• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Maarten Wetselaar

Royal Dutch Shell plc

Integrated Gas & New Energies Director

Maarten Wetselaar is Integrated Gas & New Energies Director and member of the Executive Committee of Royal Dutch Shell. Mr. Wetselaar is responsible for Shell’s Integrated Gas business, including the industry-leading LNG and GTL positions. He also leads the New Energies business, including Shell’s investments in low-carbon electricity, new fuels, and new business models for a lower carbon future. Mr. Wetselaar oversees 38 countries for Shell, including Australia, China, Japan, Qatar, Russia, and Trinidad & Tobago. After joining Shell in 1995 he held a variety of financial, commercial and general management roles in Shell’s Upstream, Downstream, and Trading businesses in Europe, Brazil, Ghana, the Middle East, and Russia. In 2009, Mr. Wetselaar became Executive Vice President, Finance, in Upstream International. From 2013 to 2015, he served as Executive Vice President for Integrated Gas, based in Singapore. Mr. Wetselaar holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Groningen and a post-doctorate controllers degree from VU University Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Sessions With Maarten Wetselaar

Monday, 9 March

  • 11:40am - 12:20pm (CST) / -

    Plenary - More Energy, Lower Emissions: The dual challenge

    Reliable and affordable energy has been a vital tool for increasing economic wellbeing. But combustion of fossil fuels is the primary source of increasing greenhouse gas emissions. We have had some success decarbonizing power generation using increasingly affordable renewables and substituting gas for coal. But progress has been slower in transportation and industry. How, in future, can we sustain economic growth and bring people out of poverty while reducing GHG emissions?