Shell undergoes board and C-suite shuffle following exit from Russian assets
Shell has undergone a board and C-suite shuffle as it hauls in a new chief financial officer.
Sinead Gorman, who has been the executive vice president of Shell’s Upstream business, steps in the role at the beginning of April.
She succeeds Jessica Uhl, as she steps down from the position at the end of this month, after five years as CFO.
Uhl has spent the last 17 years at the oil giant, and was a key architect in recent strategic chances such as simplifying Shell’s share structure which saw it snub its London listing.
Gorman started her career as a civil engineer before entering finance when she joined Shell in 1999. Since then, she has held several increasingly senior finance roles across Shell’s major businesses worldwide.
“The board is immensely grateful to Jessica for her tremendous contribution to the company over many years, but particularly as CFO and especially during the past two years as we successfully tackled the many challenges presented by the pandemic,” said sir Andrew Mackenzie.
“She has been instrumental in strengthening Shell’s financial position, putting in place measures to secure the company’s long-term health while delivering industry leading cash flows year on year.”