Mikel joined the IR team at Shell in  2021 as the IR Manager. Since he joined Shell in 2000, van Beek has held various roles in M&A, upstream finance and chemicals & products major project management across the world. This has resulting in postings in Houston, Beijing, Abu Dhabi and The Hague. Before joining Shell, he worked for PwC in Rotterdam & Windhoek.

Van Beek graduated from the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam in Business Finance & Economics.