Shell Appoints Gretchen Watkins as Shell Oil Company President, US Chair
March 27 2018 - 10:44AM
Dow Jones News
By Oliver Griffin
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) said on Tuesday that Gretchen
Watkins, the former chief executive of Maersk Oil, has been
appointed as Shell Oil Company President and U.S. Chair.
The oil company said Ms. Watkins will replace outgoing Shell Oil
Company President and U.S. Chair Bruce Culpepper, who will step
down from Dec. 31, 2018.
Shell also said Ms. Watkins will replace Greg Guidry as the
executive vice president of its unconventionals business. Mr.
Guidry will leave the position on June 31.
Ms. Watkins will take over as the executive vice president of
unconventionals from July 1, but will officially join the company
two months earlier in May, Shell said.
In her expanded role, Ms. Watkins will report to Shell Chief
Executive Ben van Beurden, the company said.
Write to Oliver Griffin at oliver.griffin@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 27, 2018 10:29 ET (14:29 GMT)
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