article_snippet.sent: But the windfall pales in comparison to the rewards for BG Group’s newly arrived chief executive Helge Lund who could be in line for more than £30million in pay and perks if the deal completes next year.
article_snippet.sent: Ben van Beurden, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, (left) shakes hands with the Chairman GB group Andrew Gould (right)  during a press conference to announce Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to buy British Gas, in London .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Lund was poached by BG to help turn around the Chairman GB group Andrew Gould (right and started in February, just weeks before talks to sell the business began.
article_snippet.sent: ’s chief executive Ben van Beurden made a call to BG’s chairman Andrew Gould on Sunday March 15 and a ‘cloak and dagger’ meeting took place at the Dorchester Hotel last month.
article_snippet.sent: Ben van Beurden, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, (left) and Andrew Gould (right).