The former chief executive of Shell has become a senior adviser on energy transition investments at KKR.
Ben van Beurden, 65, joined the American private equity firm on a part-time basis in January in his first corporate role since he fully left Europe’s biggest oil and gas group company last year. He is advising on its new global climate strategy in its infrastructure investment unit.
Van Beurden stepped down as chief executive of Shell at the end of 2022 after 39 years at the company and continued working as a full-time adviser to Shell’s board until the end of June.
The Dutchman, who became chief executive in January 2014, led Shell through a period that included the £47 billion takeover of BG Group, two oil
