Jane Zhang
Business Fellow, Breakthrough Energy
Jane Zhang is a Business Fellow at Breakthrough Energy, advising climate-tech startup companies in energy transition innovation, including industrial decarbonization (steel, cement, and chemicals), carbon capture and removal, clean hydrogen, and renewable energies (offshore wind).
Jane began her career as a mechanical engineer. She worked on various assignments at Shell – downstream and upstream, where she held technical and management positions in R&D, operation, engineering, capital projects, technology, and innovation investment. She was General Manager of Global Deepwater Technology from 2010 to 2016 and General Manager of Shell Technology Brazil based in Rio de Janeiro from 2016 to 2021.
Jane holds a BS in Engineering Mechanics from Tsinghua University and a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University.