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Stewart Douglas Shone

Stewart Douglas Shone (Born 19 June 1966) is an internationally experienced logistics and infrastructure project manager and advisor within the oil and gas and extraction industries. He is a specialist in developing strategies and working within difficult geopolitical environments in developing countries especially in Africa. He has experience in presenting to governments at ministerial level and collaborating on infrastructure requirements with cabinet members and government agencies. Achievements include the strategic planning, management and multimodal delivery of 540,000tons of materials to the Trans Adriatic Pipeline Project Early Years

Stewart Douglas Shone known as Joe, was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on the 19th June 1966. He grew up in the Southern suburbs of Bulawayo and attended Gifford High school where his Grandfather was a founding pupil when the Bulawayo Technical School was originally set up in 1927. Stewart also spent time at Falcon College which is located at Esigodini outside Bulawayo. In his last year at school he was selected as the Captain of a National Team and competed in various equestrian events in Australia. Stewart left Zimbabwe to attend the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst where he was Commissioned into The Royal Regiment of Artillery. He served with 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (3 RHA) and 19 Regiment Royal Artillery. Gaining the rank of Captain and served globally.

Family History

The Shone family first arrived in Africa as 1820 Settlers in South Africa. Thomas Shone (1784–1868) and his wife Sarah Phillips and their three children sailed to Algoa Bay onboard the ship Nautilus. On the death of his wife in 1937 he became melancholy and decided to write a daily journal, which he continued for 30 years. The journal provides insight into the day-to-day lives of the 1820 Settlers and their hardships. It is located at the Cory Library at Rhodes University. His grandson, Thomas Leopold Hamilton Shone, founded the manganese mining industry in South Africa, while his other grandson, Edward Clement Roberts, was the first man to mine anthracite in the Maclear district of South Africa.

Stewart Shone’s mother Margret Lesley d’Auvergne Aplin was born in the United Kingdom but was brought up in Malawi formally Nyasaland but comes from a lineage of Royal Navy Admirals and is direct descendant of Captain John George Aplin who married Anne Elizabeth (b. 1800), the illegitimate daughter of Vice Admiral Philippe d'Auvergne (13 November 1754 – 18 September 1816) and Mary Hepburn of Jersey, to whom he gave his name. Vice Admiral Philippe d'Auvergne is the adopted son of Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne the sovereign Duke of Bouillon.

Sports and Interests

Joe Shone is a keen cyclist, runner, skier and mountaineer and continues to follow equestrian sports.

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