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M.F. (Fran) Keeth was named to the Arrow Electronics Board of Directors in 2004. She is Executive Vice President, Chemicals, for Royal Dutch Shell.
Keeth joined Shell Oil Company in 1970, where she held positions of increasing responsibility in the Head Office Finance and Tax departments, including Assistant General Counsel, Litigation and Research; General Manager, Auditing; and General Manager, Products Finance. In 1992, she moved to London to handle a series of assignments in Shell International Petroleum Company as Deputy Group Controller, Area Coordinator for the Far East, and Finance Manager, Oil Products.
In 1996, she left Shell to join Mobil Corporation as Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, and returned to Shell in 1997, assuming the position of Executive Vice President, Finance and Business Systems, for Shell Chemical LP, a U.S. operating company. In 2001, s he assumed the global position of Vice President, Customer Fulfillment and Product Business Units, Shell Chemicals Ltd., along with the regional role of President and CEO, Shell Chemical LP.
In January 2005, Keeth was appointed Executive Vice President, Chemicals, retaining her regional role as President of Shell Chemical LP. In July 2006, she relinquished her regional position in order to focus entirely on her global accountabilities.
Keeth holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting, and M.B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Houston. She is on the Board of Verizon Communications Inc., the American Chemistry Council and chairs the Board Committee on Responsible Care as well as being a member of the ACC Executive Committee and Long Range Research Committee. She also serves on the board of the International Council of Chemical Associations. | 