Title: Shell Business Operations – Finance Operations – Gopendra’s story
Duration: 1:15 minutes
Description:
In this video, Gopendra takes us through his journey at Shell and how experiences along the way have shaped his thought process and how he imparts the knowledge with his team in their work towards the energy transition journey. He talks about how Shell’s ambition aligns with what he believes in.
How Does Your Work Align With What You Believe In? – Gopendra’s story Transcript
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Sound of Shell – Youthful Energy
Gopendra: How Does Your Work Align With What You Believe In?
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How Does Your Work Align With What You Believe In?
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We show Gopendra working on his work desk, looking at his screen while typing.
Gopendra: Hi, I’m Gopendra. I am Vice President Finance for Shell's Revenue Process.
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Gopendra
Vice President - Finance - Revenue Process.
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We show Gopendra sitting on a chair talking to the camera, in an office setting with an out-of-focus vertical unit with plants stacked in the background.
Gopendra: A team that plays a pivotal role in net-zero journey for Shell.
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Net-Zero Emission
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We show a stock footage sequence of a solar energy field followed by a footage of a wind energy farm followed by a a footage of a building with green landscaping and an overlay of a globe and Co2 icons.
Gopendra: As a leader, learning has become a deeply personal journey for me.
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We show a close up footage of Gopendra reading a book followed by a more zoomed out front on footage of Gopendra flipping the pages of the book with out of focus plants stacked in the background.
Gopendra: Among the many enriching learning opportunities, one in particular has always stood out.
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We show a B-roll of Gopendra working on his PC.
Gopendra: My hands-on learning with Project Earthwatch in the Borneo Rainforest, which completely transformed my views on the importance of energy transition.
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Borneo Rainforest
Importance of Energy Transition
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We show a stock footage of a globe which zooms into the Borneo Rainforest area and then a stock footage of a forest with 2 pictures of Gopendra coming in as Picture-in-picture followed by supers.
Gopendra: Returning from Borneo, I carried with me a renewed sense of urgency and purpose.
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Sense of urgency & purpose
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We show a footage of Gopendra leaning forward talking to the camera with a plant out-of-focus in the background.
Gopendra: I realised that I must share my learnings to foster change and inspire my team.
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Share my learnings
Foster change
Inspire my team
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We show a footage where we see Gopendra talking to his team in a meeting room followed by a zoomed in footage of Gopendra continuing to talk to his team with a Picture-in-picture of Gopendra’s picture with his team
Gopendra: Ever since that experience, I have been instilling that same sense of purpose across my global teams,
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Global teams
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We show zoomed in footage of Gopendra briefing his team followed by a footage of his team members followed by a picture of Gopendra’s global teams
Gopendra: uniting our efforts to manage sustainable cash flows and green credits.
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Sustainable cash flows
Green credits
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We show stock footage of green plants with a table and coins stacked like a bar graph with an overlay about renewable energy elements.
Gopendra: The resolve that I gained from my experience at Shell, continues to inspire my team driving us to tackle the energy transition together.
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Continue to inspire
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We show Gopendra leading a discussion with his team followed by a footage of his teammates in that discussion.
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Power Your Progress
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We show Gopendra having a professional discussion with his team with an out-of-focus office background. Over this, we show the pecten energy lines taking shape with Gopendra’s face at the centre of it.
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Brand mnemonic played on strings.
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Find out more
shell.in/careers
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The small classic red and yellow Pecten transitions in to display at frame-center against a white background. Text is displayed below this and along the lower frame.