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Chad Holliday

Former Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell

Chad Holliday

Chad was appointed Chair of Royal Dutch Shell Company effective May, 2015, having previously served as a Non-executive Director since September 2010.

He was Chief Executive Officer of DuPont from 1998 to 2009, and Chairman from 1999 to 2009. He joined DuPont in 1970 after receiving a B.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Tennessee and held various manufacturing and business assignments, including a six-year, Tokyo-based posting as President of DuPont Asia/Pacific.

He has previously served as Chairman of the Bank of America Corporation, The Business Council, Catalyst, the National Academy of Engineering, the Society of Chemical Industry – American Section and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. He is a founding member of the International Business Council.

He is Presiding Director of HCA Holdings, Inc., a Director of Deere & Company and is a member of the Critical Resource’s Senior Advisory Panel and the Royal Academy of Engineering.