March 8 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs ( GS ) said on Friday

that board member Jessica Uhl is stepping down to focus on her

role as president of General Electric's ( GE ) energy spin-off

GE Vernova.

Uhl was previously the CFO at Shell for five years,

and was named as GE Vernova's president in January.

She started her career at Citibank, where she worked

in commercial and real estate lending, according to her profile

on GE Vernova's website.

Uhl joined Goldman's board in 2021, becoming the fifth woman

director on the investment bank's board, and was part of the

audit, governance and risk committee.

She informed the board this week that she would not stand

for re-election at Goldman's 2024 annual meeting of

shareholders, the bank disclosed in a regulatory filing.