July 2009 – Page 3 – European CEO

Born to command: why less is more

Old-style imperial leadership is unlikely to deliver the best financial results or get the best out of the people who work for you, argues Williams Johnston, commercial director of the Great Place to Work Institute in the UK

Jeroen Van der Veer

five years at the top of one of the word’s biggest oil companies in an industry groping for its own long-term survival. But question marks remain about just how effective Van der Veer has really been. Has he shaken – or stirred up – Shell enough?

Spain sets the European standard

Spain has embraced renewable energy, with wind power alone fulfilling 11.5 percent of the country’s electricity demands so far this year. Spain ranks third worldwide in terms of overall installed wind-power capacity at nearly 16,000 megawatts, and they haven’t stopped there

Clamping down on tax dodgers

At the beginning of April the world’s 20 most powerful countries agreed to take action – including sanctions – against “un-cooperative” tax havens. But there are serious doubts about whether such good intentions will actually come to fruition, or if the threat of punitive actions can actually work

Dr Robert M Schramm | College of Business and Economics, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | Video

European CEO interviews Dr Robert M Schramm, Director of Online Education & Technology at the College of Business and Economics, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Awards Supplement 2023

The European CEO awards 2023 have now been announced, presenting our pick of the CEOs, companies and campaigns leading their sectors.