LONDON, March 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Royal Dutch Shell plc (the
"Company") (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B)announces its intention to
propose to the 2018 Annual General Meeting that Ann Godbehere be appointed a Director of the
Company with effect from May 23,
2018. Hans Wijers, Deputy Chair and Senior Independent
Director, has notified the Company of his intention to retire and
not seek reappointment at the 2018 Annual General Meeting.
Chad Holliday, Chair of
Royal Dutch Shell plc, said "The
Nomination and Succession Committee recommended Ann Godbehere's appointment to the Board
following its review of the skills, knowledge and experience needed
and a rigorous and thorough search process. Ann has a wealth of
financial expertise, and the Board is delighted to recommend to
shareholders that she be appointed a Director of the Company.
Hans Wijers has confirmed he will
not be standing for reappointment at the 2018 AGM. I would
like to take this opportunity to thank him for his nine years of
outstanding contributions to the Board,
including service as Senior Independent Director and Chair of
the Corporate and Social Responsibility Committee. We will
greatly miss his pragmatism, incisive leadership and strong
collegiality and wish him continued success."
Ann Godbehere
Born April 14, 1955. Ann Godbehere is a Canadian and British dual
national and has more than 25 years of experience in the financial
services industry.
She started her career with Sun Life of Canada in 1976 in Montreal, Canada and joined M&G Group in
1981 where she served as Senior Vice President and Controller for
both life and health and property and casualty businesses
throughout North America. She
joined Swiss Re in 1996 and served as Chief Financial Officer from
2003 to 2007, and from 2008 to 2009 she was interim Chief Financial
Officer and an Executive Director of Northern Rock bank in the
initial period following its nationalisation.
She served as a Non-executive Director of Prudential plc from
2007 to 2017, and has been a Non-executive Director of UBS AG and
UBS Group AG since 2009 and 2014 respectively, Rio Tinto plc and
Rio Tinto Limited since 2010, and British American Tobacco since
2011. She was appointed Senior Independent Director of Rio Tinto
plc in June 2017. She is a Fellow of
the Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants and a Fellow of
the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada.
NOTES
1. Subject to her appointment at the Annual General Meeting,
Ann Godbehere will serve as a
Non-executive Director and a member of the Audit Committee with
effect from May 23, 2018.
2. On February 22, 2018, British
American Tobacco plc announced that Ann
Godbehere will retire from the Board with effect from the
conclusion of its Annual General Meeting to be held on April 25, 2018.
March 15, 2018
Linda M. Szymanski
Company Secretary
Royal Dutch Shell plc
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