Royal Dutch Shell’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Simon Henry will conclude his service as of the company after more than seven years in the role, and will be succeeded by Jessica Uhl.
Henry will remain on the board as CFO until 9 March 2017 and sign the 2016 annual report, after which he will hand over his duties. Simon will then remain available to Jessica and to the board to assist with transition until 30 June 2017.
The board appointed Uhl as CFO with effect from 9 March 2017. Uhl will be an executive director of the company and a member of its executive committee, and will be based in The Netherlands.
Uhl, an American citizen, grew up in California and holds a BA in political economy from the University of California, Berkeley (1989) and an MBA from INSEAD (1997).
She joined Shell in 2004 and has held finance leadership roles, based in Europe and the US, in Shell’s Upstream, Integrated Gas and Downstream businesses, as well as in projects and technology and corporate headquarters. She is currently executive vice president (EVP), finance for the integrated gas business. Previous roles included EVP, finance for upstream Americas, vice president (VP) finance, upstream Americas unconventionals, VP controller for upstream and projects and technology, VP finance for the global lubricants business and head of external reporting. Jessica joined Shell in finance and business development supporting the renewables business.
Prior to joining Shell, Jessica worked for Enron in Houston and Panama (1997-2003) and Citibank in San Francisco (1990-96).