Jessica Uhl is the vice chair of Mission Possible Partnership, an independent director of Goldman Sachs, and a member of the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University (SIPA) Center on Global Energy Policy advisory board.[1][2] She is a former CFO of Shell and serves as a director. She has been recognized as one of the top 50 "Most Powerful Women" by Forbes for her global leadership, and by Fortune for her business leadership.[3]

Biography

Uhl was raised in California and has degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and INSEAD.[4] She is married and has three children.[5]

Career

She worked for Enron and Citibank.[6][7]

Uhl joined Shell in 2014,[8] later serving as CEO and CFO, in The Netherlands and in the UK.[8] In 2016,[8] she became the second woman to be appointed as its CFO, after Judy Boynton (2001–2004).[9][10][11][12][13][14] She served in the role for five years, stepping down when the company moved its headquarters to London, UK in 2021.[8] Shell credits her as "a key architect of strategic changes, including the simplification of the company’s share structure and the relocation of the corporate HQ".[8]

In October 2019, she was ranked 24th on Fortune list of Most Powerful International Business Women,[15] and as 35th among "The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women" in 2021 by Forbes.[16]

Nominated in March 2021,[17] Uhl became a non-executive director of Goldman Sachs the following month.[18]

In 2021, she was named to The Global OUTstanding LGBT+ Role Model lists,[19] which showcases the 50 top LGBT+ business leaders in the world. On September 9, 2021, Institutional Investor magazine recognized her as the best CFO in her sector amongst European corporations.[20]

Nominated in March, Uhl is slated to join the board of General Electric in May 2023.[21]

References

  1. ↑ "Board of Trustees". RMI. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  2. ↑ "Jessica Uhl". Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University | SIPA. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  3. ↑ "2021 Most Powerful Women International". Fortune.com.
  4. ↑ "Jessica Uhl, Royal Dutch Shell PLC: Profile and Biography - Bloomberg Markets". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  5. ↑ "A Dutch treat at Whidbey General". Whidbey News-Times. 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  6. ↑ "Jessica Uhl". Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  7. ↑ "Jessica Uhl". www.shell.com. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Freeman, Simon (2022-03-01). "Shell finance chief Jessica Uhl quits after oil major's move to London". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  9. ↑ Gosden, Emily (15 December 2016). "Shell names Jessica Uhl to replace Simon Henry as finance chief". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  10. ↑ "Jessica Uhl to succeed Simon Henry as Chief Financial Officer". Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "Shell Replaces Finance Chief Simon Henry With Jessica Uhl". Bloomberg. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016 – via www.bloomberg.com.
  12. ↑ "Shell names Jessica Uhl as CFO – News for the Oil and Gas Sector". 15 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  13. ↑ "Shell appoints Jessica Uhl as CFO Simon Henry's successor – Financial Director". 15 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  14. ↑ "Jessica Uhl to replace Simon Henry as Shell CFO". Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  15. ↑ "Most Powerful Women International". Fortune. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  16. ↑ "The World's Most Powerful Women". Forbes.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  17. ↑ "Jessica Uhl nominated to the Goldman Sachs Board of Directors". GoldmanSachs.com. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  18. ↑ "Goldman promotes a flurry of female partners to executive roles". Reuters. 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  19. ↑ "2021 Top 50 Ally Executives – INvolve OUTstanding".
  20. ↑ "Best CFOs Overall". InstitutionalInvestor.com. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  21. ↑ "GE Announces Two New Members for Board of Directors". Bloomberg.com. 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2023-03-17.


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