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John Hofmeister, U.S. country chair and president with Shell Oil Co., has been named 2006 International Executive of the Year by the Greater Houston Partnership.
Hofmeister will receive the award Nov. 8 at a luncheon at the Houston Club.
“We are pleased to present this award to John for his leadership among Houston’s international business community,” said Jeff Moseley, Partnership president and CEO. “Our strategic plan sets a goal that our region is recognized as one of the top four international trade regions in the United States in the next decade. Shell is a strong partner in helping us realize the goals of our strategic plan.”
The partnership cited Shell’s recent $4 million investment in its Opportunity Houston program, a five-year marketing program created to generate leads for economic development organizations throughout the 10-county region.
Prior to joining Shell (NYSE: RDS-B), Hofmeister served as vice president of international human resources for Allied Signal Inc.
Past International Executive of the Year award recipients include: Nijad Fares (2005); Archie Dunham (2004); Michael Grimes (2003); Richard Wainerdi (2002); Edgar Ortiz (2001); George Donnelly (2000); Don Wang (1999); Cheryl Thompson-Draper (1998); Gordon Bethune (1997); the Hon. Lloyd Bentsen (1996).
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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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