NewsBite

Rear Window

Hannah Wootton

Ghosts of investors past come to haunt Shell chair Andrew Mackenzie

Hannah WoottonColumnist
EmailLinkedInTwitterFacebook

Subscribe to gift this article

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

Subscribe now

Already a subscriber?

Of all the headaches company chairs can encounter, an overly enthusiastic activist investor is among the worst.

So Shell chairman Andrew Mackenzie must have had a wave of déjà vu when he realised Elliott Investment Management had built up a $1.75 billion bet against shares in the company last week.

Loading...
Hannah Wootton is a Rear Window columnist, based in Melbourne. Connect with Hannah on Twitter. Email Hannah at hannah.wootton@afr.com
EmailLinkedInTwitterFacebook

Subscribe to gift this article

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

Subscribe now

Already a subscriber?

License article

Read More

Latest In Mining

Fetching latest articles

Most Viewed In Rear window

    The Australian Financial Review Magazine

    BOSS Financial Review

    Robin Barbieri, Craig Wright and Patrick Flanagan.

    Life & Leisure

    (L-R) Chefs Andreas Caminada, Clare Smyth, Anne-Sophie Pic, Eneko Atxa, and Yannick Alléno attend Hublot Big Bang Night at Geneva Arena on April 02, 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland.

    Inside the Big Bang watch party in Geneva

    • Luke Benedictus and Matthew Drummond

    Rich List

    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/rear-window/ghosts-of-investors-past-come-to-haunt-shell-chair-andrew-mackenzie-20250331-p5lnuv