Peter Holmes (businessman)

Sir Peter Fenwick Holmes (27 September 1932 – 8 March 2002) was a British businessman, chairman of Royal Dutch Shell from 1985 to 1993.[1]

Holmes was born in Athens, and lived in Hungary for a time, as his father had a company there, and his mother was American. His grandfather and great grandfather lived in Turkey, where they worked for the Levant consular service.[1]

Holmes was educated at Malvern College, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he received a bachelor's degree in history.[1]

Holmes also wrote, under the name Peter Fenwick.[2]

References
  1. Anthony Sampson. "Obituary: Sir Peter Holmes | Business". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  2. Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 61.
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