Sinead Gorman has been named chief financial officer (CFO) of Shell plc, with effect from April 1, 2022. She will join Shell’s Executive Committee as well as the Board of Directors. Jessica Uhl will leave Shell on March 31, 2022, after a long 17-year career with the company, the past five as CFO. Jessica will assist Sinead and the Board with the transition until June 30, 2022, when she will leave the organisation. “I am delighted to welcome Sinead to the leadership of our company,” stated Shell’s Chairman, Sir Andrew Mackenzie. She has extensive experience in finance, trade, new company development, and capital projects, as well as a thorough understanding of Shell and a strong commercial and external emphasis. I’m looking forward to collaborating with her on our goal to consciously and profitably accelerate Shell’s transition to a net-zero emissions energy industry.” Sinead now works for Shell’s worldwide upstream division as Executive Vice President, Finance. She began her career as a civil engineer before joining Shell in 1999 to pursue a career in finance. She has held a number of more senior finance positions in all of Shell’s key companies since then, in Europe, North America, and, more recently, globally. She will be located in London and is a British national. Jessica was a significant architect of recent strategic reforms, such as the streamlining of the company’s share structure and the migration of the corporate headquarters, as well as the responsibilities of CEO and CFO, from the Netherlands to the United Kingdom. However, due to family obligations, a long-term migration to the UK is not feasible, and she will resign from her position.
