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BP Annual Report and Form 20-F 201558
Admiral Frank
Bowman
Independent non-executive director
Tenure
Appointed 8 November 2010
Outside interests
President of Strategic Decisions, LLC
Director of Morgan Stanley
Mutual Funds
Director of Naval and Nuclear
Technologies, LLP
Age 71 Nationality American
Career
Frank L Bowman served for more than
38 years in the US Navy, rising to the
rank of Admiral. He commanded the
nuclear submarine USS City of Corpus
Christi and the submarine tender USS
Holland. After promotion to flag officer,
he served on the joint staff as director of
political-military affairs and as the chief
of naval personnel. He served over eight
years as director of the Naval Nuclear
Propulsion Program where he was
responsible for the operations of more
than one hundred reactors aboard the
US navy’s aircraft carriers and
submarines. He holds two masters
degrees in engineering from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
After his retirement as an Admiral in
2004, he was president and chief
executive officer of the Nuclear Energy
Institute until 2008. He served on the
BP Independent Safety Review Panel
and was a member of the BP America
External Advisory Council. He was
appointed Honorary Knight Commander
of the British Empire in 2005. He was
elected to the US National Academy of
Engineering in 2009.
Frank is a member of the CNA military
advisory board and has participated in
studies of climate change and its impact
on national security. Additionally he was
co-chair of a National Academies study
investigating the implications of climate
change for naval forces.
Relevant skills and experience
Frank Bowman brings exceptional
experience in safety issues arising from
his time with the US Navy and the
Nuclear Energy Institute, coupled with
direct knowledge of BP’s safety goals
from his work on the BP Independent
Safety Review Panel. He also has a
broad perspective of systems and of
people from the many other roles
throughout his career.
He has built on this experience with the
Gulf of Mexico and SEEA committees
since 2010 and his background and
experience of US and global political and
regulatory systems are valuable assets
to the geopolitical committee.
Antony Burgmans
Independent non-executive director
Tenure
Appointed 5 February 2004
Outside interests
Member of the supervisory board of
SHV Holdings NV
Chairman of the supervisory board of
TNT Express
Chairman of Akzo Nobel NV
Age 69 Nationality Dutch
Career
Antony Burgmans joined Unilever in
1972, holding a succession of marketing
and sales posts, including the
chairmanship of PT Unilever Indonesia
from 1988 until 1991.
In 1991, he was appointed to the board
of Unilever, becoming business group
president, ice cream and frozen foods
Europe in 1994, and chairman of
Unilever’s Europe committee,
co-ordinating its European activities. In
1998, he became vice chairman of
Unilever NV and in 1999, chairman of
Unilever NV and vice chairman of
Unilever PLC. In 2005 he became
non-executive chairman of Unilever NV
and Unilever PLC until his retirement in
2007. During his career he has lived and
worked in London, Hamburg, Jakarta,
Stockholm and Rotterdam.
Relevant skills and experience
Antony Burgmans is an experienced
chairman and chief executive who spent
his executive career at Unilever where
he developed skills in production,
distribution and marketing.
His experience of consumer facing
business has meant that he has been
able to provide the board with deep
insight in the fields of reputation, brand,
culture and values. He has served on
the board for 12 years and has made a
major contribution to the SEEA and
remuneration committees and latterly
through chairing the geopolitical
committee.
Cynthia Carroll
Independent non-executive director
Tenure
Appointed 6 June 2007
Outside interests
Chair of Vedanta Resources Holding Ltd
Non-executive director of Hitachi Ltd
Age 59 Nationality American
Career
Cynthia began her career as a petroleum
geologist with Amoco Production
company in Denver, Colorado, after
completing a masters degree in geology.
In 1989 she joined Alcan (Aluminum
Company of Canada) and ran a
packaging company, led a global bauxite,
alumina and speciality chemicals
business and later was president and
chief executive officer of the Primary
Metal Group, responsible for operations
in more than 20 countries. In 2007
she became chief executive of Anglo
American plc, the global mining group,
operating in 45 countries with 150,000
employees, and was chairman of
De Beers s.a. and Anglo Platinum
Limited. She stepped down from
these roles in April 2013.
