By Alfred and John Donovan
The Minutes of the Royal Dutch Shell Committee of Managing Directors (CMD) meeting in September 2001 reveal that the Group Managing Directors of Shell, including the current Chief Executive, Jeroen van der Veer, “expressed considerable concern over a number of aspects” relating to the prospect of the Russian energy giant Gazprom becoming involved in a Sakhalin consortium project.
The Group Managing Directors present included Philip Watts, Jeroen van der Veer, Harry Roels, Paul Skinner and Walter van de Vijver. Other Shell Executives in attendance for the discussion were Din Megat, Tim Warren, Peter de Wit and Dominique Gardy.