Beat Hess

   
  • Audit Committee
  • Elected to the Board 2008 
  • Date of birth: 1949
  • Nationality: Swiss
Career
  • 2003 - January 2011 Royal Dutch Shell plc, The Hague, The Netherlands
    Group Legal Director, Member of the Group Executive Committee
  • 1988 - 2003 ABB Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland
    Senior Group Officer, General Counsel and Secretary
  • 1977 - 1988 BBC Brown Boveri Ltd, Baden, Switzerland
    Legal Counsel (promoted to General Counsel in 1986)
  • 1973 - 1975 During and after post-graduate education.Various positions in Swiss courts and government agencies as clerk and legal advisor
Education
  • 1975 Admitted to the Swiss Bar
  • 1976 - 1977 Continuation of legal education at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. (Ph.D)
  • 1975 - 1976 Continuation of legal education at the University of Miami, School of Law, United States of America. (LL.M)
  • 1972 - 1974 Continuation of legal education at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Gained a "Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures en Droit"
  • 1969 - 1972 Studies of law at the University of Geneva, Switzerland Graduated with a "License en Droit"
Board memberships
  • Member of the Board and Vice Chairman of Holcim Ltd (CH)
  • Member of The Hague Academy of International Law
  • Member of the Board and Vice Chairman of Sonova Holding AG (CH)
Honors and awards
  • Institute of International Education (United Nations) 1975 Fellowship Award for Outstanding Academic Achievements