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Jessica Rodgers Uhl[1] (born January 29, 1968)[2] is an American business executive. She is the president of GE Vernova, 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.[3][4] 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.[5]

Biography

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Born in 1968 in Walnut Creek, California, Uhl was the youngest of five siblings. She obtained her bachelor's degree in political economy from the University of California, Berkeley in 1989 and completed her MBA at INSEAD in 1997.[2][6] She is married and has three children.[7]

Career

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Uhl started her career in 1990 as a financial analyst at Citibank in San Francisco. Six years later, she left for France to pursue an MBA, after which she joined Enron working on development and acquisition of energy infrastructure projects.[2][8][9]

Uhl joined Shell in 2014,[10] later rising to CEO and CFO, in The Netherlands and in the UK.[10] In 2016,[10] she became the second woman to be appointed as its CFO, after Judy Boynton (2001–2004).[11][12][13][14][15][16] She was in the role for five years, stepping down when the company moved its headquarters to London in 2021.[10] 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".[10]

In October 2019, she was ranked 24th on Fortune list of Most Powerful International Business Women,[17] and as 35th among "The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women" in 2021 by Forbes.[18]

Nominated in March 2021,[19] Uhl became a non-executive director of Goldman Sachs the following month.[20]

In 2021, she was named to The Global OUTstanding LGBT+ Role Model lists,[21] 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.[22]

Nominated in March, Uhl joined the board of General Electric in May 2023.[23] In March 2024, Uhl said she would not stand for re-election on the board of Goldman Sachs, in order to focus on her role as president of GE Vernova—an energy company that spun out of GE in April 2024.[24]

References

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  1. ^ "Jessica Rodgers Uhl". Companies House. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  2. ^ a b c van Dijk, Bert (2021-03-24). "'Mensen vinden het moeilijk te geloven dat ik de cfo van Shell ben'" [People find it hard to believe that I am the CFO of Shell]. Het Financieele Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  3. ^ "Board of Trustees". RMI. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  4. ^ "Jessica Uhl". Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University | SIPA. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  5. ^ "2021 Most Powerful Women International". Fortune.com.
  6. ^ "Jessica Uhl, Royal Dutch Shell PLC: Profile and Biography - Bloomberg Markets". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  7. ^ "A Dutch treat at Whidbey General". Whidbey News-Times. 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  8. ^ "Jessica Uhl". Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  9. ^ "Jessica Uhl". www.shell.com. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  10. ^ a b c d e Freeman, Simon (2022-03-01). "Shell finance chief Jessica Uhl quits after oil major's move to London". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  11. ^ Gosden, Emily (15 December 2016). "Shell names Jessica Uhl to replace Simon Henry as finance chief". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  12. ^ "Jessica Uhl to succeed Simon Henry as Chief Financial Officer". Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  13. ^ "Shell Replaces Finance Chief Simon Henry With Jessica Uhl". Bloomberg. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016 – via www.bloomberg.com.
  14. ^ "Shell names Jessica Uhl as CFO – News for the Oil and Gas Sector". 15 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  15. ^ "Shell appoints Jessica Uhl as CFO Simon Henry's successor – Financial Director". 15 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  16. ^ "Jessica Uhl to replace Simon Henry as Shell CFO". Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  17. ^ "Most Powerful Women International". Fortune. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  18. ^ "The World's Most Powerful Women". Forbes.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  19. ^ "Jessica Uhl nominated to the Goldman Sachs Board of Directors". GoldmanSachs.com. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Goldman promotes a flurry of female partners to executive roles". Reuters. 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  21. ^ "2021 Top 50 Ally Executives – INvolve OUTstanding".
  22. ^ "Best CFOs Overall". InstitutionalInvestor.com. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  23. ^ "GE Announces Two New Members for Board of Directors". Bloomberg.com. 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  24. ^ "Goldman Sachs board member Jessica Uhl to depart". Reuters. 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
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