Malcolm Brinded
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Malcolm Arthur Brinded CBE (born 18 March 1953) is a British businessman, and former executive director for Upstream International and Executive Board Member of Royal Dutch Shell plc and a Non-Executive Director of Network Rail.
Career
Brinded graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in engineering in 1974,{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=5106406&ticker=RDSA:LN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007042636/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=5106406&ticker=RDSA:LN|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 October 2012|title=Malcolm Brinded: Executive Profile & Biography|work=investing.businessweek.com}} and joined Shell in The Hague. Since then he has worked for the Shell Group in Brunei, the Netherlands, Oman and the UK.{{cite web|title=Malcolm Brinded Profile|url=https://people.forbes.com/profile/malcolm-brinded/69076|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608154342/http://people.forbes.com/profile/malcolm-brinded/69076|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2009|work=People.forbes.com}} Having joined Shell in 1974 from 1998 he was managing director of Shell UK Exploration and Production, in 1999 he became Shell Country chairman in the UK,{{cite web|url=http://www.shell.com/home/content/aboutshell/who_we_are/leadership/executive_committee/malcolm_brinded/|title=Malcolm Brinded|work=shell.com}} in 2002 he became a managing director of Royal Dutch, and from 2004 was managing director of Shell Transport. In October 2004 he became an executive director of Royal Dutch Shell in charge of Exploration & Production.
Malcolm is a Fellow of both the Institution of Civil Engineers and of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He is a member of the Nigerian president's Honorary International Investor Council and a trustee of the Emirates Foundation and the International Business Leaders Forum. He is the former chairman of the Shell Foundation. On 11 October 2010, Malcolm Brinded was appointed as a non-executive director of Network Rail, subject to being confirmed to the post by election by Network Rail's members at the 2011 AGM, a position he held until November 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23886909-shells-malcolm-brinded-moves-to-network-rail-board.do|title=Shell's Malcolm Brinded moves to Network Rail board|date=12 October 2010|work=Evening Standard|location=London|access-date=12 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223070831/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23886909-shells-malcolm-brinded-moves-to-network-rail-board.do|archive-date=23 December 2010|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.networkrail.co.uk/feeds/network-rail-appoints-non-executive-directors-to-board/|title=Network Rail Appoints Non-executive Directors to Board|date=23 November 2016|work=Network Rail Website}} Malcolm Brinded was elected as president of the Energy Institute on 4 July 2017.
Personal life
Brinded is married to Carola and has three sons, the eldest of whom, Benjamin Brinded, followed in his father's footsteps to Cambridge University, where he became President of the Students' Union.
Honours
In 2002, Brinded was awarded the honour of the CBE in the New Year's Honours List for services to the UK oil and gas industry.
- 50x50px Order of the British Empire Commander (CBE) (2002)
- 50x50px Order of Paduka Seri Laila Jasa Second Class (DSLJ) – Dato Seri Laila Jasa (15 July 2011){{Cite web |title=HM 65th Birthday Awards |url=http://bruneiresources.blogspot.com/2011/07/hm-65th-birthday-awards.html |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=HM 65th Birthday Awards}}
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