Mark Moody-Stuart

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Sir Mark Moody-Stuart (Born 15 September 1940, Antigua) was appointed non-executive chairman of Anglo American plc in 2001 [1]and is an ex-chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and a director of HSBC Holdings and of Accenture. He is a Chairman, Foundation for the Global Compact[2] and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) until December 2007. He was knighted in 2000 (KCMG).

Moody-Stuart became a Managing Director of The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c. in 1991 and was Chairman of Royal Dutch/Shell from 1998-2001. He was succeeded by Sir Philip Watts.

In February 2008, he hit the headlines with a call for a ban on "gas-guzzlers" [3].

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[edit] Family and Education

He was educated at Shrewsbury School and at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he obtained a Ph.D. on a thesis on the Devonian sediments of Spitsbergen. He became a Fellow of this College in 2001 [4].

In 1964, he married Judy McLeavy. They have three sons and a daughter[4].

[edit] Career with Shell

  • 1966 Joined Shell
  • Geologist in Spain, Oman and Brunei
  • 1972 Chief Geologist in Australia
  • 1976 Leader of North Sea exploration teams, Shell UK Expro
  • 1976 Manager, Western Division Shell Petroleum Development Company, Nigeria.
  • 1979 General Manager, Turkey
  • 1982 Chairman and Chief Executive, Malaysia
  • 1990 Exploration and Production Co-ordinator
  • 1991 Group Managing Director
  • 1998 Chairman of the Committee of Managing Directors of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group [5]
  • 2001 Gave up Chair of Shell but remained on the Board[4]
  • 2005 Retired from Shell[4]

[edit] Management Style

In stark contrast to both his predecessor, Cor Herkströter,[6] and successor, Philip Watts, at Shell, Mark was popular and had a reputation for being both listening and thoughtful.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Anglo American website listing NEDs. See also Guardian article, 22 April 2007, on Anglo, after its AGM
  2. ^ List of Board members on official Global Compact website, accessed 13 May 2007
  3. ^ BBC News Green Room website: Mark Moody Stuart Society depends on more for less. (Accessed 5 February 2008
  4. ^ a b c d Who's who accessed online 13 May 2007
  5. ^ Speakers at TERIIN Conference, accessed 13 May 2007
  6. ^ WP Biography of Cor Herkströter IN DUTCH

[edit] External links

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