Shell Organizational Structure & Org Chart

Shell's public structure is best understood through Integrated Gas, Upstream, Marketing, Chemicals and Products, Renewables and Energy Solutions. The interactive chart is a researched, editable map of those published areas.

Shell organizational chart

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Shell's reporting structure as of 2026-09. Drag to pan, scroll to zoom — or open it in QueryChart and edit it as your own.

Industry: Integrated energy
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1907 (predecessor group)
CEO: Wael Sawan
Ownership: Public
Structure as of: 2026-09
Structure last reviewed: 2026-09-29

About the company

Shell is a integrated energy organization. Its current public materials identify Integrated Gas, Upstream, Marketing, Chemicals and Products, Renewables and Energy Solutions as useful ways to understand its activities. Shell reports five operating segments plus Corporate. Integrated Gas and Upstream cover different resource activities, while Marketing, Chemicals and Products, and Renewables and Energy Solutions connect production to customers and power markets.

This QueryChart tree puts those disclosed areas next to a single, separately marked leadership branch for Wael Sawan. The business branches describe a public portfolio, not a confidential employee hierarchy. A line between a category and an offering means the offering belongs in that published category; it does not say that a particular executive personally manages every team shown.

Published businesses and operating areas

Integrated Gas is one of the visible areas in Shell's published structure. Integrated Gas develops, produces and markets natural gas and liquefied natural gas. The editable chart places LNG and Gas-to-liquids beneath this branch so a reader can find concrete activities instead of a generic departmental box. This is a simplified grouping of disclosed work, and the sources below should be used for the exact legal entities, segment definitions and current management roles.

Upstream is one of the visible areas in Shell's published structure. Upstream explores and produces crude oil, natural gas and related liquids. The editable chart places Exploration and Production beneath this branch so a reader can find concrete activities instead of a generic departmental box. This is a simplified grouping of disclosed work, and the sources below should be used for the exact legal entities, segment definitions and current management roles.

Marketing is one of the visible areas in Shell's published structure. Marketing connects fuels, lubricants and customer-facing energy products to markets. The editable chart places Mobility and Lubricants beneath this branch so a reader can find concrete activities instead of a generic departmental box. This is a simplified grouping of disclosed work, and the sources below should be used for the exact legal entities, segment definitions and current management roles.

Chemicals and Products is one of the visible areas in Shell's published structure. Refining, chemicals and products businesses process and trade hydrocarbons. The editable chart places Chemicals and Refining and products beneath this branch so a reader can find concrete activities instead of a generic departmental box. This is a simplified grouping of disclosed work, and the sources below should be used for the exact legal entities, segment definitions and current management roles.

Renewables and Energy Solutions is one of the visible areas in Shell's published structure. Power, renewables and low-carbon solutions form a distinct reporting segment. The editable chart places Power and renewables and Low-carbon solutions beneath this branch so a reader can find concrete activities instead of a generic departmental box. This is a simplified grouping of disclosed work, and the sources below should be used for the exact legal entities, segment definitions and current management roles.

Key leadership roles

Wael Sawan
Chief executive officer

How this structure supports the business

The Integrated Gas and Upstream branches answer different questions about Shell. Integrated Gas develops, produces and markets natural gas and liquefied natural gas. Upstream explores and produces crude oil, natural gas and related liquids. Showing them side by side is more informative than drawing an unsupported chain of managers, particularly when the public materials report a portfolio or service line rather than a complete internal org chart.

Shell reports five operating segments plus Corporate. Integrated Gas and Upstream cover different resource activities, while Marketing, Chemicals and Products, and Renewables and Energy Solutions connect production to customers and power markets. Marketing connects fuels, lubricants and customer-facing energy products to markets. The diagram makes that distinguishing feature visible while keeping the named leadership layer separate. It is useful as a starting point for an editable company chart; users can replace the public groupings with their own teams, roles and verified reporting relationships.

Advantages and disadvantages

The Integrated Gas branch uses a publicly described company-specific grouping.: A portfolio branch does not prove an individual reporting line.
The chart distinguishes Upstream from Marketing.: A single-parent tree cannot show every cross-business collaboration or legal-entity link.

Interesting facts

Shell's public materials identify Integrated Gas as a major area.
Upstream includes Exploration and Production in this educational map.
Marketing is shown separately because marketing connects fuels, lubricants and customer-facing energy products to markets.
The principal leadership role is identified as Wael Sawan.

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Frequently asked questions

How is Shell organized?

This educational chart maps Integrated Gas, Upstream, Marketing, Chemicals and Products, Renewables and Energy Solutions, using the company's public materials. It does not attempt to reproduce a full internal employee hierarchy.

Who leads Shell?

Wael Sawan is the publicly identified chief executive officer in the sources reviewed on 29 September 2026.

Is this an official Shell org chart?

No. It is an independent reconstruction of public business categories and leadership information, with simplified connections for exploration and editing.

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