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