Mark Moody-Stuart
Encyclopedia
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart was appointed non-executive chairman of Anglo American PLC in 2001 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 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".
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.
In 1964, he married Judy McLeavy. They have three sons and a daughter.
, at Shell, Mark was popular and had a reputation for being both listening and thoughtful.
Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...
and a director of HSBC
HSBC
HSBC Holdings plc is a global banking and financial services company headquartered in Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom. it is the world's second-largest banking and financial services group and second-largest public company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine...
Holdings and of Accenture
Accenture
Accenture plc is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company headquartered in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is the largest consulting firm in the world and is a Fortune Global 500 company. As of September 2011, the company had more than 236,000 employees across...
. He is a Chairman, Foundation for the Global Compact and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Global Reporting Initiative
Global Reporting Initiative
The Global Reporting Initiative produces one of the world's most prevalent standards for sustainability reporting - also known as ecological footprint reporting, Environmental Social Governance reporting, Triple Bottom Line reporting, Corporate Social Responsibility reporting...
(GRI) until December 2007. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Saudi Aramco
Saudi Aramco
Saudi Aramco , officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, is the national oil company of Saudi Arabia.Saudi Aramco is the world's largest and most valuable privately-held company, with estimates of its value in 2011 to be $7 trillion USD.Saudi Aramco has both the largest proven crude oil reserves,...
. He was knighted in 2000 (KCMG
Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....
).
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
Philip Watts
Sir Philip Watts, KCMG is the former chairman of the multinational energy company Shell.Watts was born on June 25, 1945, in Leicester, England and grew up in the Midlands where his father worked in the textile industry. Watts attended Wyggeston Boys' and Dixie Grammar schools in Leicestershire and...
.
In February 2008, he hit the headlines with a call for a ban on "gas-guzzlers".
Family and education
He was educated at Shrewsbury SchoolShrewsbury School
Shrewsbury School is a co-educational independent school for pupils aged 13 to 18, founded by Royal Charter in 1552. The present campus to which the school moved in 1882 is located on the banks of the River Severn in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England...
and at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he obtained a Ph.D. on a thesis on the Devonian
Devonian
The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic Era spanning from the end of the Silurian Period, about 416.0 ± 2.8 Mya , to the beginning of the Carboniferous Period, about 359.2 ± 2.5 Mya...
sediments of Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Constituting the western-most bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea...
. He became a Fellow of this College in 2001.
In 1964, he married Judy McLeavy. They have three sons and a daughter.
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
- 2001 Gave up Chair of Shell but remained on the Board
- 2005 Retired from Shell
Management style
At Shell, in stark contrast to both his predecessor, Cor Herkströter, and successor, Philip WattsPhilip Watts
Sir Philip Watts, KCMG is the former chairman of the multinational energy company Shell.Watts was born on June 25, 1945, in Leicester, England and grew up in the Midlands where his father worked in the textile industry. Watts attended Wyggeston Boys' and Dixie Grammar schools in Leicestershire and...
, at Shell, Mark was popular and had a reputation for being both listening and thoughtful.