Irem Ozer Celikbas

- Led HR digitalization projects in the UK, Netherlands, and Poland, serving as global benefits integration lead for digital solutions including Workday and Benify. Ensured policy compliance, seamless integration with Strada payroll, and user-centric, cost-efficient design. Played a key role in the discovery, design, and implementation of benefits systems across UK, Netherlands, China, Singapore, India, and the Philippines, translating local needs into scalable global solutions through close collaboration with regional teams. - Spearheaded the Global Benefits Strategy project, an initiative across Shell, driving strategic alignment, simplification, and enhanced employee value propositions. Conducted in-depth reviews across 12 countries including India, Malaysia, Germany, Spain, France, and Germany and more to streamline offerings and eliminate underutilised programs. - Led the creation of a global data platform and dashboard integrating benefits and rewards data from 58 countries, streamlining insights on employment costs and benefit offerings to enhance transparency and support data-driven decisions across regions and business units. - Drive simplification, standardisation, and continuous improvement in benefits delivery, enhancing user experience for employees and HR professionals across diverse geographies. - Provide strategic input on complex pension landscapes and global benefits dynamics, ensuring regulatory compliance and operational efficiency. - Partnered on high-impact global initiatives including Shell’s global parental leave policy, car policy review, global benefits strategy assessments, and sustainability reporting aligned with ESRS standards.

- Led compensation, benefits, and pension strategy delivery for Shell Turkey, shaping a competitive and cost-effective Employee Value Proposition. - Oversaw payroll and HR operations teams, ensuring seamless execution of core HR services and operational excellence across the country. - Managed vendor relationships and contracts to maintain high-quality service delivery across benefits and pension programs. - Led the Defined Benefit (DB) pension transfer project, managing complex consultations with fund members and senior stakeholders. Delivered a $6M reduction in company’s pension liabilities through this transformation - Served on the pension trustee board, providing strategic input and ensuring regulatory compliance. - Directed the country policy agenda, leading the Country Benefit Review and implementing enhancements aligned with global standards. - Delivered annual merit and bonus processes, engaging global and local stakeholders to ensure fair and timely outcomes. - Represented Shell in Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) negotiations, fostering constructive dialogue and securing favourable agreements. - Led workforce planning and employment costing for Joint Venture and NOV initiatives, supporting strategic decision-making and resource optimisation. - Played a key role in Shell’s market entry into Romania, delivering policy development, payroll setup, and a scalable HR delivery model aligned with Shell’s strategic framework.

- Delivered strategic HR support to the supply chain business, covering 5 Shell-operated and 5 Joint Venture fuel terminals across multiple regions. - Partnered with business leaders to drive the people agenda, including talent management, leadership development, learning, organisational effectiveness, and diversity & inclusion. - Coached senior leaders on embedding D&I into business practices and culture, fostering inclusive leadership and sustainable impact. - Played a pivotal role in divestment and acquisition projects, ensuring seamless transitions and optimal HR outcomes, including support for Shell Upstream’s divestment in Turkey. - Designed and implemented a Joint Venture HR delivery model that transformed local HR operations into a strategic, value-generating function. Designed and implemented a high-impact onboarding program for newly appointed managers, accelerating leadership development and performance readiness

HR Manager for a large geography including all Black Sea Countries, Israel, Malta, Cyprus. Developing and implementing policies, procedures and programs in covered geography, maintaining compliance with the local laws and regulations. Coaching and advising client groups on HR related matters. Driving the main HR processes for Wireline Systems within Continental Europe Geo-Market. Key Achievements: Turn Key Projects: Supported business growth at strategically identified projects – Israel (Noble), Libya, Malta and Cyprus (ENI), Turkey & Romania (Exxon). Including HR process set up, creating local workforce, managing expatriate (more than 70 in remote projects excluding secondees). Continental Europe Wireline Business Unit Support: Supported business growth of Wireline Business Unit for all continental Europe, including hiring, managing talent pipeline, managing and taking measures on employment costs, right sizing at right locations. Global Mobility Projects: HR Lead for EARC Wireline pool (2014) and Europe Drilling Systems (2013) rotator pool projects. Set and led the HR processes for pools consisting of internationally mobile employees, including recruitment, compensation and remuneration, cost management. Other; Concluded Collective Labour agreement in Romania. Implemented benefits plan in Turkey and Romania.