COMPANY

Formed 1907 as a joint venture of Royal Dutch Petroleum (founded 1890) and Shell Transport & Trading (founded 1897). Subsidiaries include US-based Shell Oil Co, Shell Exploration and Production Ireland, and Shell Canada.

Official Website:
http://www.shell.com/

Industry:
Energy

Ticker:
LSE:RDSA

Corporate headquarters:
The Hague, Netherlands

Sales:
$306B (2005)

Employees:
112,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Vincent Cable	Politician	9-May-1943		British MP, Twickenham
Linda Z. Cook	Business	4-Jun-1958		Shell Oil executive
John Cornforth	Chemist	7-Sep-1917		Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysts
Charles R. Crisp	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Coral Energy, 1999-2000
Roxanne J. Decyk	Business	c. 1951		Executive at Shell Oil
James Doolittle	Aviator	14-Dec-1896	27-Sep-1993	Doolittle Raid against Tokyo in 1942
T. Michael Dossey	Business	c. 1942		Former Shell Oil executive
Lynn Laverty Elsenhans	Business	6-May-1956		Shell Oil executive
Murry S. Gerber	Business	c. 1953		Equitable Resources
Evert Henkes	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Shell Chemical, 1998-2003
Robert L. Howard	Business	c. 1937		Retired VP at Shell Oil
DeAnne S. Julius	Economist	14-Apr-1949		Chairman, Royal Institute of International Affairs
M. Frances Keeth	Business	c. 1946		Former EVP at Royal Dutch Shell
Jack E. Little	Business	c. 1938		President of Shell Oil, 1998-99
Steven L. Miller	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Shell Oil Company, 1999-2002
Mark Moody-Stuart	Business	15-Sep-1940		Chairman of Anglo American
Richard A. Pattarozzi	Business	c. 1944		Former VP at Shell Oil
Hugues du Rouret	Business	c. 1939		Former CEO, Shell France
C. John Wilder	Business	c. 1958		CEO of TXU, 2004-07

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Linda Z. Cook	Business	4-Jun-1958		Shell Oil executive
Jorma Ollila	Business	15-Aug-1950		CEO of Nokia, 1992-2006
Lawrence R. Ricciardi	Business	14-Aug-1940		General Counsel for IBM, 1995-2002

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joachim Milberg	Business	10-Apr-1943		CEO of BMW, 1999-2002
Sir Robert Robinson	Chemist	13-Sep-1886	8-Feb-1975	Researcher of alkaloids

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rand V. Araskog	Business	30-Oct-1931		CEO of ITT, 1979-98
James Doolittle	Aviator	14-Dec-1896	27-Sep-1993	Doolittle Raid against Tokyo in 1942
Vilma S. Martinez	Attorney	17-Oct-1943		US Ambassador to Argentina
Mark Moody-Stuart	Business	15-Sep-1940		Chairman of Anglo American

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David H. Benson	Business	c. 1939		Kleinwort Benson
Afsaneh M. Beschloss	Business	c. 1956		The Rock Creek Group
Edmund Daukoru	Government	13-Oct-1943		Secretary General of OPEC
Eugene C. Fiedorek	Business	c. 1931		EnCap Investments
William Hague	Politician	26-Mar-1961		UK Foreign Secretary
Chakib Khelil	Government	8-Aug-1939		Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines
Cees J. A. van Lede	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Azko Nobel, 1994-2003
James M. Moran	Business	8-Aug-1918	24-Apr-2007	JM Family Enterprises
Paul A. Novelly	Business	1943		CEO of Apex Oil
Richard T. Santulli	Business	c. 1944		CEO of NetJets
Richard E. Smalley	Chemist	6-Jun-1943	28-Oct-2005	Co-Discovered fullerines
Timothy Smart	Business	1957		President of BT Global Services
H. Leighton Steward	Business	c. 1935		Louisiana Land & Exploration Co.
Patrick T. Stokes	Business	1942		Chairman of Anheuser-Busch
J. Michael Talbert	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Transocean, 1994-2002
Mary Alice Taylor	Business	c. 1950		CEO of HomeGrocer.com, 1999-2000
Bruce A. Williamson	Business	1959		CEO of Dynegy
Ahmed H. Zewail	Chemist	26-Feb-1946		Femtochemistry

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