The Guardian: Damaged Shell
“Shell wined and dined financial analysts and others who might influence opinion about the stricken oil company”
14 July 04
Last week’s Hampton Court flower show was undoubtedly a splendid venue when Shell wined and dined financial analysts and others who might influence opinion about the stricken oil company.
But while some board members, such as Malcolm Brinded, did a fine job meeting and greeting, his chairman Jeroen van der Veer seemed anxious to get away as quickly as possible.
It was an event of little consequence in the greater scheme of things but a symbol, perhaps, that the Anglo-Dutch company, with a history of poor communication with the outside world, finds it difficult to change, whatever its avowed intentions.
Yesterday it was once again trying to convinced outsiders things were on the move: Citigroup and NM Rothschild have been signed up as advisers to the steering committee reviewing its structure and governance.
One could quibble about the use of Citigroup. After all this is another big name company that has discredited itself by running up millions of dollars worth of penalties with US regulators.
But let’s look on the bright side and hope this indicates that Lord Kerr’s committee really is determined to “normalise” the business by dropping the dual company system and adopting a traditional one-board structure.
We are told we will hear the results of the review in November. Lets hope there is some new autumnal blossom and not a tangle of old weeds.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1260704,00.html
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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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