John Donovan has been involved in the gasoline retailing industry for over 40 years devising promotional campaigns for many oil companies, including Conoco and Texaco. He has also acted as a marketing consultant to BP. Donovan is however best known for his long association with the Royal Dutch Shell Group where he devised promotions on an international basis, including the legendary Shell Make Money game which set the gasoline retailing market alight in 1984. The spectacularly successful promotion run in the UK, Ireland and Singapore. Since 1994, John and his 91 year old father, Alfred Donovan, have been involved in bouts of litigation with Shell, the last in 2005, when Shell International Limited unsuccessfully attempted to seize the Internet domain name royaldutchshellplc.com. The Donovan's campaign for Shell senior management to abide by Shell's advertised core business principles of openness, integrity, honesty and respect for people in all of its dealings. John Donovan is a long term Shell shareholder.

• Shell responsible for largest ever oil spill in fresh water, 04 Jun 2012

• Shell accused of deceit, trickery and fraud by over 100 former employees, 17 Apr 2012

• John Donovan, Shell’s nightmare, 27 Mar 2012

• Suck My Pen: How to Gut Goliath by Becoming an Interactive Hub of Dissent, 09 Mar 2012

• SHELL NORTH SEA OIL SPILL DEBACLE, 17 Aug 2011

• Shell embedded spies in host governments of Nigeria, Dubai and Iraq, 05 May 2011

• ROYAL DUTCH SHELL NAZI SECRETS, 06 Nov 2010

• U.S. Dept. of Defense Confirms NCIS Espionage Investigation of Shell, 07 Oct 2010

• Internal emails reveal panic at Shell over Iran sanctions busting, 28 Sep 2010

• Shell, BP and the Lockerbie bomber, 14 Jul 2010

• Shell declines to comment on industrial espionage allegation, 29 Jun 2010

• DATA SECURITY BREACH AT SHELL PUTS ITS EMPLOYEES AT RISK, 04 Feb 2010

• Shell radioactive role in al-Yamamah corruption scandal, 16 Nov 2009

• Sacked Shell EP Chief Walter van de Vijver sacked again, 03 Oct 2009

• Shell and BP role in BAE Systems oil-for-arms deal, 01 Oct 2009

• Did Bloomberg publish false Shell production forecasts?, 26 Sep 2009

• Is Shell skulduggery behind the sinking of an Irish fishing vessel by armed mercenaries?, 11 Jun 2009

• Shell’s $15.5m settlement: the robber barons knocking at the Ogoni door, 10 Jun 2009

• Shell’s blood money settles the Wiwa case, 08 Jun 2009

• Safety last at Shell Centre, 08 Jun 2009

• Shell settlement in the Wiwa v. Shell U.S. trial imminent?, 03 Jun 2009

• Breathtaking hypocrisy of Shell bosses Malcolm Brinded and Richard Wiseman, 02 Jun 2009

• “HUGE” number of Royal Dutch Shell Executives being culled, 29 May 2009

• 1600 French former Shell employees declare war on the oil giant, 28 May 2009

• Royal Dutch Shell Fat Cat Malcolm Brinded: Big Brain but no scruples, 28 May 2009

• Mobilisation plan by Shell Corrib gas project protesters in Ireland, 24 May 2009

• Shell Ethics Chief claims he is subject of ‘provocative hateful’ campaign, 23 May 2009

• Royal Dutch Shell: Murder and cover-up on the high seas, 23 May 2009

• Peter Voser, another Royal Dutch Shell CEO tainted by scandal, 14 Apr 2009

• More Shell South Africa Pension Fund trickery, 07 Apr 2009

• Royal Dutch Shell employees face pay freeze and job cuts, 15 Mar 2009

• Major job cuts at Shell, 05 Mar 2009

• Shell bans employee access to Internet porn, gambling and nudity, 25 Feb 2009

• Toxic ethical ranking of Royal Dutch Shell, 17 Feb 2009

• Royal Dutch Shell still diddling its shareholders, 10 Feb 2009

• Shell in U.S. Gov. Sex, Drugs and Corruption Scandal, 24 Jan 2009

• Will 100 yrs of ruthless rivalry end with ExxonMobil buying Shell?, 09 Jan 2009

• Royal Dutch Shell, Tom Cruise, YouTube and Hitler, 03 Jan 2009

• Royal Dutch Shell Nuclear Subterfuge, 02 Jan 2009

• Royal Dutch Shell Pension Fund Scandal, 26 Dec 2008

• Royal Dutch Shell Pension Fund Meltdown, 21 Dec 2008

• Shell, Saudi Arabia, Arms-for-Oil and Radioactive Poisoning, 08 Dec 2008

• Shell’s hilarious attempt to beef up email security, 07 Oct 2008

• Deaths on Oil Platform return to haunt Shell, 13 Aug 2008

• Royal Dutch Shell in U.S. Courts accused of more IP theft, 12 Aug 2008

• Shell Employees in Africa Protest Against Being ‘Sold’ by Shell, 29 Jul 2008

• Shell and Society – Securing the Niger Delta?, 24 Jul 2008

• Protesters arrested at Shell Corrib Gas Pipeline Project in Ireland, 22 Jul 2008

• Why Shell CEO Lied To Investors About Russia Seizing Sakhalin-2 project, 07 Jun 2008

