By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 10 -- Royal Dutch Shell PLC has appointed Jorma Ollila, currently chairman and chief executive officer of Nokia, to succeed Aad Jacobs as the company's nonexecutive chairman.
The appointment will be effective June 1, 2006, when Ollila will step down from his position at Nokia. Ollila was named chairman and chief executive of Nokia in 1999.
Ollila's initial career prior to Nokia was as account manager, corporate bank, at Citibank NA in London and as account officer at Citibank Oy in Helsinki.
