Cor Herkströter

Antonius Johannes Cornelius "Cor" Herkströter (born 21 August 1937) is a former chairman of Royal Dutch Shell.

Cor Herkströter was born in Venlo. He studied economics and accountancy at the School of Economics in Rotterdam (now Erasmus University Rotterdam). After graduating, he joined Billiton mining company which was latterly taken over by Shell. During his career at Shell he rose to the most senior executive position at the company, the Chairman of the Committee of Managing Directors, on 1 July 1993.

In 1996 he reorganized the central offices in The Hague and London and laboratories in Amsterdam and Rijswijk. He retired in 1998.

After his tenure at Royal Dutch Shell, he became President Commissioner of the ING Group.

Business positions
Preceded by Peter Fenwick Holmes	Chairman of the Committee of Managing Directors of Royal Dutch Shell 1993–1998	Succeeded by Mark Moody-Stuart
Preceded by Lo van Wachem	President-Director of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company 1992–1998	Succeeded by Maarten van den Bergh

Chief Executives of Royal Dutch Shell

Pre-1946

Managing Director/ General MD of Royal Dutch Petroleum (1890-1946)	1890-1901 titled MD 1890–1892: Johannes Arnoldus de Gelder 1893–1900: Jean Baptiste August Kessler 1901–1902: Henri Wilhelm August Deterding 1902-1940 titled General MD 1902–1936: Henri Wilhelm August Deterding 1937–1940: Frits de Kok

Chairmen of Shell Transport & Trading (1897–1946)	1897–1921: Marcus Samuel 1921–1946: Walter Samuel

1946 to 2005

Chairman of the Committee of Managing Directors

1946–1948 Guus Kessler
1949–1951 Barthold Theodoor Willem van Hasselt
1952–1965 John Hugo Loudon
1965–1970 Jan Brouwer
1970–1972 David Haven Barran
1972–1977 Gerrit Wagner
1977–1979 Carmichael Charles Peter Pocock
1979–1982 Dirk de Bruyne
1982–1985 Peter Brian Baxendell
1985–1992 Lodewijk Christiaan van Wachem
1992–1993 Peter Fenwick Holmes
1993–1998 Cor Herkströter
1998–2001 Mark Moody-Stuart
2001–2004 Philip Watts
2004–2005 Jeroen van der Veer

2005 – present

Chief Executives of Royal Dutch Shell	2005–2009 Jeroen van der Veer 2009–2013 Peter Voser 2014–present Ben van Beurden

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