Accountable for global media relations, editorial, internal comms, reporting and strategic reputation management, in addition to corporate affairs for Shell’s new business development, global upstream, and projects and technology divisions. Member of the global Corporate Affairs Leadership Team, which sets the company´s reputation strategy and oversees the management of 1000 professionals.• Systematically led award-winning strategic communications and campaign workstream for the critically important relocation of Shell´s global headquarters to the UK from the Netherlands. Achieved 99.77% investor support by successfully navigating complex and high-risk stakeholder issues linked to leaving The Netherlands, and emotive and poorly understood taxation realities in both countries. • Led strategic communications for the Russia / Ukraine crisis, including Shell´s exit from Russia via the divestment of major assets. Required careful positioning and engagement with a range of stakeholders, including investors, governments, staff, customers, civil society groups and media.• Collaborated with investor relations counterpart to develop and deliver an impactful transition plan for Shell’s new CEO, majoring on engagement with investors, staff and media. • Devised and delivered strategic communications for Shell’s 2023 capital markets day in New York ̶̶ widely seen as a positive turning point in Shell’s post-pandemic share price performance. • Led 140 strategic communications professionals responsible for carefully positioning Shell globally in the context of company performance and progress in the energy transition.

Accountable for corporate affairs activity for Shell´s global downstream businesses, together with leading UK, Germany, Central Europe, Canada, and South Africa country corporate affairs teams. Member of the global executive Downstream Leadership Team and the global External Relations Leadership Team.• Co-led organisational response to Covid, including the restructuring and combination of previously separate External Relations and Government Relations functions to create a simpler, more integrated and value-driven global Corporate Affairs organisation, for 20% less cost. • Led a global community of 120 professionals, spanning Shell’s market-leading retail, lubricants, and refining businesses.• Member of the investment decision-making board for Europe’s largest biofuels plant, sanctioned in 2021 and due to come on stream in Rotterdam around the middle of the decade. Had specific responsibility for the management of fence line and supply-chain sustainability and reputation risks.

Accountable for Shell´s media relations, including financial disclosure and social media, editorial and litigation PR activity globally. • Led strategic communications workstream for transformative $52billion acquisition of BG Group. This deal firmly established Shell as a global leader in the production and trading of liquefied natural gas and will underpin the company’s cashflow into the 2030s. With conditions precedent in six countries, the transaction required an integrated international campaign to secure support among investors, governments, regulators, customers, media and staff. • Devised a new content strategy for Shell to capture digital opportunities, including harnessing the power of data and insights through implementation of a global data analytics capability to enhance decision quality. • Moved early to put in place a dedicated litigation PR capability in 2012 to work with Legal on the growing number of legal cases with sophisticated stakeholder engagement elements. Ten years later, litigation PR is increasingly seen as a mainstream activity within corporate affairs.• Led a community of 60 professionals, providing communications counsel to senior leaders, including the CFO and CEO.

Responsible for internal and external communications across Shell’s global portfolio of Downstream businesses.Accountable for all aspects of communications for Shell’s Downstream portfolio strategy, which saw the company divest 15% of its global refining capacity and exit 35% of its retail markets – including 21 countries in Africa – between 2008 and 2011.Communications lead for the creation of Raizen, a $12bn Brazilian biofuels joint venture between Shell and Cosan.

Developed and led execution of global corporate affairs strategy for Shell’s Gas & Power business, delivering the full range of corporate affairs capabilities, including executive counsel, strategic communications, media relations, brand management, events, and publications. • Collaborated with executive leaders and Investor Relations on financial disclosure and positioning for major capital projects that became the backbone of Shell’s cashflow from 2010 onwards, including Pearl GTL and Qatargas IV in Qatar, and NLNG Train 6 in Nigeria.

Developed and implemented communications strategies and stakeholder relationship plans for Chevron’s business units in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Led media outreach in the region for the corporation’s executive management, including the CEO and global new business director.• Developed engagement and reputation strategy for extension of the Block-0 concession, offshore Angola. • Directed international stakeholder engagement linked to the forced shutdown of critical energy infrastructure in the Niger Delta, following deadly attacks by militant groups.

Managed media relations, community relations, some government relations, web communications, and internal communications activities in Nigeria, Angola, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and, to a lesser extent, the Middle East. Played an integral role in the communications aspects of Texaco’s 2001 merger with Chevron. Managed a team of three.Spent two years in Texaco Inc's. White Plains, NY HQ as Snr. Advisor, Corporate Media Relations, providing media relations counsel to the corporation’s executive management team, including CEO and CFO. 

Responsible for public relations activity at the company’s three nuclear power stations at Hartlepool and Heysham I & II. Managed local media relations, providing counsel to each station’s senior management team.Handled employee communications, crisis communications, marketing communications in support of visitor centres (combined visitor numbers in excess of 150,000 per annum), and community relations.