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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington Environment editor

Church of England pension boss’s shares in Shell ‘shocking’, say campaigners

Clive Mather in 2006, when he was the president and chief executive of Shell Canada.
Clive Mather in 2006, when he was the president and chief executive of Shell Canada. Photograph: The Canadian Press/Alamy

The chair of the Church of England Pensions Board, which has not divested its £3.5bn fund from fossil fuels, is a shareholder in Shell, the Guardian can reveal.

Clive Mather had a 38-year career at the oil company during which he oversaw a multibillion-dollar tar sands project in Canada.

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