H.R.H. Prince Bernhard

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H.R.H. Prince Bernhard

Prince Consort of the Kingdom of The Netherlands

H.R.H. Prince Bernhard (1911-2004) was the Prince Consort to Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. He was born in Jena, Germany into the family of Lippe as the eldest son of Prince Bernhard of Lippe. He studied Law at Lusanne and Munich Universities and upon graduating, began a career at the German dye corporation G Farben in Paris. In 1936 he met Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and their engagement was quickly announced. To dispel Dutch fears of Nazism he renounced his German citizenship before his wedding in 1937. In 1940, following the outbreak of war, Germany invaded the Netherlands and the Dutch royal family fled to Britain. Prince Bernhard, however, returned to the Netherlands to join Dutch troops fighting the Nazis. In 1941 he became a Wing Commander in the RAF and trained as a pilot, obtaining his wings in 1941. From 1943 he served as Commander in Chief of the Dutch forces as well as leading Dutch resistance forces. Following the conclusion of the war, Prince Bernhard and Queen Juliana earned the respect and gratitude of the people by helping to rebuild the country. In 1948 Crown Princess Juliana took the throne, while Prince Bernhard became a Member of the Board of multiple companies. In 1954 he played a pivotal role in organising a meeting at the Bilderburg hotel for business executives and intellectuals to meet and discuss the economic problems that were being caused by the threat of communism. This meeting eventually became an annual occurrence and became known as the Bilderburg Group. In 1961 he assisting in the founding of the World Wildlife Fund and became its first President.

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Edward L. Paramore

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Edward L. Paramore

Former President of Halliburton

Edward L. Paramore was the former President and Vice Chairman of the Halliburton Company. Mr Paramore began working for Halliburton at the age of 20 as a truck driver. He was initially assigned to the company’s New Orleans office; however after performing Halliburton’s first offshore well treatment he was promoted to company’s headquarters. He continued to progress in the company due to his innovative business ideas and ability to increase the company’s profit margins. One such example of this was when he led the development of a complete line of well servicing equipment and techniques that were specifically designed for off shore drilling. Importantly, Mr Paramore also took into consideration the impact that oil drilling would have on the environment and whilst maintaining the company’s profits he introduced the Clean Gulf Consortium. The operation continues today and involves a non-profit cooperative alliance between drilling companies whose goal is to prevent environmental incidents and incur a quick response team to remediate any incidents should they occur. Mr Paramore’s model of environmentalism for drilling has become a model for other companies and is consistently used throughout the world today. Mr Paramore also assisted technically to offshore drilling by creating and pushing for such systems as skid-mounted pressure pumping and cementing equipment, well-testing units, bulk handling equipment, sand control and improved techniques for fighting offshore blowouts and well fires.

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De Telegraaf

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De Telegraaf

Newspaper

De Telegraaf is the Netherlands’s largest and most widely circulated daily newspaper. Founded in 1893 by Henry Tindal, it was acquired by HMC Holbert following Tindal’s death in 1902. Following his acquisition, Holbert set about implementing changes to the newspaper. During World War One, De Telegraaf encountered controversy when it took a pro-British standpoint whilst the Netherlands was still officially neutral. Following the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War Two De Telegraaf, like other newspapers was controlled by the SS and released only pro-German editions. This led to a thirty-year ban on publishing after the war, which was later lifted in 1949, allowing De Telegraaf to grow into the biggest newspaper in The Netherlands. The newspaper reaches a wide-ranging audience due to the broad range of topics covered in its publications.

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