Clive Mather
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Clive Mather is the Chairman of Tearfund. Tearfund is an evangelical Christian relief and development agency, building a global network of local churches to help eradicate poverty. He is also the Chairman of Iogen Corporation, a Canadian company speacialising in enzyme technology and the leading producer of cellulsic ethanol. He is Chairman of the Shell Pensions Trust Ltd, one of the few major defined benefit pension funds still open to memebers. In July 2009 he was appointed as one of the 12 members of the Premier's Council for Economic Strategy in Alberta. He also serves on the Royal Anniversary Trust, the Council of The Garden Tomb (Jerusalem) Association, and the Advisory Board of the Relationships Foundation, all in the United Kingdom.
Mather is a former employee of Royal Dutch Shell.
He joined Shell in 1969 and retired in 2007. His career included assignments in Brunei, Gabon, South Africa, the Netherlands, Canada and the UK where he was Chairman of Shell UK Limited between 2002 and 2004. His last position was as President & CEO of Shell Canada Ltd based in Calgary.
Mather was formerly Chairman of the UK Government/Industry CSR Academy, Deputy Chairman of the Windsor Leadership Trust and Chairman of the IMD Business Advisory Council in Switzerland. He has held a number of public appointments in the UK including Commissioner for the Equal Opportunities Commission, Chairman of the Petroleum Employer’s Council and Chairman of the Lambeth Education Action Zone.
Mather was educated at Warwick School and Lincoln College, Oxford. He is a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. He writes and speaks on leadership, the environment and energy internationally.
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[edit] Shell Canada Ltd stock acquisition
In 2004 the Board of Shell Canada Limited appointed Mather as president and CEO of Shell Canada.
During 2006 Royal Dutch Shell, which owned 78% of the public stock of Shell Canada commenced an $8.7-billion takeover of the 22% of Shell Canada that it didn't own. In March 2007 the shareholders of Shell Canada Ltd. accepted a $45.00 per share cash offer from Royal Dutch Shell Plc [1]. In the year up to the acceptance of this offer shares in Shell Canada increased in value from $28.90 to just under $45 [2].
[edit] Evangelical Alliance speech
In October 2004 Mather gave a speech to the Evangelical Alliance in London entitled “Trust: Whose business is it” [3] during which he said “Meticulous compliance with all the new regulations is a must, but will not be enough. We have to try harder; we have to set the highest standards in everything we do, because trust is essential to our business.”
[edit] Relationships Foundation
Mather has been involved with the Relationships Foundation to whom he has said "Concern for relationships is a vital part of sustainable development – whether economic, environmental or social - and must feature in political debate and decision making".
