Quentin D'Silva is a Pakistani Christian business executive.

Life

D'Silva was born in

Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...

, Pakistan and studied at

St Patrick's High School, Karachi St Patrick's High School is a Catholic primary and secondary school located in Saddar Town, Sindh, Karachi, Pakistan. Founded by the Jesuits in 1861, the school is the second-oldest school in Karachi.Ali, G. and Ali, M. St. Patrick’s: A journ ...

. He gained an MBA from the

University of Karachi The University of Karachi (; informally Karachi University, KU, or UoK) is a public research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in June 1951 by an act of Parliament and as a successor to the University of Sindh (which is ...

. After graduating, he worked in marketing and sales with

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and Gillette.Tarmac website Accessed 14 March 2015
/ref> In 1997, he joined Shell Pakistan Limited.Daily Star 19 May 2005
/ref> He later spent part of his career with Shell in the Middle East, managing a number of geographic areas and across several business lines, including Shell joint ventures. By 24 February 2000 he had risen to Commercial Manager of Shell. D'Silva had reached the position of chief executive officer of Shell Middle East and central Asia by 2005. That year he travelled to

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, Bangladesh for the launching of a Ranks Petroleum Ltd. and Shell Middle East's joint venture. In May 2006, he was elected to the Board of Shell Pakistan Limited and also appointed Chairman & Chief Executive, a position he held till August 2006. In 2006 he was a trustee of the Layton Rahmatulla Benevolent Trust. He joined the board of PRL in 2006 and resigned in 2007.Pakistan Refinery Limited Annual Report 2007
/ref> He joined Tarmac Middle East in March 2009 as Regional Director. In 2011, he was also a member of the Board of Al Dhahira Tarmac SAOC, Tarmac Oman Limited and Midmac Tarmac Qatar Company WLL.

References

Living people Pakistani Roman Catholics Pakistani corporate directors Businesspeople from Karachi St. Patrick's High School, Karachi alumni University of Karachi alumni Pakistani people of Goan descent Institute of Business Administration, Karachi alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{Pakistan-bio-stub