Background
LOUDON, Jonkheer John Hugo was born on June 27, 1905 in The Hague. Son of Jonkheer Hugo Loudon and Anna P. A. van Marken.
oil executive and company director
LOUDON, Jonkheer John Hugo was born on June 27, 1905 in The Hague. Son of Jonkheer Hugo Loudon and Anna P. A. van Marken.
University of Utrecht.
Joined N.V. De Bataafsche Petroleum Mij., The Hague 1930, served Venezuela, The Hague, United States of America 1930-1944: General Manager Royal Dutch/Shell interests, Venezuela 1944-1947. Manager Director Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, N.V. De Bataafsche Petroleum Mij., Shell Petroleum Company Ltd. 1947; President Royal Dutch Shell Group 1952-1965, Chairman 1965-1976.
Chairman Institute Advisory Committee, Chase Manhattan Bank 1965-1977. Former Chairman Institute Council European Institute of Business Administration, Fontainebleau. Former Chairman Netherlands Economics Institute, Rotterdam.
Former Chairman European Advisory Council Ford Motor Company. Director Russell Reynolds Associations Inc., New York. Former Director Orion Bank Ltd.
Board; President Trustees, World Wildlife Fund 1977-1981, former.
Wright Investors’ Service, Bridgeport, United States of America since 1987. Institute Council; Council. Rockefeller University, New York.
Institute Jury of the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation, Athens, Advisory Board Yale School of Organization and Manager, Yale.
Married Baroness Marie Comelie van Tuyll van Serooskerken in 1931 (died in 1988).