Frances is VP, Treasury Operations for Shell and is responsible for liquidity and foreign exchange, cash management, banking arrangements, risk management, insurance, treasury policies and treasury advice across the Shell Group.

A mathematician by training, Frances joined Shell in London as an IT graduate recruit in 1994. She has since worked across a variety of IT and finance roles including financial modelling, management information, strategy & planning, and Pensions. She joined Treasury in 2006 and moved to her current role in 2014.

Frances is also currently vice-chair of the Bank of England Risk Free Rates Working Group and co-chair of its accounting task force. She has an MSc in mathematics from Cambridge University is a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.