John hofmeister biography
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- John Hofmeister joined Shell Oil in 1997 and served as its president from 2005-2008, following twenty-five years in major energy consuming companies, including GE, Nortel and AlliedSignal.
- John Hofmeister was named President of Houston-based Shell Oil Company in March 2005, heading the U.S. Country Leadership Team, which included the leaders of.
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Upon retirement as President of Shell Oil Company in 2008, Mr. Hofmeister founded and heads the not-for-profit membership association, Citizens for Affordable Energy. This public policy firm promotes sound U.S. energy security solutions for the nation, including a range of affordable energy supplies, efficiency improvements, essential infrastructure, sustainable environmental policies and public education on energy issues.
A business leader who has participated in the inner workings of multiple industries for over 45 years, Hofmeister also has held executive leadership positions in General Electric, Nortel and AlliedSignal (now Honeywell International).
Hofmeister served as the Chairman of the National Urban League and Chairman of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee. He serves as NED for Applus+, Madrid, and Ioneer Ltd., Sydney; and he was formerly Chairman of Erin Energy in Houston. He also previously served on the boards of Lufkin Industries and Hunting plc.
Hofmeister also serves on the boards of the Foreign P
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John Hofmeister
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- Former Shell Oil President
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John Hofmeister, upon retirement from Shell Oil Company in 2008, founded and heads the not-for-profit (501(c)(3) ), nation-wide membership a
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John Hofmeister, who earned both a bachelor's and a master's in political science from K-State, has served as president of Shell Oil Company since March 2005. The Houston-based company is an affiliate of the Shell Group, a global group of energy and petrochemical companies with 109,000 employees and operations in more than 140 countries and territories. Shell has 22,000 employees based in the U.S.
Mr. Hofmeister joined Shell in 1997 as director of human resources, based in The Hague, The Netherlands, and in London. He previously served as vice president, international human resources, for Allied Signal Inc., based in Hong Kong, and was responsible for developing and implementing the company's Asian and European human resources strategy and infrastructure for its aerospace, automotive and engineered materials businesses. He joined AlliedSignal in 1992.
He also worked for Northern Telecom Inc. from 1988-1992, where he became vice president of human resources in 1990. Mr. Hofmeister began his career in 1973 with General Electric in
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