By Emiliya Mychasuk and Emiko Terazono
Published: April 1 2008 03:00 | Last updated: April 1 2008 03:00
Centrica chief Sam Laidlaw has recruited from outside for his new boss of the upstream operations, after the retirement of the well-known Jake Ulrich .
The new man, Mark Hanafin , becomes managing director of the Centrica Energy and Europe division, after being hired from Shell. His Shell background wasn’t so much on the upstream side – or the business of getting oil and gas out of the ground – but on the sales side. His 21-year career at Shell included a number of senior roles in marketing, trading and supply before his last job as head of Shell Energy North America, based in Houston, with responsibility for Europe.
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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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