• Contenders for the tarnished Shell crown, 05 May 2008

• Hostility to the Shell Corrib Gas Project in Ireland continues, 14 Apr 2008

• Shell’s Shocking Track Record of Unethical Trading in USA, 12 Apr 2008

• Is There a Shell Connection to The Sudden Resignation of Irish Premier, Bertie Ahern?, 02 Apr 2008

• Shell Oil Under Investigation By U.S. Department of Justice For Potential Violations of U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 17 Mar 2008

• Website Warrior In His 90’s Costs Shell $121 Billion In Lost Revenues, 16 Mar 2008

• Royal Dutch Shell Plc to nominate Dr. Josef Ackermann as non-executive director, 13 Mar 2008

• Royal Dutch Shell execs under attack by former Shell Group Auditor, 12 Mar 2008

• Shell boss Jeroen van der Veer cuts a deal with U.S. Attorneys, 13 Feb 2008

• The unravelling of stability at Royal Dutch Shell, 01 Feb 2008

• Royal Dutch Shell Plc damaged by world’s most powerful gripe website, 16 Jan 2008

• Crackpot or Genius? Has a Shell boffin stumbled on a scientific breakthrough?, 07 Jan 2008

• Royal Dutch Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer: Master of Double Dutch, 06 Jan 2008

• THOUSANDS OF JOBS TO BE CUT AT ROYAL DUTCH SHELL, 30 Dec 2007

• Ethiopian employees accuse Shell of raiding retirement fund, 18 Dec 2007

• Is Royal Dutch Shell a racist company?, 10 Dec 2007

• A widely predicated calamity on the High Seas, 29 Nov 2007

• Another blunder by former Shell MD David Greer sinks Shell deal, 23 Nov 2007

• Settlement of Shell reserves fraud litigation to cost over $600 million, 20 Nov 2007

• THE SADISTIC SACKING OF SHELL CHIEF EXECUTIVE WALTER VAN DE VIJVER, 16 Nov 2007

• Reuters report oil pipeline dynamited in Nigeria but were the culprits working for Shell?, 15 Nov 2007

• Unauthorised online publication of secret Shell internal docs continues…, 14 Nov 2007

• Confidential document confirms Shell link to Sudanese Military, 13 Nov 2007

• Insight into the secret machinations of Royal Dutch Shell Execs, 13 Nov 2007

• Top secret minutes reveal ‘considerable concern’ by Shell Execs over Gazprom, 11 Nov 2007

• Scandal linked to dysfunctional relationship at the top of Royal Dutch Shell, 11 Nov 2007

• FSA Interrogation of Sir Philip Watts following resignation in disgrace as Shell Group Chairman, 10 Nov 2007

• Lawsuit revelations damage Shell CEO, Jeroen van der Veer, 05 Nov 2007

• Shell Executives hoodwinked New York financial analysts, 01 Nov 2007

• HRH Sultan Azlan Shah speaks out on crisis in Malaysian judiciary, 31 Oct 2007

• Royal Dutch Shell top secret documents revealed daily on ‘anti-Shell’ website, 30 Oct 2007

• Controversies surrounding Royal Dutch Shell, 29 Oct 2007

• Developments in Royal Dutch Shell Securities Fraud litigation, 28 Oct 2007

• Royal Dutch Shell playing with fire in Iran, 27 Oct 2007

• Ogoni activists demand creation of Ogoni state in Nigeria, 23 Oct 2007

• Internet humiliation of Royal Dutch Shell, 22 Oct 2007

• Reckless disregard of HSE by Royal Dutch Shell, 18 Oct 2007

• Titanic battle in U.S. Courts over Royal Dutch Shell reserves scandal, 16 Oct 2007

• Deadly concerns remain over Shell employee safety, 15 Oct 2007

• ROYAL DUTCH SHELL IN AN UNCHARITABLE MOOD, 05 Oct 2007

• Former Shell executive decries ‘The myth of Corporations’ commitments to Human Rights’, 28 Sep 2007

• CORRUPTION CRISIS IN MALAYSIAN JUDICIARY IMPACTS ON SHELL LITIGATION, 25 Sep 2007

• ROYAL DUTCH SHELL FORMER GROUP AUDITOR SLAMS SHELL’S SAFETY RECORD, 12 Sep 2007

• CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC ‘HURT’ BY CRITICISM, 03 Sep 2007

• Oil giant Shell rattled and thrown on the back foot by Gripe website, 01 Sep 2007

• Shell Pennzoil brand attacked in US court action, 30 Aug 2007

• Lawsuit against Shell Oil Products and Pennzoil alleges fraud, 29 Aug 2007

• Shell and Pennzoil involved in lube chain consumer fraud, 22 Aug 2007

• ROYAL DUTCH SHELL DEFIES USA ON IRAN, 15 Aug 2007

• ROYAL DUTCH SHELL, BRIBES, CORRUPTION AND OLEG MIVOL, 13 Aug 2007

• 90 YR OLD WEBSITE WARRIOR COSTS ROYAL DUTCH SHELL BILLIONS, 11 Aug 2007

• Royal Dutch Shell in blog site defamation quagmire, 09 Aug 2007

• How long until Shell admits defeat and pulls out of the $26 billion Sakhalin project in Russia?, 26 Jul 2007

• Offshore workers died as a result of a “Touch F*** All” safety regime at Shell, 25 Jul 2007

• Is Shell skulduggery in Nigeria pumping up global oil prices?, 18 Jul 2007

• Oleg Mitvol: the ‘Kremlin attack dog’ who makes the oil giants tremble, 07 Dec 2006