Jessica Uhl

Jessica Uhl was the Chief Financial Officer of Shell and serves as a Director on the board. Jessica has been recognized as one of the top 50 Most Powerful Women in the World by Forbes for her global leadership^[1] and by Fortune for her business leadership.^[2] In 2021 Jessica was named to The Global OUTstanding LGBT+ Role Model Lists supported by Yahoo Finance.^[3] This list showcases the 50 top LGBT+ business leaders in the world. On 9th September, 2021, Institutional Investor recognized Jessica as the best CFO in her sector amongst European Corporates.^[4]

Jessica is a non-executive director of the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.^[5]

October 2019 she was ranked 24th on Fortune list of Most Powerful International Business Women.^[6]

She is the second woman to have been appointed as Shell's CFO, after Judy Boynton (2001–2004).^{[7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Jessica was raised in California and has degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and INSEAD.^[13] She formerly worked for Enron and Citibank.^[14][15] She is married and has three children.^[16]

References

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2. "2021 Most Powerful Women International". Fortune.com.
3. "2021 Top 50 Ally Executives – INvolve OUTstanding".
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5. "Jessica Uhl nominated to the Goldman Sachs Board of Directors". GoldmanSachs.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
6. "Most Powerful Women International". Fortune. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
7. Gosden, Emily (15 December 2016). "Shell names Jessica Uhl to replace Simon Henry as finance chief". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
8. "Jessica Uhl to succeed Simon Henry as Chief Financial Officer". Retrieved 19 December 2016.
9. "Shell Replaces Finance Chief Simon Henry With Jessica Uhl". 15 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016 – via www.bloomberg.com.
10. "Shell names Jessica Uhl as CFO – News for the Oil and Gas Sector". 15 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
11. "Shell appoints Jessica Uhl as CFO Simon Henry's successor – Financial Director". 15 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
12. "Jessica Uhl to replace Simon Henry as Shell CFO". Retrieved 19 December 2016.
13. "Jessica Uhl, Royal Dutch Shell PLC: Profile and Biography - Bloomberg Markets". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-12-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
14. "Jessica Uhl". Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
15. "Jessica Uhl". www.shell.com. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
16. "A Dutch treat at Whidbey General". Whidbey News-Times. 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2019-12-17.