Board Member of the Executive Committee

Chief Executive Officer for Gas and Power

The Royal Dutch/Shell Group

Ms. Cook was appointed the Group Executive Committee member and Chief Executive Officer for Shell Gas and Power with effect from 1 August 2004. Shell Gas & Power, headquartered in the Netherlands, is responsible for the global natural gas and power generation activities of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group.

Ms. Cook was previously CEO of Shell Gas & Power, from January 2000 until June 2003, with responsibility for Shell Renewables, Shell Hydrogen, Shell Global Solutions and Research. She was appointed President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Shell Canada Limited, beginning August 1, 2003. Shell Canada Limited is one of Canada’s largest integrated petroleum companies, active in natural gas exploration and production, as well as oil sands mining and bitumen processing.

Ms. Cook’s previous experience has included the role of Director, Strategy & Business Development on the Shell Exploration & Production Global Executive Committee based in The Hague in the Netherlands. She is also a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. She was named to the Board of Directors of the Boeing Company, in December 2003.

Ms. Cook joined Shell Oil Company in Houston in 1980, having graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in Petroleum Engineering. She worked for Shell Oil Company in Houston and California in a variety of technical and managerial positions until 1998 when she moved to The Hague.