Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V. (KPO) is a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell (29.25%), Eni (29.25%), Chevron (18%), LUKOIL (13.5%) and KazMunaiGas (10%). It operates the Karachaganak field, one of the world’s largest gas and condensate fields, located in north-west Kazakhstan with estimated hydrocarbons initially in place (HIIP) of 9 billion barrels of condensate and 48 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas. Finance Director providing end-to-end Finance and IT leadership over company with ~$7bln annual revenues, ~ $1.5bln costs (capex/opex) and ~4000 employees. Direct team of ~250 Finance, Tax, Economics and IT staff on site. Representation to Kazakhstan government authorities (Min of Energy, Min of Finance) and private shareholders on budget and cost recovery defence (production sharing contract), finance aspects of commercial negotiations, tax & insurance matters incl. large VAT disputes (~$30mln), audits and cost optimisation programmes. Member of Executive Committee, Board of Directors and various shareholders Sub-committees. Ensure continuity of operations directly affected by increasing sanctions environment (Russian-nexus) which impacts banking, insurance and credit operations. Maintained sanction compliance and controls as overarching priorities.Led successful physical relocation of ~150 staff to a different city and supported introduction of hybrid working patterns through active communication and structured change management. Full re-organisation of IT and Digitalisation functions to integrate new capabilities (cyber, enterprise architecture, business systems) within resourcing constraints. Responsible for company-wide Cybersecurity Improvement Programme, numerous IT optimisation campaigns and ERP and business systems developments.

Mexico has opened major growth opportunities for the Shell Group. In Upstream with E&P licenses in 11 offshore blocks in partnership with QP, Pemex, Total and Chevron and a 13-well committed exploration campaign. In Downstream with the acquisition and construction of 200+ fuel stations so far, a USD1bln retail investment programme, the establishment of a Trading & Supply business and associated infrastructure investment, the creation of a lubricants JV and the launch of Aviation fuels and Fleet businesses. In Gas Trading and New Energies with capacity ownerships in multiple LNG import terminals, growing pipeline gas trading activities and the launch of power trading and new energies businesses. Finance Director responsible for providing finance leadership over all Shell businesses in Mexico, ensuring appropriate country governance and assurance is in place across businesses, maintaining a comprehensive control framework and facilitating integration between Mexico businesses and with Shell global Finance. Representation of Shell to Mexican Government (Min of Finance, Tax Authorities, etc.), banks and investors and industry bodies. Finance Lead on commercial activities (JOA negotiations, Contracting and Procurement). Country Controller role for 7 Shell legal entities, 3 incorporated joint-ventures and 10 unincorporated Upstream JV's. Responsible for statutory audits, tax and regulatory compliance, local treasury and the implementation and utilization of Shell global ways of working (offshored Finance Operations, global ERP systems, processes, etc.).Board member (and Head of Finance Committee) of Gas de Litoral, a self-operated JV (Shell 75% Total 25%) that owns the capacity of Altamira LNG import terrminal. (ca. USD500mln turnover p.a.)Board member (finance advisor) to CISA JV, self-operated JV that manufactures and commercialises lubricants products in Mexico. (ca. USD150mln tunover p.a.)

Basrah Gas Company is an incorporated JV between Shell, Mitsubishi and South Gas Company. BGC’s mission is to capture, treat and monetize natural gas currently being flared in the oil fields in the South of Iraq. It is recognized as the World’s Largest Flares Reduction Project and the recipient of the World Bank Global Gas Flaring Reduction Award.Responsible for providing finance leadership through the different phases of BGC projects. Project lifecycle spend of USD17bln - annual spend between USD400 mln and USD3.5bln - 80+ projects or varying size. Member of Project& Engineering Leadership Team and Finance Leadership TeamAccountabilities include:- Custodian of financial/business control framework and mandatory processes & standards of project delivery.- Governance, Risk & Assurance: maintain a robust risk management process to cover full spectrum of TECOP risks. Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, directives, rules and guidelines, policies and procedures;- Planning & Budgeting: facilitate business planning, performance management, expenditure & appraisal processes. Ensure focus on value delivery and reflection of commercial and strategic sensitivities on project KPIs;- Accounting: lead team of project accountants to ensure timely and correct recording and reporting of project costs for monthly and quarterly financial reporting processes.- Validate projects economic drivers and outputs and ensure risk & opportunities are captured accurately, for project evaluation and ranking.- Supply Chain: provide finance advise, risk & opportunity assessment and commercial input, support business integrity, maintain controls on CP processes. - Evaluate implications at a project level for Treasury / Cash Management, Taxation & Corporate Structure, Legal Framework and Risk & Insurance.Team made up of Shell and SGC (local Iraqis) secondees with responsibility for training, coaching and establishing a development plan and support framework for SGC secondees.

