Peter Holmes (businessman)

Sir Peter Fenwick Holmes (27 September 1932 – 8 March 2002) was a British businessman, chairman of Royal Dutch Shell from 1985 to 1993.

Holmes was born in Athens, and lived in Hungary for a time, as his father had a company there, and his mother was American. His grandfather and great grandfather lived in Turkey, where they worked for the Levant consular service.

Holmes was educated at Malvern College, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he received a bachelor's degree in history.

Holmes also wrote, under the name Peter Fenwick.