Mr. Jeffrey Wayne Sheets, Jeff has been the Chief Financial Officer of ConocoPhillips since October 6, 2010 and also serves as its Executive Vice President of Finance. Mr. Sheets has 32 years of technical, financial and leadership experience in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Sheets served as Senior Vice President of Commercial and Planning & Strategy at ConocoPhillips since May 12, 2010 to October 6, 2010 and also served as its Senior Vice President of Finance. He served as Senior Vice President of Planning and Strategy of ConocoPhillips from October 2008 to May 12, 2010. He served as an Assistant Treasurer of ConocoPhillips since 1998 and Vice President & Treasurer since 2001. In 1993, he rejoined the exploration and production staff of ConocoPhillips and served as Staff Finance Director in Exploration and Production in the Norway office and served as its Commercial Services Manager, Operations in Stavanger, Norway, from 1994 to 1997. Mr. Sheets began his career as a Process Engineer in the North America division of exploration and production for Phillips Petroleum in 1980. He held various engineering and marketing positions in that group until 1990 when he joined treasury as Staff Finance Director. Mr. Sheets serves on the board of directors of OIL Investment Corporation Limited. He served as a Director of DCP Midstream GP LLC at DCP Midstream Partners LP from June 2010 to January 11, 2011. He is a Member of the Academy of Chemical Engineers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology and a Board Member for Theatre Under the Stars in Houston. He is an Engineer. In 1980, Mr. Sheets earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri in Rolla, Mo. He received a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Houston in 1989.