications/national-honours-conferred-on-two-senior-business-executives-for-significant-contributions-to-singapore.html
  19. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100730075214/http://www.shell.com/home/content/aboutshell/who_we_are/leadership/executive_committee/peter_voser/
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