I have provided links to secret US cables/articles exposing Shell’s infiltration of the supposedly sovereign Nigerian government and the involvement of Pickard in all manner of murky goings on, including trading intelligence information with the Americans. Ann Pickard will be arriving with more baggage than a Samsonite factory.
By John Donovan
Ann Pickard, currently the chairman of Shell Australia, is being sent to resuscitate Shell’s Arctic plans and rescue its reputation.
She is being appointed as Group Executive Vice President of Exploration & Production in the Arctic, replacing the disgraced Lawrence of Alaska.
Peter Voser must have concluded that she is a safe pair of hands.
I beg to differ.
Has he forgotten the debacle over her indiscreet bragging to the Americans about Shell’s sinister corrupting activities in Nigeria, including infiltrating Shell agents into every Nigerian ministry?
She also became involved in all kinds of other machinations involving not only Nigerian militants, but also the Russians making a move on the hydrocarbon riches of Nigeria
This was during the period when Ann Pickard was Shell’s Vice President for Africa.
She asked the U.S. government what it knew about Gazprom making a play for Shell’s concessions in Nigeria and if it had any information on shipments of surface to air missiles (SAMS) to militant groups in the Niger Delta.
Ann Pickard is unlikely to have ingratiated herself with U.S. contacts in Nigeria by “repeatedly” telling them that the U.S. government is leaky. It may be true, but the message was less than diplomatic.
I have provided links to secret US cables/articles exposing Shell’s infiltration of the supposedly sovereign Nigerian government and the involvement of Pickard in all manner of murky goings on, including trading intelligence information with her fellow Americans.
WikiLeaks: NIGERIA: SHELL BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON OIL GAS ISSUES
WikiLeaks: SHELL MD DISCUSSES THE STATUS OF THE PROPOSED PETROLEUM
WikiLeaks: NIGERIA: SHELL CLAIMS PRODUCTION UNAFFECTED BY ATTACKS
WikiLeaks: ROYAL DUTCH SHELL NIGERIAN SHAME
WikiLeaks exposes Shell’s infiltration of Nigeria’s government
WikiLeaks: NIGERIA: SHELL CLAIMS PRODUCTION UNAFFECTED BY ATTACKS
Ann Pickard will be arriving with more baggage than a Samsonite factory.
The extraordinary activities revealed in the relevant WikiLeaks cables were totally incompatible with Shell’s claimed core business principles.
Apparently integrity and diplomatic skills are not required for the executive in charge of Shell’s Alaskan/Arctic Campaign.
Otherwise it would been far better if Shell had secured the services of Jean-Luc Picard, rather than transferring Ann Pickard.
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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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