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Sir Mark Moody-Stuart (born 15 September 1940,
Antigua) was appointed
non-executive chairman of Anglo American PLC in 2001 [1]and is
an ex-chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and a director of
HSBC Holdings and of Accenture. He is a
Chairman, Foundation for the Global Compact[2] and was
a member of the Board of Directors of the Global Reporting Initiative
(GRI) until December 2007. He is a member of the Board of Directors
of Saudi Aramco.
He was knighted in 2000 (KCMG).
Moody-Stuart became a Managing Director of The "Shell" Transport
and Trading Company, p.l.c. in 1991 and was Chairman of Royal
Dutch/Shell from 1998-2001. He was succeeded by Sir Philip Watts.
In February 2008, he hit the headlines with a call for a ban on
"gas-guzzlers" [3].
Family and
Education
He was educated at Shrewsbury School and at St.
John's College, Cambridge, where he obtained a Ph.D. on a
thesis on the Devonian
sediments of Spitsbergen. He became a Fellow of this
College in 2001 [4].
In 1964, he married Judy McLeavy. They have three sons and a
daughter[4].
Career with
Shell
- 1966 Joined Shell
- Geologist in Spain, Oman and Brunei
- 1972 Chief Geologist in Australia
- 1976 Leader of North Sea exploration teams, Shell UK Expro
- 1976 Manager, Western Division Shell Petroleum Development
Company, Nigeria.
- 1979 General Manager, Turkey
- 1982 Chairman and Chief Executive, Malaysia
- 1990 Exploration and Production Co-ordinator
- 1991 Group Managing Director
- 1998 Chairman of the Committee of Managing Directors of the
Royal Dutch/Shell Group [5]
- 2001 Gave up Chair of Shell but remained on the Board[4]
- 2005 Retired from Shell[4]
Management
Style
In stark contrast to both his predecessor, Cor Herkströter,[6] and
successor, Philip
Watts, at Shell, Mark was popular and had a reputation for
being both listening and thoughtful.
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