--Shell PLC Chief Executive Ben van Beurden is preparing to step down next year after nearly 10 years in the role, Reuters reports, citing unnamed sources.

--The U.K. energy giant has shortlisted four internal candidates to succeed Mr. van Beurden, according to Reuters.

--Shell's head of integrated gas and renewables, Wael Sawan, and head of the group's refining operations of downstream, Huibert Vigeveno, as well as Chief Financial Officer Sinead Gorman and head of upstream, Zoe Yujnovich, are seen as potential successors, Reuters reports.


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