Matthias F. Bichsel is Member of Gerson Lehrman Group Councils, Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers (Canada) and Member of American Association of Petroleum Geologists and on the board of 5 other companies.

In the past Dr. Bichsel was Managing Director at Shell Deepwater Development, Inc. and Director-Projects & Technology at Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Shell International Exploration & Production BV (a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell Plc).

Dr. Bichsel received a doctorate from the University of Basel.