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Directors and senior management
Dr B Gilvary
Brian Gilvary (50) joined BP in 1986. Following a variety of roles in
exploration and production, downstream and trading, in 2000 he became
chief of staff of BP’s refining and marketing business and held a number
of executive roles in the business, including chief financial officer and
commercial director from 2002 to 2005. In 2003 he was appointed director
of TNK-BP, retiring from the board in 2005 and re-joining in 2010. From
2005 to 2010 he was chief executive of integrated supply and trading, BP’s
commodity trading arm. In 2010 he was appointed deputy group chief
financial officer with responsibility for the finance function. On 1 January
2012 he was appointed to the board of BP p.l.c. and became chief
financial officer.
Dr B E Grote
Byron Grote (63) joined BP in 1987 following the acquisition of the Standard
Oil Company of Ohio, where he had worked since 1979. He became group
treasurer in 1992 and in 1994 regional chief executive in Latin America.
In 1999, he was appointed an executive vice president of Exploration and
Production, and chief executive of chemicals in 2000. He was appointed an
executive director of BP in 2000. Between 2002 and 31 December 2011 he
was BP’s chief financial officer. In January 2012 he became executive vice
president, corporate business activities. He is a non-executive director of
Unilever NV and Unilever PLC.
B R Nelson
Member of the chairman’s committee and chairman of the audit committee
Brendan Nelson (62) joined BP’s board on 8 November 2010. He is a
chartered accountant and was admitted as a partner of KPMG in London
in 1984. He served as a member of the UK Board of KPMG from 2000 to
2006 subsequently being appointed vice chairman until his retirement in
2010. At KPMG International he held a number of senior positions including
global chairman, banking and global chairman, financial services. He is a
non-executive director of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc where
he is chairman of the group audit committee. He is Vice President of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, a member of the Financial
Reporting Review Panel and a director of the Financial Skills Partnership.
F P Nhleko
Member of the chairman’s and audit committees
Phuthuma Nhleko (51) joined BP’s board on 1 February 2011. He began
his career as a civil engineer in the United States and as a project manager
for infrastructure developments in Southern Africa. Following this, he
became a senior executive of the Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank
in South Africa. He later held a succession of directorships before joining
MTN Group, a pan-African and Middle Eastern telephony group, as group
president and chief executive officer in 2002. He stepped down as group
chief executive of MTN Group at the end of March 2011 and became vice-
chairman of the MTN Group and chairman of MTN International. He is a
non-executive director of Anglo American plc.
A Shilston
Member of the chairman’s and audit committees
Andrew Shilston (56) trained as a chartered accountant before joining BP
as a management accountant. He subsequently joined Abbott Laboratories
before moving to Enterprise Oil plc in 1984 at the time of flotation. In 1989
he became treasurer of Enterprise Oil and was appointed finance director
in 1993. After the sale of Enterprise Oil to Shell in 2002, in 2003 he became
finance director of Rolls-Royce plc until his retirement on 31 December
2011. Andrew has served as a non-executive director on the boards of AEA
Technology plc and Cairn Energy plc where he chaired the remuneration
and audit committees. He recently joined the board of Circle Holdings plc
as a non-executive director. He will become senior independent director at
the conclusion of the 2012 AGM.
Senior management
M Bly
Mark Bly (52) joined BP in 1984. Following various engineering and
commercial leadership assignments he held business unit leader posts
in Alaska and the North Sea and was strategic performance unit leader
for BP’s North America Gas business. In 2007, he became group vice
president, Exploration and Production and a member of the exploration and
production operating committee. In 2008, he became group head of safety
and operations and in October 2010 he was appointed executive vice
president of safety and operational risk.
R Bondy
Rupert Bondy (50) joined BP as group general counsel in 2008. In 1989,
he joined US law firm Morrison & Foerster, working in San Francisco and
London. From 1994 to 1995, he worked for UK law firm Lovells in London.
In 1995, he joined SmithKline Beecham as senior counsel for mergers and
acquisitions and other corporate matters. He subsequently held positions
of increasing responsibility and, following the merger of SmithKline
Beecham and GlaxoWellcome, he was appointed senior vice president and
general counsel of GlaxoSmithKline in 2001.
Dr M C Daly
Mike Daly (58) joined BP in 1986 as a technical specialist in structural
geology, subsequently joining BP’s global basin analysis group. After a
series of exploration business and functional roles in South America, the
North Sea and new business development, in 2000 he became president
of BP’s Middle East and South Asia businesses. In 2006, he was appointed
BP’s head of exploration and new business development and in October
2010 he was appointed executive vice president, exploration.
R Fryar
Bob Fryar (48) joined Amoco Production Company in 1985, serving in a
variety of engineering and management positions in the onshore US and
deepwater Gulf of Mexico. In 2003, he was appointed vice president of
operations performance unit for BP Trinidad and later, in 2009, he became
chief executive officer for BP Angola. In October 2010, he was appointed
executive vice president, production.
A Hopwood
Andy Hopwood (54) joined BP in 1980 as a petroleum engineer. Following
a series of operational and corporate planning roles, in 1999 he was
appointed business unit leader in Azerbaijan, returning to London in 2001
as the upstream chief of staff. He became strategic performance unit
leader for BP’s North America Gas business in 2004, returning to London in
2009 as head of portfolio and technology for BP’s upstream businesses. In
October 2010, he was appointed executive vice president of strategy and
integration.
B Looney
Bernard Looney (41) joined BP in 1991 as a drilling engineer, working in
a variety of roles in the North Sea, Vietnam and the Gulf of Mexico and
later in the exploration and technology group. In 2005, he became senior
vice president for BP Alaska, before moving to be head of the group
chief executive’s office. He was appointed vice president for Norway and
infrastructure in 2008 and then, in 2009, he became managing director of
BP’s North Sea business. In October 2010, he was appointed executive
vice president, developments.