Xinsheng (Sheng) Zhang

Shell Group Vice President, Executive Chairman of Shell Companies in China

Sheng became Shell Group Vice President, Executive Chairman of Shell Companies in China on 1 July, 2015.

Sheng joined Shell in London in 2011 as Vice President Aviation in the Group’s Downstream Commercial unit. He has made many contributions to the business, including the development of new strategies which has led to its profitable growth. In 2014, Sheng moved to Beijing as Vice President International Business Development China to lead Shell’s international cooperation with Chinese national oil companies.

Before joining Shell, Sheng was an Executive Committee Member and Vice President of Cabot Corporation, President of Cabot Asia Pacific and Head of Global Engineering. Sheng has extensive international experiences and worked for over 18 years in Canada, USA, Malaysia and Shanghai.

Sheng was born in China. He is a chemist and a chemical engineer by education, with a master’s degree in engineering and a doctor’s degree in chemistry.

Sheng is married with a son and a daughter. In his spare time, Sheng enjoys golf, hiking and reading.