John D. Hofmeister Biography

Mr. John D. Hofmeister founded Affordable Energy Inc. and serves as its Chief Executive Officer of Citizens. Mr. Hofmeister served as the President of Shell Oil Company from March 1, 2005 to June 2008 and also served as its U.S. Country Chair. He served as the Director of Human Resources at The Royal Dutch/Shell Group. He served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Human Resources of Shell Oil Company. He served as Vice President of International Human Resources of AlliedSignal Inc. He was responsible for developing and implementing AlliedSignal's Asian and European human resources strategy and infrastructure for its Aerospace, Automotive and Engineered Materials businesses. Mr. Hofmeister joined AlliedSignal in 1992 as Vice President of Human Resources for its Aerospace business. From 1988 to 1992, he was employed with Northern Telecom Inc., where he served as Vice President of Human Resources since 1990. Mr. Hofmeister began his career in 1973 in the General Electric Lighting Business' international marketing and sales department. During his fifteen years at GE, he held a variety of marketing, manufacturing and human resource positions in five of GE's major businesses, including locomotives, telecommunications, factory automation and electric motors. His last position at GE was General Manager of Motor Relations Operation. He joined Shell as Director of Human Resources in 1997 and served as Country Chair of Shell US. Mr. Hofmeister serves as the Chairman of the National Urban League. He has been the Chairman of the Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Board since September 2010. Mr. Hofmeister served as the Chairman of U.S.A. Operations of Royal Dutch Shell plc since March 2005. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Greater Houston Partnership. He has been a Director of Lufkin Industries Inc. since January 4, 2010. He has been a Senior Independent Director and Non Executive Director of Hunting Plc since June 2010 and August 2009 respectively. He has been a Director at CAMAC Energy Inc. since April 7, 2010. He has been a Member of Advisory Board of Sodexo, Inc. since March 11, 2009. He serves as a Director at Greater Houston Partnership. He serves on the boards of the Foreign Policy Association, Strategic Partners, LLC, the Gas Technology Institute and the Center for Houston's Future. Mr. Hofmeister serves on the boards for the American Petroleum Institute and the National Urban League. Mr. Hofmeister served as a Director of U.S.A. Operations of Royal Dutch. Mr. Hofmeister is also a Member of the National Academy of Human Resources and is Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Centre for Advanced Human Resources Studies at Cornell University. He s a member of the U.S. Department of Energy's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee. Mr. Hofmeister is a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources. Mr. Hofmeister holds a BA and MA degrees in Political Science from Kansas State University.

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