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Our Team

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Wael Sawan

Chief Executive Officer
Wael began his career at Shell in 1997 as an engineer with Petroleum Development Oman. By the mid-2000s, Wael was Managing Director and Chairman of Shell Qatar, where he oversaw Shell's business in Qatar, including its LNG and GTL divisions. Wael then became Executive Vice President of Deep Water, where he was responsible for driving its transformation into a leading business for Shell. Prior to being appointed CEO at the start of 2023, Wael joined the Executive Committee in 2019 as Upstream Director and in 2021, he became Shell's Director of Integrated Gas, and Renewables and Energy Solutions. Wael was a trustee of Shell Foundation from 2019 to the end of 2022.

Sinead Gorman

Chief Financial Officer
Sinead joined Shell in 1999 and has held key leadership roles in Finance. She started her Shell career in the Shell International Trading and Shipping Company based in London, UK, and then moved to the Coral Energy joint venture, in Houston, Texas, USA. Sinead worked in Mergers and Acquisitions and Treasury, based in the Netherlands, before moving back to Houston as Vice President Finance for Shales. Prior to her appointment as CFO, Sinead held the positions of Executive Vice President Finance for Upstream; Projects & Technology, as well as Integrated Gas and New Energies (now Renewables and Energy Solutions).

Philippa Bounds

Chief Legal Officer
Chris Feng joined our company in March 2014 and has served as Group President since January 2022. Prior to this role, he served as the chief executive officer of Sunmall from July 2015. Previously he served as our head of mobile business. Before joining our company, Chris worked at Rocket Internet SE, where he served in management roles at Zalora and Lazada, and at McKinsey & Company. Chris holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science with first class honors from the National University of Singapore.

Peter Costello

President, Upstream
Peter was appointed Executive Vice President, Conventional Oil and Gas in November 2021 after serving as Senior Vice President of that same business. Peter joined Shell in 2016 as Vice President, Nigeria and Gabon following the company's combination with BG Group, where he held geographically diverse senior roles across Downstream, Midstream, and Upstream, including President and Country Head, Kazakhstan.

Machteld de Haan

President, Downstream, Renewables and Energy Solutions
Machteld joined Shell in 1998 and has held a variety of leadership roles across the Downstream portfolio, spanning geographies and business lines. Her experience includes positions in Mobility, Strategy, Fleet Solutions, Lubricants, and Chemicals and Products.Before being appointed President, Downstream, Renewables and Energy Solutions, Machteld served as Executive Vice President (EVP), Chemicals and Products. Prior to that, she was EVP, Global Lubricants, and Senior Vice President, Lubricants Americas, where she also held the role of CEO of Pennzoil-Quaker State Company.

Robin Mooldijk

President, Projects & Technology
Robin was previously Executive Vice President of Shell Chemicals and Products. He was appointed to that role in August 2021, following the integration of Shell's chemicals and manufacturing businesses. Robin began his career at Shell in 1991 at its Research Laboratory in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and since then he has held critical roles, including General Manager of Shell Chemicals Europe, Managing Director South African Petroleum and Vice President of Manufacturing Americas. In 2018, he was appointed Shell's Executive Vice President for Manufacturing.

Andrew Smith

President, Trading and Supply
Andrew was appointed Executive Vice President, Trading and Supply in 2017. Prior to his current role, Andrew was Vice President, Downstream in Australia and subsequently became the Executive Vice President, Upstream and Country Chair, leading the expansion of Shell's Liquid Natural Gas and Onshore Gas businesses in Australia. Andrew joined Shell in 1986 as a refinery engineer and has worked across all of Shell's integrated value chains including leading Shell's petrochemical manufacturing business in Singapore.

Rachel Solway

Chief Human Resources and Corporate Officer
Rachel joined Shell in 1995 in Upstream in Aberdeen, Scotland. She has since held HR roles in manufacturing, LPG, lubricants and chemicals. In 2016, Rachel was appointed Executive Vice President HR Integrated Gas. She became the Executive Vice President HR Upstream in 2020 before being appointed interim Executive Vice President HR Organisation Development & Learning in May 2023.
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