Royal Dutch Shell plc announces its intention to propose to the 2019 Annual General Meeting that Neil Carson be appointed a Director of the Company with effect from June 1, 2019. Since retiring from Johnson Matthey in 2014, Neil has focused his time on his Non-Executive roles. Neil is non-executive Chairman of Oxford Instruments plc and TT Electronics plc, a non-executive director of TI Fluid Systems plc and is a former non-executive director of Amec Foster Wheeler and Paypoint. Neil currently serves as Honorary President of the Society for the Chemical Industry and was awarded an OBE for services to the Chemical Industry in 2016.