Background
Watts, Philip was born on June 25, 1945. Son of Samuel and Edith Phillipa (Wale) Watts.
Watts, Philip was born on June 25, 1945. Son of Samuel and Edith Phillipa (Wale) Watts.
Graduate, University Leeds.
Science teacher Methodist Boys High School, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1966—1968. Joined Shell International, 1969, seismologist Indonesia, 1970—1974, geophysicist, 1974—1977, exploration manager, Norway Norway, 1978—1981. Division head, Malaysia, Bruneo, Singapore Royal Dutch/Shell Group Companies, 1981—1983.
Exploration director Shell United Kingdom, 1983—1985. Coordinator, Europe Shell, The Hague, 1986—1991. Managing director Shell United Kingdom, Nigeria, 1991—1994, regional coordinator, Europe The Hague, 1994—1995, director, planning, environmental and external affairs, 1996—1997.
Group managing director Royal Dutch/Shell Group, 1997. Managing director Shell Transport and Trading Company, 1997—2001, chairman, 2001—2004. Chairman, managing director Royal Dutch/Shell Group, England, 2001—2004.
Chairman executive committee World Business Council Sustainable Development, 2001—2002. Member of International Chamber of C. (chairman).
Married Janet Edna Lockwood, 1966. Children: Sarah, Jonathan.