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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 all Shell businesses operating in the United States. He became President after serving as Group Human Resource Director of the Shell Group, based in The Hague, The Netherlands. Hofmeister, upon retirement from Shell Oil Company in 2008, founded and heads the not-for-profit, nation-wide membership association, Citizens for Affordable Energy. A business leader who has participated in the inner workings of multiple industries for over 35 years, Hofmeister also has held executive leadership positions in General Electric, Nortel and AlliedSignal (now Honeywell International). Hofmeister earned Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Political Science from Kansas State University. John Hofmeister is the author of Why We Hate the Oil Companies: Straight Talk from an Energy Insider (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010). He lives in Houston, Texas.