Relevant skills and experience
Cynthia Carroll has led multiple large
complex global businesses in the
extractive industries. This has required
deep strategic and operational
involvement. In leading these
businesses a high level of interaction
with governments, the media, special
interest groups and other stakeholders
has been needed.
Cynthia is an experienced former chief
executive who has spent all of her
career in the extractive industries,
having trained as a petroleum geologist.
Her leadership experience related to
enhancing safety in the mining industry
brings a strong contribution to the work
of the SEEAC, as does her
understanding of business strategy in an
industry with a long capital return cycle.
Her international experience with
governments is an asset to the
geopolitical committee.
Ian Davis
Independent non-executive director
Tenure
Appointed 2 April 2010
Outside interests
Chairman of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
Non-executive director of Majid Al
Futtaim Holding LLC
Non-executive director of Johnson &
Johnson Inc
Non-executive director of Teach for All
Age 64 Nationality British
Career
Ian Davis is senior partner emeritus of
McKinsey & Company. He was a
partner at McKinsey for 31 years until
2010 and served as chairman and
managing director between 2003 and
2009.
Ian has a MA in Politics, Philosophy and
Economics from Balliol College,
University of Oxford.
Relevant skills and experience
Ian Davis brings the skills of a managing
director with significant financial and
strategic experience to the board. He has
worked with and advised global
organizations and companies in a wide
variety of sectors including oil and gas
and the public sector, enabling him to
draw on knowledge of diverse issues
and outcomes to assist the board. His
role in the Cabinet Office, from which he
stepped down in March 2016, gives him
a unique perspective on government
affairs.
He has chaired the Gulf of Mexico
committee since its formation and has
led the board’s oversight of the response
in the Gulf.
Professor Dame Ann
Dowling
Independent non-executive director
Tenure
Appointed 3 February 2012
Outside interests
President of the Royal Academy of
Engineering
Deputy vice-chancellor and Professor
of Mechanical Engineering at the
University of Cambridge
Member of the Prime Minister’s Council
for Science and Technology
Non-executive director of the
Department for Business, Innovation
& Skills (BIS)
Age 63 Nationality British
Career
Dame Ann Dowling is a deputy
vice-chancellor at the University of
Cambridge, where she was appointed a
professor of mechanical engineering in
the department of engineering in 1993.
She was head of the department of
engineering at the University of
Cambridge from 2009 to 2014. Her
research is in fluid mechanics, acoustics
and combustion, and she has held
visiting posts at MIT and at Caltech. She
was appointed director of the University
Gas Turbine Partnership with
Rolls-Royce in 2001, and chairman in
2009. Between 2003 and 2008 she
chaired the Rolls-Royce propulsion and
power systems advisory board and now
chairs BP’s technical advisory
committee.
She is a fellow of the Royal Society and
the Royal Academy of Engineering and
is a foreign associate of the US National
Academy of Engineering and the French
Academy of Sciences. She has honorary
degrees from nine universities, including
the University of Oxford, Imperial
College London and the KTH Royal
Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
She was elected President of the Royal
Academy of Engineering in September
2014. In December 2015 she was
appointed to the Order of Merit, which
is in the sole gift of the Queen and
limited to just 24 members.
Relevant skills and experience
Dame Ann Dowling is an internationally
respected leader in engineering
research and the practical application of
new technology in industry. The
department of engineering at
Cambridge University that she led is one
of the leading centres for engineering
research worldwide, and her
contribution has been widely recognized
by universities around the world. She
chairs BP’s technical advisory
committee and makes a significant
contribution to the work of the SEEAC.
Dame Ann became chair of the
remuneration committee in 2015 and
has spent time with key shareholders to
listen and reflect their views in the work
of the committee.