Shell CEO's pay rose by a quarter in 2021 to $8.2 million

[March 10, 2022]   LONDON (Reuters) - Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden's pay package for last year rose by about a quarter to 7.4 million euros ($8.2 million), his first raise since receiving a bumper 20 million euros for 2018, Shell's annnual report showed.

Ben van Beurden, chief executive officer of Royal Dutch Shell, speaks during the 26th World Gas Conference in Paris, France, June 2, 2015. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

After a bruising 2020 in which the COVID-19 pandemic hammered oil prices and forced Shell to cut its dividend for the first time since World War Two, the group's results bounced back last year, allowing it to boost shareholder returns.

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(Reporting by Shadia Nasralla; Editing by David Goodman)

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