Jessica Uhl is 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.[1][2] 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.[3]
Uhl was raised in California and has degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and INSEAD.[4] She is married and has three children.[5]
She worked for Enron and Citibank.[6][7]
Uhl joined Shell in 2014,[8] later serving as CEO and CFO, in The Netherlands and in the UK.[8] In 2016,[8] she became the second woman to be appointed as its CFO, after Judy Boynton (2001–2004).[9][10][11][12][13][14] She served in the role for five years, stepping down when the company moved its headquarters to London, UK in 2021.[8] 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".[8]
In October 2019, she was ranked 24th on Fortune list of Most Powerful International Business Women,[15] and as 35th among "The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women" in 2021 by Forbes.[16]
Nominated in March 2021,[17] Uhl became a non-executive director of Goldman Sachs the following month.[18]
In 2021, she was named to The Global OUTstanding LGBT+ Role Model lists,[19] 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.[20]
Nominated in March, Uhl is slated to join the board of General Electric in May 2023.[21]