Quentin D'Silva is a Pakistani Christian business executive.

Life

D'Silva was born in

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

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and studied at

St Patrick's High School, Karachi , motto_translation = Through hardships to the stars , location = Saddar Town, Sindh , city = Karachi , province = , country = Pakistan , coordinates = , established = , foun ...

. He gained an MBA from the

University of Karachi The University of Karachi ( sd, ; 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 (wh ...

. After graduating he worked in marketing and sales with

Reckitt Benckiser Reckitt Benckiser Group plc, trading as Reckitt, is a British multinational consumer goods company headquartered in Slough, England. It is a producer of health, hygiene and nutrition products. The company was formed in March 1999 by the merg ...

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

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

for the launching of a Ranks Petroleum Ltd and Shell Middle East 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 also 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 People 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