Sustainability Committee
The Sustainability Committee ensures oversight of the Group’s sustainability agenda, strategy, policies and performance related to Environment Social Governance (ESG) commitments and the ability to create shared value.
Birgit Behrendt
Member and chair of this Committee since
27 April 2023
Date appointed to Supervisory Board
29 April 2021
Experience
Birgit Behrendt had throughout her career various global leadership positions at Ford Motor Company and was elected a company officer and vice president Global Purchasing in 2013. From 2018 through 2019, she assumed the position vice president Joint Ventures, Alliances & Commercial Affairs. She is currently a Senior Advisor and Venture Partner at AP Ventures LLP, London.
Alison Henwood
Member of this Committee since
27 April 2023
Date appointed to Supervisory Board
28 April 2022 (effective 1 September 2022)
Experience
Alison Henwood is a highly experienced finance professional with a nearly 30-year career with Shell in various financial leadership positions in Europe and the US, including the position of Executive Vice President Finance, Shell Trading and Supply.
She finished her executive career at Shell end of June 2022. Since 2017, she has chaired the Audit Committee of the UK Hydrographic Office, a Ministry of Defence agency that provides hydrographic and marine geospatial data to mariners and maritime organizations across the world. In September 2021, she also joined the Board of Spectris plc, a global supplier of precision instrumentation, test equipment and software and a constituent of the FTSE 250.
Françoise Chombar
Member of this Committee since
27 April 2023
Date appointed to Supervisory Board
26 April 2016
Experience
Françoise Chombar is co-founder and Chair of the Board of Directors of Melexis, a producer of smart sensor and driver semiconductors for automotive, industrial, durable consumer and health applications, where she served as Chief Executive Officer from 2003 until August 2021.
She officiated previously as planning manager at Elmos GmbH and operations manager and director at several companies within the Elex group. Françoise was a mentor in the Belgian women's network Sofia for 17 years and is committed to STEM and gender balance advocacy, for which she received a Flemish Community Honor in 2019. In 2012, she was granted an Honorary Ambassadorship for Applied Languages by the University of Ghent.
In 2018, she received the title of Science Fellow by the VUB, University of Brussels and in 2021 the first Medal of Honor, awarded by the Science and Technology Group of KU Leuven.
Frédéric Oudéa
Member of this Committee since
25 April 2024
Date appointed to Supervisory Board
25 April 2024
Experience
Frédéric Oudéa, a French citizen, is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École Nationale d'administration. He spent most of his career in the banking sector, at Société Générale, where he was appointed CEO from 2008 till 2023. He is currently chairman of Sanofi and senior independent director of Capgemini. He is also senior executive advisor to GBL Group.
The full biographies of the Committee Members are available on our Supervisory Board page.