Ethical CORPORATION Magazine
30 March 2009
Michiel Brandjes, Company Secretary at Royal Dutch Shell, to examine alternatives to UK system of corporate governance at international summit
Shells company secretary will present his thoughts on the current variety of worldwide systems of corporate governance at Ethical Corporations Corporate Governance Summit.
30 March 2009, London
Recent research by Ethical Corporation has shown that the UK system of corporate governance is viewed as globally pre-eminent, but the debate will be looking at the issue through the lens of the recent financial crisis. Can it be said that the UK system is as strong as previously thought?
This debate will take place at the Corporate Governance Summit, taking place on the 16th and 17th of June in London. Mr Brandjes, Mr Frick and Ms Ashton will be joined by corporate governance experts from a variety of businesses and institutions.
Lord Leon Brittan, ex-UK Home Secretary and current Non-Executive Director of Unilever will be examining the role of non-executive directors along with AnneMarie Durbin, Company Secretary at Standard Chartered Bank, and Miles Templeman, Director General of the Institute of Directors.
David Jackson, Company Secretary of BP, will be joined by Bob Evans of the UKs Serious Fraud Office and Stephen Haddrill, Director General of the Association of British Insurers in a keynote presentation on whether the UK system of corporate governance is fit for purpose, and what changes are likely in the wake of the financial crisis.
For a comprehensive programme for this conference, please go to www.ethicalcorp.com/corporategovernance
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Ethical Corporation
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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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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
I understand that Josef Fritzl will be speaking about family values at the same conference.