John MacArthur is Vice President Group Carbon. Group Carbon is the central team which oversees Shell’s climate ambition and response cross-business and globally. John represents Shell as Chairman of the Board of OGCI Climate Investments LLP, a billion-dollar-plus fund which invests in promising carbon reduction technologies.

Prior to his current position, John was VP Integrated Gas Technology accountable for delivering technology innovation for the next generation of Shell’s integrated gas projects, which included CO2 abatement. Before that, John helped to steer Shell’s response to the energy and climate change challenge as VP CO2 Policy.

John holds an MEng Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College, London and received the Outstanding Scholar’s Award for his Masters in Sustainability Leadership at the University of Cambridge. He received a Masters in Coaching and Behavioural Change with Distinction from Henley Business School, with his research on women’s preferred strategies for career progression in the energy sector. John is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Energy Institute, and a Chartered Petroleum Engineer in the UK.