Shandell M. Szabo has served as an independent director of Talos Energy, Inc., an energy company focused on offshore oil and gas exploration and production ( Talos ), since February 2023, where she serves on the Audit Committee and as chairperson of the Safety, Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Committee. Ms. Szabo previously served on Talos s Compensation Committee and as co-chair of the Technical Committee. Beginning in February 2020, Ms. Szabo served on the board of directors of EnVen Energy Corporation, which was a private operator of deepwater platforms in the Gulf of Mexico that was acquired by Talos in February 2023, and she served as Chair of the Risk Committee and a member of the Governance Committee until the acquisition. Prior to that, Ms. Szabo served nearly 20 years with Anadarko, until its acquisition by Occidental in August 2019, in various roles of steadily increasing responsibility throughout Anadarko s U.S. onshore portfolio and deepwater Gulf of Mexico, including Vice President of U.S. Exploration from 2018 to 2019, Vice President of Onshore Exploration from 2016 to 2018, Director of Investor Relations from 2015 to 2016, General Manager of Development, Eaglebine/Base Assets from 2013 to 2015, Geoscience Development Manager, East Texas/North Louisiana from 2011 to 2013, and Regional Geology Manager, Gulf of Mexico Exploration from 2008 to 2010. She began her career at Exxon Mobil Corporation in 1998 in various subsurface and geoscience positions in basins in the U.S. onshore and Gulf of Mexico. Ms. Szabo serves on the Montgomery County executive leadership team for Blood Cancer United, previously the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and is a former Chair of its Student Visionary of the Year Campaign. She is an Advisory Council member of the United Way of Greater Houston. Ms. Szabo received her Bachelor of Science from the University of Michigan and her Master of Science from Texas Christian University, both in Environmental Science with a concentration in Geology. Ms. Szabo is well-qualified to serve as a director because of her over 27 years of involvement in the Oil and Gas industry, including her geologic and technical background and her leadership experience in upstream operations, exploration and development, finance, and corporate communications.