Jessica Uhl

American business executive (born 1968)

Jessica Rodgers Uhl (born January 29, 1968) is an American business executive. She is the former president of GE Vernova, 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.²

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Born 1960.¹

About

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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jessica Uhl, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Fervo Energy CoBoard member May 12, 2026 to now⁶
Goldman SachsBoard member Jul 2021 to now⁷
GE VernovaPresident Apr 4, 2024 to Mar 3, 2026⁸
GENERAL ELECTRIC COBoard member May 9, 2023 to Apr 1, 2024⁹

Holdings

Stock this person has reported owning, from the forms officers and directors file with the SEC. See the biggest insider stakes.

Shares held

GE Vernova GEV2,015 shares¹⁰$1.9M at $925.21Mar 1, 2025

As of each latest filing. The line shows shares held over time.

Recent filings

Mar 1, 2025Shares withheld for tax 652 shares at $335.18 of GE Vernova¹⁰
Mar 1, 2025Exercised options 2,667 shares of GE Vernova¹⁰

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of California, Berkeley³

Career

Occupation: businessperson.⁵

Since 2021Board member, Goldman Sachs⁴

Uhl started her career in 1990 as a financial analyst at Citibank in San Francisco. Six years later, she left for France to pursue an MBA, after which she joined Enron working on development and acquisition of energy infrastructure projects.

Uhl joined Shell in 2014, later rising to CFO, in The Netherlands and in the UK. In 2016, she became the second woman to be appointed as its CFO, after Judy Boynton (2001–2004). She was in the role for five years, stepping down when the company moved its headquarters to London in 2021. 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".

In October 2019, she was ranked 24th on Fortune list of Most Powerful International Business Women, and as 35th among "The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women" in 2021 by Forbes.

Nominated in March 2021, Uhl became a non-executive director of Goldman Sachs the following month.

In 2021, she was named to The Global OUTstanding LGBT+ Role Model lists, 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.

Nominated in March, Uhl joined the board of General Electric in May 2023. In March 2024, Uhl said she would not stand for re-election on the board of Goldman Sachs, in order to focus on her role as president of GE Vernova—an energy company that spun out of GE in April 2024. She would later depart GE Vernova in 2025.