Financial Times: Coming home
By Martin Dickson
Jun 25, 2004
Yesterday’s appointment of Peter Voser as Royal Dutch/Shell’s finance director, in place of the ousted Judith Boynton, might be seen as encouraging on the reform front, or not, depending on your mood.
Mr Voser, who spent 20 years at Royal Dutch/Shell before moving to ABB two years ago, is an insider – not exactly an example of the fresh blood at the top that some would like to see. On the plus side, he is well respected in the City for the job he has done turning around ABB. His experience there should have given him some external perspective on Royal Dutch/ Shell’s problems, while knowing the company of old will help him hit the ground running. All in all, it looks a positive appointment.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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