Career
He was executive vice president of Global Business Development of the California-based Chevron Corporation from May 2003 and chief executive officer of Enterprise Oil in 2002 (which was bought under his leadership by Shell in 2002 for £3.5bn). The company also faced a hostile takeover from Eni, the Rome-based oil company.
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