- Designed, set up and lead a full Treasury function for a multi-billion dollar midstream gas business in Iraq, covering banking & payments, cash management, credit management and insurance.- Member of the Finance Leadership team and of the Joint Marketing and Trading committee with oversight on finance aspects of liquids exports.- Built a professional treasury team with 2 Shell secondees and 14 Iraqi Govt secondees with particular emphasis on staff development (English, ERP, Credit Mgt, Banking)- Lead transformational initiatives on staff benefits (health insurance), payroll and working capital management-

- Provide finance expertise and advice to New Business Development and M&A projects across EP and GP activities in the Middle East.- Finance Lead on commercial deal negotiations with partners, customers or other external stakeholders- Planning, structuring and negotiating corporate and project financing transactions- Provide finance expertise to (re-) structuring and (re-) financing of Operating Units or VenturesProjects include: LNG regas facilities - LNG sales transactions - Exploration assets acquisitions - Gas production service contract and LNG production facilities - gas production and transportation - Cross-country swap of gas supplies; Across most Middle-east countries and including partnerships with various IOC's, NOC's worlwide

- Provide finance expertise and advice to New Business Development projects across EP and GP activities in the Middle East.- Negotiate financial aspects of deals with partners, customers or other external stakeholders- Support planning, structuring and negotiating corporate and project financing transactions- Provide finance expertise to (re-) structuring and (re-) financing of Operating Units or VenturesProjects include: commercial bid for water-treatment solution in Oman oil fields, technical service agreement to support development of oil field by NOC, gas sales purchase agreement in Tunisia, equity farm-in option into an existing oil production service contract with NOC.

- Designed and run model to produce Group long term cash forecast based on analysis of major cash drivers. Forecast provides critical information for medium-term liquidity management and strategic planning of central cash and borrowing levels. Presented to Shell Executive Commitee and serves as guidance to quarterly Group LE exercises. Shell Group Debt: $9-14bln - Shell Group Cash Surplus: $6-16bln, net monthly cash-flows up to $5bln- Monthly MI to Group Treasurer and Central Finance on Group's cash position, variances between forecast and actual positions and amendments to the year-end forecast to support Group Debt Strategy and long-term Liquidity Management Strategy- Deputy to Global Cash Forecasting Manager- Project Manager of Cash Forecasting Review: explores alternative ways to produce a 5-week rolling forecast to improve Group medium-term liquidity management. - Supported transition of EPE cash forecasting to Shared Service Centres SSC

- Financial Management of IT Security and related projects: Business decision support, cost control, budget management & planning, reporting/analysis - Operating & Projects costs USD 15 mln- Performance Management & Analysis of CIO Office and Accelerator Fund (technology development fund). Responsible for planning & appraisal, monthly reporting/analysis, project profitability – Operating costs USD 65 mln- Project work: Finance “hat” on the negotiation team for the 2004 SAP-Shell Group deal (USD 300mln). Development and roll-out of guidelines document for standard reviews of Procurement deals.

Analysed the bank fund movements and designed an excel-based tool to visualise them at a given time, get a picture of the liquidity of the bank and calculate optimal investments spreads proposed to customers so as to hedge interest rate risks. The tool finally serves as a basic investment simulator.

- Managed Penang branch for 7 months (30 staff – RM 100,000 monthly sales) and ad-hoc management of other branches of the group. Business development (local expansion of the group by opening a second branch, recurrent marketing campaigns) human resources and employees training.- Designed and organised a nation-wide promotional project and animated as main-speaker a 17-location roadshow in front of 800+ audiences.