ArabicNews.com (Syria): Shell Syria general manager Campbell Keir
Syria, Business, 5/21/2005
Shell has a policy worldwide to promote diversity. This policy is to encourage interaction in the workplace of Shell world, said Shell Syria general manger Campbell Keir in a statement to Arabicnews on Shell’s Syria sponsoring of the currently a big event in Syria — the International Forum on Women in Business held on May 21- 22.
Highlighting Shell’s history, Keir said that in the past 100 years Shell has been owned by Anglo-Saxon men especially at the service management level. As a global industry, he said “we want our workplace to reflect the nature of our business and benefiting of our clients.” On the special attention given to women, Keir explained that Shell has a policy to actively encourage the employment and development of women in Shell’s employees from different ethnic, cultural, ethical and cultural background.