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OPL 245 Scandal: Wiretapped phone call between Ben van Beurden and Simon Henry

Apr 9th, 2017
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By John Donovan

On 17 February 2016, Shell CEO Ben van Beurden and his scandal-prone CFO Simon Henry thought they were having a private telephone discussion about a dawn raid carried out by Dutch police on the HQ of Royal Dutch Shell Plc in the Hague.

The raid was in relation to the $1.3 bn OPL 245 oil block Nigerian corruption scandal involving Shell, ENI and Nigerian fraudsters, including former Nigerian Oil Minister Dan Etete. Police spent many hours during the raid searching the offices of various Shell executives. read more

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Shell Multimillionaire CFO Simon Henry Departs Today

Mar 10th, 2017
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UPDATED WITH MORE LINKS: “Simon Henry has loads of money now. Plenty to pay lawyers to sue me for defamation if anything I have stated is untrue. He also has me to thank for the above Daily Mail article.”

By John Donovan

Despite his well-documented role in the Shell oil and gas reserves scandal over a decade ago, Simon Henry clung on and ended up hitting the jackpot when appointed Chief Financial Officer of Royal Dutch Shell Plc. He is departing that job today but will become an employee of Shell International Limited on 1 April 2017, April Fools Day, for a two-month “transition” period. Perhaps he needs the time to count his cash while having a good laugh at Shell investors.

Many millions of dollars including payment for loss of office, various bonus payments and yet more millions from the sale of some of his shares – two helpings, each for over £1m. read more

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Simon Henry sells another £1m worth of Shell shares

Feb 17th, 2017
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The fact that Simon Henry the departing Chief Financial Officer of Royal Dutch Shell Plc has flogged another £1m plus worth of Shell shares has not gone unnoticed in the financial media.

The above Daily Mail article based on information I supplied, was published several weeks ago after Henry sold £1m worth of his Shell shares days before his unexpected resignation.

Now the latest instalment in his Shell share selling spree has been taken up by Interactive Investor, asking whether director dealing activity can be a warning sign.  read more

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Royal Dutch Shell PLC saddled with a mountain of debt

Jan 3rd, 2017
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By John Donovan

The Wall Street Journal does not mince its words.

In an article published today, it says that Shell has saddled itself with a mountain of debt as a result of its takeover of the BG Group.

Article author Sarah Kent points out Shell’s  debt-to-equity ratio is far higher than its major rivals.

The same concern is expressed in a related Wall Street Journal article: Shell’s New Year Promise: Slimming Down

Although Shell promised to offload $30 billion of assets, it has thus far sold only $5 billion worth. read more

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Shell boss Simon Henry cashed in £1m days before he suddenly resigned

Dec 18th, 2016
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Shell boss Simon Henry 

IMAGES FROM DAILY MAIL ARTICLES PUBLISHED FRIDAY 16 DECEMBER 2016.

ALSO PUBLISHED BY THE DAILY MAIL ON THE SAME DATE

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Suspicion over Simon Henry departure, a cover-up by Shell?

Dec 16th, 2016
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“Shell finance boss Simon Henry sold stock worth £1m just days before he suddenly left the firm. Shell would not say why the £3.2 million-a-year boss was leaving…” (From a Daily Mail article by Rachel Millard) 

Posted on our Shell Blog Friday 16 December 2016

SMELLS: Interesting comment published in the Daily Mail today Friday, by City Editor Alex Brummer under the heading: “Shell game”:

“EXTRAVAGANT praise by Shell chairman Charles Holliday for departing finance director Simon Henry only fuels suspicion the Anglo-Dutch oil major is not revealing all.” read more

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Shell finance boss tipped to take over the top job cashed in stock worth £1m days before he suddenly quit

Dec 16th, 2016
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By Rachel Millard For The Daily Mail: 21:58, 15 December 2016 

A finance boss at Royal Dutch Shell who was tipped to take over the top job has suddenly left – just days after he sold stock worth £1million.

Credited with leading the firm’s £41billion takeover of oil and gas group BG last year, Simon Henry was a key lieutenant of chief executive Ben van Beurden.

But the 55-year-old’s departure was announced yesterday to the shock of the markets. Relatively unknown internal finance executive Jessica Uhl has been appointed in his place.

It emerged Henry sold more than £1million of shares on December 1, within 24 hours of the historic Opec deal to cut production that then sent the price of oil soaring. read more

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Shell finance chief to leave company in March

Dec 15th, 2016
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By Karolin Schaps | LONDON

Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) Chief Financial Officer Simon Henry will step down in March after seven years in the post and be replaced by Jessica Uhl, a finance executive in Shell’s gas business.

