THE HAGUE, Netherlands, July 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Royal Dutch Shell plc (the 'Company') (NYSE:RDS.A)(NYSE:RDS.B) today announces the appointment of Harry Brekelmans as Projects & Technology Director with effect from October 1, 2014.

In his new role, Harry will become a member of the Executive Committee and will take over from Matthias Bichsel who will be leaving the company after 34 years' distinguished service.

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Harry is a Dutch national and currently Executive Vice President Operated, Upstream International. He joined Shell in 1990 and has held a variety of international management positions in Geosciences, Field Development, Operations, Internal Audit and Strategy & Planning. Harry graduated from Delft Technical University, Netherlands in 1990 with a degree in Petroleum Engineering. Harry is married with two children.

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