Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, will stay in office a year longer than had been planned and step down in June 2009, the company said.

• 荷兰皇家壳牌公司表示，该公司首席执行官范德伟的任期将比原计划的时间延长一年，他将于2009年6月卸任。