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BP Annual Report and Form 20-F 201368
Lamar McKay
Current position
Chief executive, Upstream
Executive team tenure
Appointed 16 June 2008 (5 years)
Outside interests
Member of Mississippi State University Dean’s Advisory Council
Age
55
Nationality
American
Career
Lamar McKay is responsible for the combined Upstream business which
consists of exploration, development and production.
Lamar started his career in 1980 with Amoco and has held a broad range
of positions. In 1993, he became general manager for the Arkoma Basin,
and in 1997 moved into the role of business unit leader for the Gulf of
Mexico Shelf.
During 1998-2000, he worked on the BP-Amoco merger and served as
head of strategy and planning for the worldwide exploration and production
business in London. In 2000, he became business unit leader for the
Central North Sea in Aberdeen, Scotland. In 2001, Lamar became chief of
staff for the worldwide exploration and production business, and
subsequently served as chief of staff to BP’s deputy group chief executive.
Lamar became group vice president, Russia and Kazakhstan in 2003
where he was responsible for BP’s Upstream businesses, including BP’s
interest in the TNK-BP joint venture. He served as a member of the board
of directors of TNK-BP from February 2004 to May 2007.
In May 2007, Lamar moved to Houston to assume the role of senior group
vice president, BP p.l.c. and executive vice president, BP America where
he led BP’s efforts to resolve various issues involving the Texas City
refinery, Prudhoe Bay field and US trading function. In June 2008, he
became executive vice president, special projects focusing on Russia
where he led BP’s efforts to restructure the governance framework for
TNK- BP.
In February 2009, Lamar was appointed chairman and president of BP
America Inc, serving as BP’s chief representative in the US. In October
2010, he additionally assumed the role of chief executive officer and
president for the Gulf Coast Restoration Organization.
On 1 January 2013, he became chief executive, Upstream.
Dev Sanyal
Current position
Executive vice president, and group chief of staff
Executive team tenure
Appointed 1 January 2012 (2 years)
Outside interests
Non-executive director of Man Group plc
Member of the Accenture Global Energy Board
Member of the International Business Leaders Group of The Duke of
Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation
Trustee of the Career Academy Foundation
Age
48
Nationality
British and Indian
Career
Dev Sanyal is the accountable executive for all of BP’s corporate activities
in strategy and long-term planning, risk, economics, competitor
intelligence, government and political affairs, policy and group integration
and governance.
Dev joined BP in 1989 and has held a variety of international roles in
London, Athens, Istanbul, Vienna and Dubai. He was appointed chief
executive, BP Eastern Mediterranean Fuels in 1999. In 2002, he moved to
London as chief of staff of BP’s worldwide downstream businesses. In
November 2003, he was appointed chief executive officer of Air BP. In
June 2006, he was appointed head of the group chief executive’s office.
He was appointed group vice president and group treasurer in 2007. During
this period, he was also chairman of BP Investment Management Ltd and
accountable for the group’s aluminium interests. In January 2012, he
became executive vice president, and group chief of staff.
Helmut Schuster
Current position
Executive vice president, group human resources director
Executive team tenure
Appointed 1 March 2011 (3 years)
Outside interests
No external appointments
Age
52
Nationality
Austrian
Career
Helmut Schuster became group human resources director on 1 March
2011. In this role he holds accountabilities for the BP human resources
function.
Helmut began his career working for Henkel in a marketing capacity. Since
joining BP in 1989 Helmut has held a number of major leadership roles. He
has worked in BP in the US, UK and continental Europe and within most
parts of refining, marketing, trading and gas and power. Before taking on
his current role his portfolio of responsibilities as a vice president, human
resources included the refining and marketing segment of BP, and
corporate and functions. This role saw him leading the people agenda for
roughly 60,000 people across the globe and includes businesses such as
petrochemicals, fuels value chains, lubricants and functional experts across
the corporation.