Quentin D’Silva
Quentin D’Silva is a Pakistani Christian business executive.
He was born in Karachi, Pakistan and studied at St Patrick's High School, Karachi.
D'Silva is a MBA graduate of the University of Karachi. After graduating he worked in marketing and sales with Reckitt Benckiser and Gillette.[1] In 1997 he joined Shell Pakistan Limited.[2] 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.[1] By February 24, 2000 he had risen to Commercial Manager of Shell.[3]
D'Silva had reached the position of Chief Executive Officer of Shell Middle East and central Asia by 2005. That year he travelled to Dhaka, Bangladesh for the launching of a Ranks Petroleum Ltd and Shell Middle East joint venture.[2]
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.[4]
In 2006 he was also a trustee of the Layton Rahmatulla Benevolent Trust.[5]
He joined the board of PRL in 2006 and resigned in 2007.[6]
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.[1]