
Sir Mark Moody-StuartKCMG (born 15 September 1940) is a British businessman, He was appointed non-executive chairman ofAnglo American PLC[1] in 2001, serving until 2009. He has been chairman of Hermes Equity Ownership Services since 2009.[2][3]
He is a former chairman ofRoyal Dutch Shell and a director ofHSBC Holdings and ofAccenture. He is chairman of the Foundation for theGlobal Compact[4] and was a director of theGlobal Reporting Initiative (GRI) until December 2007. He is a director ofSaudi Aramco. He was knighted in 2000 (KCMG).
Moody-Stuart became a managing director of Shell Transport and Trading Company plc in 1991 and was chairman of Royal Dutch/Shell from 1998-2001. He was succeeded by SirPhilip Watts.
In February 2008, he hit the headlines with a call for a ban on "gas-guzzlers".[5]
He was born inAntigua the son of asugar plantation owner,[6] and educated atShrewsbury School and atSt. John's College, Cambridge, where he obtained a PhD on a thesis on theDevonian sediments ofSpitsbergen. He became a Fellow of this College in 2001.[7]
In 1964, he married Judy McLeavy. They have three sons and a daughter.[7]
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| Preceded by | Chairman of the Committee of Managing Directors ofRoyal Dutch Shell 1998–2001 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chairman ofShell Transport and Trading 1997–2001 | |