Henry, a 55-year-old Shell veteran, was one of the executives who oversaw the $54 billion (43.27 billion pound) acquisition of BG Group, which completed in February, and the integration of the gas company which turned Shell into the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) trader. read more

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Shell picks American former Enron exec for CFO

Dec 15th, 2016
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Royal Dutch Shell executive Jessica Uhl has been elevated to chief financial officer for global operations.

Uhl, the current executive vice president of finance for integrated gas, begins her new post in March and will continue to work at The Hague.  She will replace CFO Simon Henry, who will assist with the transition through June.

Before joining Shell in 2004, Uhl was a director of project development and later a vice president of corporate development for Enron in Houston and Panama.

Uhl also will serve as an executive director of Shell and sit on the executive committee. Shell CEO Ben van Beurden praised Uhl’s promotion. read more

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Shell finance chief Simon Henry to leave after 30 years with the oil major

Dec 15th, 2016
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Caitlin Morrison deputy digital editor at City A.M: Thursday 15 December 2016 8:47am

Royal Dutch Shell announced today that finance chief Simon Henry will step down in March 2017, to be replaced by Jessica Uhl.

Henry – who was appointed to the Lloyds Bank board in 2014 – has been with Shell for over 30 years, and has been chief financial officer for seven.

“I have been privileged to spend the past 34 years working with great colleagues, in a great company,” said Henry. read more

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Shell to replace CFO Simon Henry in March

Dec 15th, 2016
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Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) will replace Simon Henry as chief financial officer on March 9, 2017 with Jessica Uhl, a financial executive in Shell’s gas business, the company said on Thursday.

Henry will remain available to the company until June 30, 2017, Shell said. It gave no reason for his departure.

“Jessica combines an external perspective with broad Shell experience and is a highly regarded executive,” Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden said.

Uhl joined Shell in 2004 and was previously employed at Enron and Citibank in the U.S. and Panama. read more

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Royal Dutch Shell CFO Simon Henry steps down

Dec 15th, 2016
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By MarketWatch

Published: Dec 15, 2016 2:21 a.m. ET

LONDON–Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s RDSA Chief Financial Officer Simon Henry is stepping down next year and will be replaced by Jessica Uhl, who is currently executive vice president finance for the integrated gas business.

Mr. Henry will remain on the board until March 9 and remain available to assist with the transition until June, Shell said Thursday.

Write to Rory Gallivan at [email protected]; Twitter: @RoryGallivan

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Shell finance chief takes some chips off the table

Dec 5th, 2016
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Royal Dutch Shell’s finance boss took advantage of the jump in the company’s share price immediately following OPEC’s decision to cut its output to sell some of his holdings in the oil producer.

According to a statement issued by the company, Simon Henry unloaded 50,000 B-shares at an individual price of 2163p, allowing him to pocket £1,081,500.

On 11 November, and in remarks to The Wall Street Journal, the firm´s executive vice president for deep-water, Wael Sawan, said Shell would invest $10bn more in the country, on top of the $30bn already deployed in South America´s largest economy. read more

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Market keeps watching brief on Shell’s Woodside stake

Nov 29th, 2016
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by Sarah Thompson Anthony Macdonald Joyce Moullakis

With December’s silly season now underway, brokers are left with precious few trading days to launch any significant placements and block trades.

But one stake remains at the top of every firm’s watchlist: Shell’s 13.3 per cent stake in Woodside Petroleum.

Firstly, there’s a motivated seller. The oil giant’s chief financial officer Simon Henry classified the $3.4 billion stake as “available for sale” when he informed investors in August of a change in how Shell classifies its stake in the Australian oil and gas producer. read more

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Shell’s debts rise as it misses asset-sales target

Nov 19th, 2016
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PUBLISHED NOV 19, 2016, 5:00 AM SGT

LONDON • Royal Dutch Shell is more than US$4 billion (S$5.71 billion) short of its asset-sales target for the year, prompting credit ratings agencies to warn that its record debt will not start shrinking soon enough.

Shell piled up borrowings following its biggest acquisition, the purchase of BG Group, and needs to hit disposal targets to help pay for it and stave off rating reviews, according to the agencies. The company sold US$1.7 billion of assets in the first nine months of this year, according to a Nov 1 statement, well short of its US$6 billion to US$8 billion guidance. read more

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Hold the champagne

Nov 4th, 2016
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screen-shot-2016-11-03-at-14-50-16By Ed Crooks, November 4, 2016

If you are looking forward to the oil industry recovery, you shouldn’t break out the champagne just yet.

Over the past eight days, the world’s largest listed oil companies have released third quarter earnings reports. From all of them, the message was that while the worst might be over, they were still facing a long hard road ahead.

The snap reactions from the stock market were mixed: positive for  Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, Total and ConocoPhillips; negative for ExxonMobil, BP, Eni, Statoil, Petrochina and Cnooc. read more

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