Shell lines up next chairman for energy shift

Shell has begun a search for a new chairman, with Andrew Mackenzie, the former BHP Billiton boss, emerging as an early front-runner. The Anglo-Dutch oil major is seeking a replacement for the incumbent Charles Holliday to help steer it through a tricky shift away from fossil fuels, following its first dividend cut since the Second World War earlier this year. City sources expect Mr Mackenzie, who joined the Shell board as a non-executive director at the start of this month, to be promoted to cha