Peter Voser
 Peter Voser      (businessman) | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | Peter Robert Voser 29 August 1958 Baden, Switzerland | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Swiss | |||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Zurich University of Applied Sciences, International Institute for Management Development | |||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Spouse | Daniela Voser | |||||||||||||
| Member of | European 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.
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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]
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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
- Economic Development Board (EDB) Singapore, Member of the International Advisory Council[11]
- Temasek Holdings, Singapore Member of the Board of Directors (since 2015)[12]
- PSA International, Singapore, Chairman (since 2019)[13]
- ABB, Sweden, Chairman of the Board of Directors (since 2015)
- Since September 2013 he has been serving in the position of the chairman of the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies, replacing Josef Ackermann.[14]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilderberg/2010 | 3 June 2010 | 6 June 2010 | Spain Hotel Dolce Sitges Barcelona | The 122 guests met in the Hotel Dolce Sitges, Barcelona, Spain. |
| Bilderberg/2012 | 31 May 2012 | 3 June 2012 | US Virginia Chantilly | The 58th Bilderberg, in Chantilly, Virginia. Unusually just 4 years after an earlier Bilderberg meeting there. |
| Bilderberg/2013 | 6 June 2013 | 9 June 2013 | Watford UK | The 2013 Bilderberg group meeting. |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2004 | 21 January 2004 | 25 January 2004 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 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/2011 | 26 January 2011 | 30 January 2011 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2229 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality". |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2012 | 25 January 2012 | 29 January 2012 | Switzerland | 2113 guests in Davos |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2013 | 23 January 2013 | 27 January 2013 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity" |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2016 | 20 January 2016 | 23 January 2016 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 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/2017 | 17 January 2017 | 20 January 2017 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2950 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/2020 | 21 January 2020 | 24 January 2020 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 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/2022 | 22 May 2022 | 26 May 2022 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 1912 guests in Davos |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2023 | 16 January 2023 | 20 January 2023 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World" |
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
- ↑ Forbes.com
- ↑ https://global.abb/group/en/about/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/peter-vose
- ↑ http://www.sueddeutsche.de/geld/ranking-managergehaelter-in-deutschland-arbeit-die-sich-lohnt-1.965532-11
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Munzinger.de
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130609210616/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1793836&ticker=RDSA:LN
- ↑ http://www.temasek.com.sg/mediacentre/newsreleases?detailid=20751
- ↑ https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/3340/royal-dutch-shell-in-board-reshuffle-names-simon-henry-new-cfo-4752.html
- ↑ 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/
- ↑ https://new.abb.com/news/detail/19429/abb-names-peter-voser-as-interim-ceo-ulrich-spiesshofer-steps-down/
- ↑ International Advisory Council Economic Development Board (EDB).
- ↑ http://www.temasek.com.sg/mediacentre/newsreleases?detailid=20751
- ↑ https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/americas/peter-voser-named-new-chairman-psa-international
- ↑ International Students’ Committee, Changes in the Board of Trustees[dead link], retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ↑ http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ibm-elects-two-new-members-to-its-board-of-directors-2014-07-29
- ↑ http://www.temasek.com.sg/mediacentre/newsreleases?detailid=2075
- ↑ http://bruneiresources.blogspot.com/2011/07/hm-65th-birthday-awards.html
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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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