Sir John Jennings CBE BSc PhD FGS FRSE was the Chancellor

Chancellor

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 of Loughborough University

Loughborough University

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, having previously been Chairman of the Shell Transport and Trading Company plc from 1993 to 1997 and a director until 2001.

Sir John is Sloan Fellow of the London Business School

London Business School

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 and has honorary doctorates from Birmingham

University of Birmingham

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 and Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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 Universities, having previously gained a BSc in Geology

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 in 1958 and a PhD three years later. He joined Shell in 1968 and advanced through the ranks to become Managing Director of the Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell

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 Group from 1987 to 1997 and Chairman of the Shell Transport and Trading Company plc from 1993 to 1997. Sir John was a Director of the company between 1987 and 2001.

Sir John succeeded Sir Denis Rooke

Denis Rooke

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to become Loughborough University's fourth Chancellor in 2003, he retired from this position in July 2010