Shell’s Vice President for Africa, Ann Pickard "I do not like to talk to US Government officials because the US Government is leaky."
Consul General Donna M. Blair "She may be concerned that by telling us the true impact of the attack, more bad news about Shell’s Nigerian operations will leak out."
Ann Pickard was right wasn't she. After all it wasn't Wikileaks who leaked this cable was it. It was indeed the "leaky" US government's fault, they made the cables so freely available internally that some malcontent was bound to leak them. Ann has tremendous abilities and the US government would have done well to act upon her concerns. Nobody knows more about leaks than Ann after her 5 years in Nigeria.
Described by Fortune Magazine as the bravest woman in oil and one of the 50 most powerful women in business, Ann was Shell’s Regional Executive Vice President for Sub Sahara Africa, based in Lagos Nigeria, for the past 5 years. In that role she oversaw the company’s exploration & production, gas and LNG activities in the region.
Before that, Ann was Director, Global Businesses and Strategy and a member of the Shell Gas & Power Executive Committee with responsibility for Global LNG, Power, and Gas & Power Strategy.
In March this year she became Executive Vice President Upstream Australia within the Shell Upstream International organisation, responsible for the exploration, production and gas commercialisation part of Shell’s Australian business.
Since then, her role has expanded to Country Chair of Shell in Australia, adding oversight of the manufacturing, chemicals, supply and distribution, retail, lubricants, trading and shipping, and alternative energy parts of the business.
