Dick Benschop

Dick Benschop was born in Driebergen in The Netherlands. He studied History at the Free University in Amsterdam. He worked in various functions in the Dutch Parliament and in the Dutch Labour Party. In 1994 he founded his own consultancy firm. From 1998 to 2002 he returned to politics as deputy minister for Foreign Affairs.
In 2003 he joined Shell and worked in Shell Energy Europe. He moved to Kuala Lumpur at the beginning of 2006 overseeing the Gas & Power business (LNG and GTL) in Malaysia. In 2009 he took up the role of Vice President Strategy for the Royal Dutch Shell Group.
He lives in The Hague, is married to Elisabeth Minnemann and has three children.