Royal Dutch Petroleum Company: Directorate Change
May 18 2004 - 12:35PM
PR Newswire (US)
Royal Dutch Petroleum Company: Directorate Change THE HAGUE, The
Netherlands, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Supervisory Board
and the Board of Management of N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche
Petroleum Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Petroleum Company) announce
that at the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be
held on 28th June 2004, it will be proposed that Ms L.Z. Cook be
appointed a Managing Director of the Company with effect from 1st
August 2004. It is the intention that after her appointment as a
Managing Director of the Company, Ms Cook be appointed a member of
the Presidium of the Board of Directors of Shell Petroleum N.V.,
and a Managing Director of The Shell Petroleum Company Limited with
effect from 1st August 2004, thereby becoming a Group Managing
Director of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies. Linda Cook,
who is of US nationality, was born in Kansas City, USA, in 1958.
She joined Shell Oil Company in Houston, USA, in 1980, having
graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in Petroleum
Engineering. Ms Cook worked for Shell Oil Company in Houston and
California in a variety of technical and managerial positions until
1998 when she moved to The Hague. There she became Director
Strategy and Business Development on the Shell Exploration and
Production Global Executive Committee. In 2000 Ms Cook was
appointed Chief Executive Officer for Shell Gas & Power in
London. She became President and Chief Executive Officer and a
member of the Board of Directors of Shell Canada Limited in Canada
in 2003. Ms Cook is also a member of the Board of Directors of The
Boeing Company. DATASOURCE: Royal Dutch Petroleum Company CONTACT:
Shell Media Relations: +44-207-934-5963
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