Olivier Gerard Thorel

Olivier Thorel is the Executive Vice President of Chemicals Strategic Business Unit.

Previous to his appointment as the EVP of Chemicals SBU, Mr. Thorel served as Vice President, Chemicals and low-carbon Hydrogen in Saudi Aramco since January 2018. Prior to this, Mr. Thorel served in Shell Chemicals as VP, Global Chemicals Intermediates and Joint Ventures and later on as VP Asia, Joint Ventures & New Business Development – both roles in Singapore.

Mr. Thorel also held key positions in Shell’s Downtream business as VP, Supply, Distribution and Pipelines, North America - Houston, and GM, Global Base Oils, Process Oils and Waxes for Shell Lubricants, UK - London.

Earlier in his carrier, Mr. Thorel held different roles within Shell Chemicals, in France, Netherlands and the UK, spanning across business development, plant maintenance, sales, supply chain, eventually heading Shell’s Propylene Oxide & Urethanes Global SBU.

Mr. Thorel holds a Master Degree in Science and Economy from Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and Master (DESS) in Corporate Finance from Université Paris IX – Dauphine. He has undertaken several management and executive leadership programs in Shell, Harvard and INSEAD.