Roxanne Decyk
Corporate Affairs Director
Responsibilities
- Government Relations
- International Department
- HSE
- Security
- Health
- Sustainable development
- Communications
Background
Roxanne Decyk joined Shell in April 1999 as Vice President Corporate Strategy of Royal Dutch/Shell Group in London, with responsibility for global corporate planning and strategy.
From 2002-2005 she served as Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs/Human resources for Shell U.S. with responsibility for human resources, diversity, external and government affairs, HSE and ethics and compliance.
Roxanne joined Shell from Oxford University where she was pursuing a doctorate in corporate governance.
From 1991 to 1997, she held senior positions with Amoco Oil Corporation, including Vice President Commercial Fuels, Senior Vice President Polymers and at the corporate level, where she led strategy, planning and economics.
She worked 10 years in the automotive industry with Navistar, formerly International Harvester Company, where she held positions as Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President of Distribution with responsibility for the company’s dealer network. Early in her career, she practiced law with a major U.S. firm and worked in the advertising and public relations fields.
Active in a number of industry and community organisations, Roxanne has served as non-executive director of several companies in both the USA and the UK and currently is a non-executive director of Snap-On Inc. where she chairs the compensation committee. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Committee of 200 and the Women’s Leadership Board at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard. She currently serves as a Trustee for the Shell Foundation.
She has received the Director Choice Award for outstanding service as a non-executive director and other recognitions from universities and organisations for leadership.
Personal
Roxanne is a native of Chicago. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois and a juris doctorate from Marquette University. She is married to Lew Watts.
Related links
The CO2 Opportunity
Speech given by Roxanne Decyk, Corporate Affairs Director of Royal Dutch Shell plc at the “Triple Bottom Line Investing” Conference 2007, Paris, 16 November 2007
