Michael Rose

Mr. Rose is the retired Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Royal Dutch Shell plc where he served from 2001 to December 2005. Prior to Royal Dutch Shell, Mr. Rose worked for 23 years in a wide range of positions at Hewlett Packard, including controller for various business groups. In 1997, he was named Hewlett Packard's Chief Information Officer, and in 2000 he was elected an officer by the Board of Directors of Hewlett Packard. He was named the company's Controller in 2001. Mr. Rose also serves on the board of directors of Brocade Communications Systems, a storage area network equipment company.