By John Donovan
Another sudden high level departure from Royal Dutch Shell PLC surrounded by intrigue
Andrew Longden, Executive VP of Treasury and Corporate Finance of Royal Dutch Shell Plc is departing the company in June, in unexplained circumstances.
*In November 2003, Mr. Longden joined Shell as its Group Treasurer, with overall responsibility for treasury, risk management, M&A and pensions management for the Shell group worldwide. He was a Member of the working group that was responsible for devising and executing the merger of Shell Transport and Royal Dutch. He serves as a Director of Shell International Finance B.V. Mr. Longden serves as also a Trustee of the Shell UK Pension Scheme.
Oddly, Shell is refusing to comment on the reasons for his sudden departure, which is taking place soon after the company announced its takeover of the BG Group.
Justin Scheck of The Wall Street Journal says that Shell has declined to make Andy Longden available for interview.
Shell has never explained the surprise departure of Peter Rees QC as head of Shell legal soon after Ben van Beurden became Chief Executive of Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
*Paragraph was extracted from a Bloomberg executive profile
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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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