Van den Bergh spent 32 years at the
multinational oil company Shell (also previously known as the "Royal Dutch / Shell Group"), where he rose to non-executive president of the "Royal Dutch Petroleum Company", one of the two parent companies (with "The Shell Transport and Trading Company") of the "Royal Dutch / Shell Group", and to vice-president (an executive position) of the committee of the managing directors of the "Royal Dutch / Shell Group". In 2001, he left Shell to become
chairman of
Lloyds TSB, a
financial services company based in the
United Kingdom.
Board memberships • Member of the Supervisory Board at Akzo Nobel NV starting in 2005; Deputy Chairman of Supervisory Board until May 2006; Chairman of Akzo Nobel's Supervisory Board from May 2006 to February 2009. • Deputy Chairman of BT Group Plc from 1 October 2006 to 15 July 2009; Non-Executive Director of BT Group Plc from 1 September 2000 to 15 July 2009; Non-Executive Director of British Telecom. • Vice Chairman of the Committee of Managing Directors of Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies from 1998 to 2000; • Member of Supervisory Board of Royal Dutch
Shell plc from 2000 to 4 July 2005; Non-Executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell Plc since October 2004 • Non-Executive Director of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and served as its Member of the Supervisory Board since 2000. • Deputy Chairman of Lloyds Banking Group plc since 2000; Director of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc until 11 May 2006. • Independent Non-executive Director or International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. from July 2002 to January 2011 • Non-Executive Director of Lloyds Banking Group plc from 2000 to May 2006 In 2005,
The Times named him the most powerful businessman in
Great Britain. ==References==