LONDON (Dow Jones)--Royal Dutch Shell PLC's (RDSB.LN) chief of gas, power and renewable energy Linda Cook has resigned unexpectedly, and will step down as an executive director of the company effective June 1, the company said in a statement Tuesday.
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Shell: Gas, Pwr, Renewables Chief Linda Cook To Resign June 1
Breaking News… Linda Cook, Executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell Gas & Power Resigns…
Linda Cook, Executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell Gas & Power
According to a reliable Shell insider source Linda Cook, Executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell Gas & Power, is leaving Shell in just a few days time, on June 1, 2009, for sudden undisclosed reasons.
The following posting was made on our Shell Blog at 8am UK time…
Linda Cook is stepping down. Peace at last, peace at last. Now there is room for talented women instead of token women. Will she return her stay-on bonus? Very curious what bullshit story she will now come up with!
An Early Start in the Oil Industry
LINDA COOK: Executive director, gas and power, Royal Dutch Shell, the Netherlands
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