Van der Veer skates along Holland’s canals
08 April 2007
THERE are not many chief executives who travel by bike these days – let alone ones at major oil companies. But perhaps appropriately for a Dutchman, Royal Dutch CEO Jeroen van derVeer, pictured, is the exception, doing his bit for pedal power in a country where something like a third of all journeys are made on bicycles.
Van der Veer may be one of the world’s fittest chief execs. He keeps in shape by skating along Holland’s canals – he has twice skated the 200km 11-cities marathon – and can often be found cycling to work to Shell’s headquarters in The Hague.
But according to our mole by the windmills, the sight of Shell’s top man coming towards them on a bike is enough to render even Shell’s tough security guards utterly speechless. On one recent trip, van der Veer mischievously joked that petrol was very expensive – hence, by implication, the use of his bike rather than a gas-guzzling beamer. Shell’s dumbfounded guards could only mumble in agreement.
If anyone has seen Lord Browne of BP or Rex Tillerson from ExxonMobil on a bike, or any other kind of two-wheeler recently, please drop us a line.
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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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