Gretchen H. Watkins formally the President of Shell USA, Inc. (“Shell”), an energy and petrochemicals company and producer of new energies, natural gas, oil and other products. Ms. Watkins also served as Executive Vice President of Shell’s Global Shales business from May 2018 to June 2021. From October 2016 until its sale to Total Energies in May 2018, Ms. Watkins served as Chief Executive Officer of Maersk Oil and Gas (“Maersk”), a Danish oil and gas company. From January 2014 to October 2016, Ms. Watkins served as Chief Operating Officer of Maersk. From June 2008 to September 2013, Ms. Watkins held various corporate officer positions at Marathon Oil Company. Prior to this, Ms. Watkins held a number of executive roles in three different continents with BP plc. On July 1, 2026, Ms. Watkins was elected as a non-executive director for Rolls-Royce Holdings and appointed to the Nominations, Culture & Governance Committee and the Safety, Energy Transition & Tech Committee.