Daily Telegraph (UK): Shell taps reserves of humour: “Jeroen van der Veer, Shell chief executive, gave a speech to staff gathered in the canteen for the Christmas lunch on Wednesday: "Enjoy Christmas and take the time to rest and build your reserves in the coming year because Shell will certainly need them." (ShellNews.net 27 Dec 04

City diary

Edited by Helena Keers (Filed: 27/12/2004)

Jeroen van der Veer, Shell chief executive, gave a speech to staff gathered in the canteen for the Christmas lunch on Wednesday: "Enjoy Christmas and take the time to rest and build your reserves in the coming year because Shell will certainly need them." How they laughed.

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