As Chief Marketing & Sustainability Officer for Shell Chemicals & Products in Europe, Niels Bouwhuis is responsible for enabling Shell Chemicals & Products and our customers deliver sustainable growth through the Energy Transition.

Niels has 25 years (petro)chemical, refining and oil & gas industry experience and has product/market experience ranging from commodities to specialties and liquids to solids. Niels’ background includes marketing, sales, supply chain, strategy, M&A and new business development. Niels joined Shell in 2012 after more than a decade with Akzo Nobel and LyondellBasell. 

In prior roles at Shell he managed various chemicals businesses, held responsibility for Shell’s chemicals and refining strategy in the Americas, led the mergers & acquisitions activities for chemicals and refining, and spearheaded Shell’s global oil & gas sector focused efforts to bring Shell’s decarbonization and integrated energy decarbonisation solutions to selected partners in the industry, to jointly create value and impact while progressing to achieve decarbonization ambitions profitably.    

After living across Europe and the USA, Niels now lives in The Netherlands with his wife and their three children.