On November 1, 2016, Susan M. Ward announced her resignation as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Shell Midstream Partners GP LLC (the general partner), the general partner of Shell Midstream Partners, L.P. (the partnership), effective February 28, 2017 to spend most of her time in her role as Head, M&A and Commercial Finance for Shell's businesses in the Americas. On November 1, 2016, the board of directors of the general partner appointed Shawn J. Carsten as the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of the general partner effective March 1, 2017. Mr. Carsten, currently serves as the Downstream Controller-Americas of Equilon Enterprises LLC d/b/a Shell Oil Products US (SOPUS).

He is a 28-year Shell executive with deep financial and operational management experience, as well as significant experience in Shell's Upstream, Downstream and Retail businesses. In his current role, Mr. Carsten is responsible for the financial results and control framework for SOPUS, as well as finance operations personnel in the United States and in Asia. Prior to his role as Controller, Mr. Carsten spent 2013 serving as the Finance Shareholding Representative for Motiva, where he was responsible for assessing value proposals and investment opportunities.