Markus Droll

Retired Senior Energy Executive Markus Droll joined IPA’s Board of Directors in October 2024.

In his long career at Shell, Markus served in a number of technical, commercial, and leadership roles in several geographical regions, including 11 years in the Middle East, 8 years in Southeast Asia, 7 years in Africa, and the remainder in Europe. In his most recent position as Executive Vice President of Projects and Engineering at Shell, he was directly accountable for global delivery of all capital projects including upstream, integrated gas, downstream, chemicals, wind, hydrogen, CCUS, and low carbon fuels during a period marked by significant change as the industry repositions for the energy transition in the post-COVID-19 era.

Markus has a degree in engineering from Glasgow University in Glasgow, Scotland. He is a native speaker of English and German and is fluent in Dutch.