Dick Benschop
Senior Advisor
He/Him
Life at FGS Global
Advises leaders on strategy, stakeholder management, communication, sustainability, and energy transition. Brings executive depth and public service experience to complex, high-stakes decisions.
Life Pre-FGS Global
From 2018 to 2023, Dick served as President and CEO of Royal Schiphol Group. Before that, he spent fifteen years at Shell in various global roles, including Vice President Strategy, Managing Director of Shell Malaysia Gas & Power, and President Director of Shell Netherlands. Earlier in his career, he served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Dutch government from 1998 to 2002.
Life Beyond FGS Global
With his family and the people around him. And as a "board volunteer" in a number of non-profit organisations in the Netherlands and internationally.
Dick Benschop provides strategic counsel and coaching on strategy, stakeholder management, communication challenges, sustainability and transition scenarios. He draws upon his extensive experience as an executive and non-executive in business, as well as his background in public service.
He was President and CEO of the Royal Schiphol Group from 2018 to 2023, as well as non-executive Director of Groupe ADP and Brisbane Airport Corporation. Before that he spend fifteen years at Shell in various (global) roles, including as Vice-President Strategy for the Group, Managing Director Shell Malaysia Gas & Power and President-Director for Shell Netherlands. He served in Supervisory Boards in The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Oman, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Malaysia and Brunei.
From 1998 tot 2002 he was a member of the Dutch government as deputy minister of Foreign Affairs. Prior to that he had his own consultancy firm. He is trained as an historian at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.
Dick’s societal interests have led him to participate in a range of non-profits organisations, including the Oranje Fonds, the Stichting Financieel Gezond Nederland and the Mission Possible Partnership. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission. He is involved with start-up companies in the energy transition.
Dick lives in The Hague with his wife Elisabeth and has three children. In his work he is driven by purpose and impact. He firmly believes in seeking win-win solutions between various stakeholders. With his public/private background he tries to bring businesses, governments and societal organisations closer together.