Sky's Ian King looks at the achievements Ben van Beurden will leave behind and the challenges ahead for his successor at a time of turmoil for the energy sector.
, it is beyond dispute that both have led the way compared with other global energy giants.
While those are two big achievements that Mr van Beurden can point to, somewhat more ambiguous is his legacy in pure share price terms.For much of the time since Mr van Beurden became chief executive, at the beginning of 2014, Shell's share price has traded below the level it was when he took the helm .
It also points out that adjusted earnings are up 65% on that earlier period and that shareholder distributions were up from $6.4bn in the first half of 2013 to $12.8bn in the first half of this year. The company can also argue that, in absolute terms, Shell's share price performance has been better during the period than that of global peers such as Exxon, Chevron and BP, although not Total Energies.
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