Syrie Crouch

Syrie Crouch brings 30 plus years of in-depth knowledge of the Energy Industry, including almost 20 years of working on gas injection including Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), most recently as the VP for CCS in Shell. She has had accountability for Technical, Commercial, Business/Economics and operations across multiple Geographical regions. Since leaving Shell Syrie is a founding Director and CEO of CCS Ltd Global. CCS Ltd was setup in 2023 to provide strategic advisory services to organisations seeking to navigate the energy transition. CCS Ltd  have undertaken consultancy projects for a variety of clients including international organizations, heavy industry, waste to energy, private equity and major Corporations including in the Oil & Gas Sector.

As VP CCS for Shell Syrie worked across the Upstream, Downstream and Integrated Gas Directorates to support their Net Zero Emissions (CCS, DAC, biofuels, blue hydrogen and sectoral decarbonisation ambitions). In this role Syrie was responsible for resetting Shell’s CCS strategy and then building an organization from inception and developing the capabilities to deliver across the full TECOP (Technical, Economic, Commercial, Organizational and Political) spectrum. This included governing Capital Investment for the global CCS project portfolio, covering Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Direct Air Capture (DAC) and lowering the carbon intensity of both oil and chemical products.

The CCS team was responsible for working with multiple governments and regulatory bodies around the world to create business enabling CCS regulations and legislation. Syrie brings a unique skillset in this space having both managed a global portfolio of CCS hubs spread across Europe , Asia, Canada and the US with a combined CAPEX budget of US$1.5 billion and FEASEX of US$200mln but with a foundation in having delivered a working CCS project, as she took the Quest project in Canada through a public hearing and to FID in 2012, this project started-up in 2015 and has now injected over 8 million tonnes of CO2.

She also has experience at the VP level for both Exploration and Development where she was a member of Shell's Upstream International Operated Leadership Team responsible for Development, including all activities between discovery and production and responsible for a significant capital investment portfolio.

Syrie serves of the board of directors of two private companies: Climeworks, a Direct Air Capture Carbon Removal company responsible for the first working carbon removals project and Nuada, start-up Carbon Capture company working with Metal Organic Frameworks and looking to revolutionise the cost of carbon capture for the cement industry.

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