Arie de Geus (11 August 1930 – 9 November 2019) was a Dutch business executive, business theorist and scenario planner,[1] who was the head of Royal Dutch Shell's Strategic Planning Group and was a public speaker.
De Geus was born in Rotterdam on 11 August 1930.
[2] He joined Royal Dutch/Shell in 1951 and remained there until his retirement in 1989.
After he retired, de Geus was a visiting fellow of London Business School and worked with MIT's Center for Organizational Learning.
He died on 9 November 2019.