PAUL GOODFELLOW, President and Chief Executive Officer, Talos Energy

Mr. Paul Goodfellow was appointed Chief Executive Officer and President of Talos Energy Inc. in March 2025. He has over 34 years of domestic and international experience in the oil and gas industry during a distinguished career at Shell plc (NYSE: SHEL) where he held a series of positions from 1991 until joining Talos.  

During his tenure at Shell, Mr. Goodfellow held various senior executive roles, including leading Shell’s global deepwater business, which included the U.S. Gulf of America, Offshore Mexico, Brazil, West Africa, Malaysia, the North Sea and other international areas. Additionally, he held positions overseeing Shell’s global drilling, completion and well intervention organization and served as a key member of the Projects & Technology and Upstream leadership teams.

Prior to joining Talos, Mr. Goodfellow most recently served as Shell’s Executive Vice President and Group Chief Internal Auditor from August 2023 until February 2025, and Executive Vice President, Deep Water, Shell Upstream from April 2019 to August 2023.  He also served as the Chairman of the Board of Shell Midstream Partners GP LP (“Shell Midstream GP”) (formerly NYSE: SHLX) from October 2019 to August 2023 and a director beginning in October 2014.

Mr. Goodfellow received a Bachelor of Science in Mining and Mineral Engineering in 1986 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Rock Mechanics in 1990, each from the Camborne School of Mines in the United Kingdom. Mr. Goodfellow has been a Chartered Engineer since 1990, a member of the UK Institute of Mining and Metallurgy since 1991 and a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers since 2000. More information at: https://www.talosenergy.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/Leadership-Team/