By Rob Davies: PUBLISHED 22 May 2013 Investors joined environmental protesters in giving Royal Dutch Shell a slap on the wrists, as a tenth of them failed to back the oil giant’s pay arrangements. In what is likely to be chief executive Peter Voser’s last annual meeting before he retires, some 10 per cent of [...]
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Shell says hunt for new CEO is underway
By Andrew Callus THE HAGUE | Tue May 21, 2013 9:35am EDT (Reuters) – The hunt for Royal Dutch Shell’s (RDSa.L) next chief executive is underway, its chairman said on Tuesday, after CEO Peter Voser made what could be his last appearance at the oil group’s annual shareholder meeting. Voser announced his surprise decision three [...]
Russia and the Netherlands cement special relationship with Shell drilling deal
City Diary: Russia and the Netherlands cement special relationship with Shell drilling deal By Harriet Dennys, City Diary Editor 8:30AM BST 10 Apr 2013 Good to see Vladimir Putin looking for leadership guidance on his trade tour of the Netherlands. Not from Shell chairman Jorma Ollila – although the pair’s date to sign off the [...]
Taped telephone call confirms Shell Brent Bravo explosion cover-up
Bill Campbell believes that the innocent victims of Shell senior managements willingness to put production, profits, personal greed and ambition before the safety of Shell offshore employees, are being blamed for their own tragic avoidable deaths. Journalists who feel duped by information given to them by Shell, including by its then CEO Jeroen van der [...]
Welcome Mr Ollila to Royal Dutch Shell Plc
Welcome Mr Ollila to Royal Dutch Shell Plc Monday 29 August 2005: 09.50 By Alfred Donovan Mr Jorma Ollila is the Chairman designate of Royal Dutch Shell Plc. Reportedly a man of the highest repute, Mr Ollila is due to take up his non-executive position in June 2006. He has a reputation as a dynamic [...]
Ollila appointment does not breach combined code but mocks its spirit
Financial Times: Ollila appointment does not breach combined code but mocks its spirit “Shell’s appointment of Mr Jorma Ollila as chairman of the newly unified company has been widely welcomed – not least by its institutional shareholders. It appears to have escaped their notice that Mr Ollila will remain chairman of Nokia…” Tuesday 9 August [...]
SHELL: Two radical steps could further distance Royal Dutch Shell from the reserves scandal
SHELL: Two radical steps could further distance Royal Dutch Shell from the reserves scandal Monday 8 August 2005 By John Donovan Although the media has welcomed the appointment of Jorma Ollila as the new Shell Chairman from June 2006, many of the news reports about his recruitment also include references to the Shell reserves debacle. [...]
THE SUNDAY TIMES: Exshellent
THE SUNDAY TIMES: Exshellent “A PLEASANT surprise at last from Royal Dutch Shell. How about that? Jorma Ollila is an excellent choice as the group’s next chairman. Few businessmen command the same level of international respect as Nokia’s chief executive.” Sunday 7 August 2005 A PLEASANT surprise at last from Royal Dutch Shell. How about [...]
The Observer: Shell has Ollila; now what it needs is oil
The Observer: Shell has Ollila; now what it needs is oil Sunday 7 August 2005 Oliver Morgan Sunday August 7, 2005 Congratulations to Royal Dutch Shell on finding a true industrial heavyweight to be its next chairman. Last week’s appointment of Nokia’s Jorma Ollila went down well among Shell followers, and the mishap-prone Anglo-Dutch behemoth [...]
Sunday Telegraph: Mr Mobile’s Shell shock
Sunday Telegraph: Mr Mobile’s Shell shock “Jorma Ollila, the new chairman of Shell, is one of the world’s most admired businessmen. But how will he adapt to the oil giant’s bureaucracy…”: “Shell is still dealing with the consequences of last year’s scandal of the over-booking of its oil and gas reserves. That debacle led to [...]
The upwardly mobile Finn
Financial Times: The upwardly mobile Finn “Now established as one of the world’s most feted business executives, Mr Ollila is poised for an entirely different challenge as non-executive chairman of oil giant Royal Dutch Shell, a company in the midst of its own corporate transformation from sister Anglo-Dutch companies to a single entity.”: “…his reputation [...]
Lex: Royal Dutch Shell
Financial Times: Lex: Royal Dutch Shell “Mr Ollila’s high international standing and proven track record of running a global business make him a credible addition to Shell’s new single board. But, importantly, he is also a Finn.” Friday 5 August 2005 Published: August 5 2005 The fact that “all major oil” is an anagram of [...]
Shell snaps up Nokia’s Ollila as chairman
Financial Times: Shell snaps up Nokia’s Ollila as chairman “Investors reacted favourably to the announcement, with analysts saying that Shell had managed to make two impressive senior appointments amid a raft of bad news, from delayed projects and cost overruns to poorer-than-expected earnings.” Friday 5 August 2005 By Carola Hoyos Published: August 5 2005 03:00 [...]
The Scotsman (UK): Shell looks to new chairman Ollila to ring the changes
The Scotsman (UK): Shell looks to new chairman Ollila to ring the changes “Royal Dutch Shell swept aside 100 years of history with the merger of its two boards last month – a move designed to eliminate the failings that led to a scandal about over-booked crude reserves that dogged the group through 2004.” Friday [...]
The Independent (UK): Royal Dutch Shell names Nokia chief as next chairman
The Independent: Royal Dutch Shell names Nokia chief as next chairman “Mr Ollila is expected to play a key role in the strategic development of Shell, which is still recovering from the reserves misreporting scandal last year which cost the previous chairman, Sir Philip Watts, his job and prompted the sweeping corporate overhaul of the [...]
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