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Board performance and biographies
Directors
C-H Svanberg
Chairman of the chairman’s and the nomination committees and attends
meetings of the remuneration committee
Carl-Henric Svanberg (57) was appointed a non-executive director of BP
on 1 September 2009 and, in succession to Mr Sutherland, became
chairman of BP on 1 January 2010. From 2003 until 31 December 2009,
he was president and chief executive officer of Ericsson, also serving as
the chairman of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. He continue
to be a non-executive director of Ericsson.
Sir Ian Prosser
Member of the chairman’s, the nomination and the remuneration
committees and chairman of the audit committee
Sir Ian (66) joined BP’s board in 1997 and was appointed non-executive
deputy chairman in 1999. He is the senior independent director. In 2003,
he retired as chairman of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, a spin-off
from the former Bass PLC where he was chief executive. He is a non-
executive director of the Sara Lee Corporation and non-executive
chairman of The Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI). He was
previously on the boards of GlaxoSmithKline plc, The Boots Company
PLC and Lloyds TSB PLC.
P Anderson
Member of the chairman’s and the safety, ethics and environment
assurance committees
Paul Anderson (64) was appointed a non-executive director of BP on
1 February 2010. He is a non-executive director of BAE Systems PLC and
of Spectra Energy Corp. He was formerly chief executive at BHP Billiton
and Duke Energy where he also served as a non-executive director.
Having previously been chief executive officer and managing director of
BHP Limited and then BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc, he
rejoined these latter boards in 2006 as a non-executive director, retiring
on 31 January 2010.
A Burgmans, KBE
Member of the chairman’s, the remuneration and the safety, ethics and
environment assurance committees
Antony Burgmans (63) joined BP’s board in 2004. He was appointed to
the board of Unilever in 1991. In 1999, he became chairman of Unilever
NV and vice chairman of Unilever PLC. In 2005, he became non-executiv
chairman of Unilever PLC and Unilever NV, retiring from these
appointments in 2007. He is also a member of the supervisory boards of
Akzo Nobel NV, Aegon NV and SHV Holdings NV.
C B Carroll
Member of the chairman’s and the safety, ethics and environment
assurance committees
Cynthia Carroll (53) joined BP’s board in 2007. She started her career at
Amoco and in 1989 she joined Alcan, where in 2002 she was appointed
president and chief executive officer of Alcan’s primary metals group and
an officer of Alcan, Inc. She was appointed as chief executive of Anglo
American plc, the global mining group, in 2007. She is also a director of
De Beers s.a. and Anglo Platinum Ltd.
Sir William Castell, LVO
Member of the chairman’s and the nomination committees and chairman
of the safety, ethics and environment assurance committee
Sir William (62) joined BP’s board in 2006. From 1990 to 2004, he was
chief executive of Amersham plc and subsequently president and chief
executive officer of GE Healthcare. He was appointed as a vice chairman
of the board of GE in 2004, stepping down from this post in 2006 when
he became chairman of the Wellcome Trust. He remains a non-executive
director of GE.
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G David
Member of the chairman’s, the audit and the remuneration committees
George David (67) joined BP’s board in February 2008. He has spent
his career with United Technologies Corporation (UTC), as its chief
executive officer between 1994 and 2008 and chairman from 1997
until his retirement on 31 December 2009. He is a former director of
Citigroup Inc.
E B Davis, Jr
Member of the chairman’s, the audit and the safety, ethics and
environment assurance committees
Erroll B Davis, Jr (65) joined BP’s board in 1998, having previously been a
director of Amoco. He was chairman and chief executive officer of Alliant
Energy, relinquishing this dual appointment in 2005. He continued as
chairman of Alliant Energy until 2006, leaving to become chancellor of the
University System of Georgia. He is a member of the board of General
Motors Corporation and Union Pacific Corporation.
D J Flint, CBE
Member of the chairman’s and the audit committees
Douglas Flint (54) joined BP’s board in 2005. He trained as a chartered
accountant and was made a partner at KPMG in 1988. In 1995, he was
appointed group finance director of HSBC Holdings plc and in 2009 his
role was broadened to chief financial officer, executive director risk and
regulation. He was chairman of the Financial Reporting Council’s review
of the Turnbull Guidance on Internal Control. Between 2001 and 2004, he
served on the Accounting Standards Board and the Standards Advisory
Council of the International Accounting Standards Board.
Dr D S Julius, CBE
Member of the chairman’s and the nomination committees and chairman
of the remuneration committee
DeAnne Julius (60) joined BP’s board in 2001. She began her career as a
project economist with the World Bank in Washington. From 1986 until
1997, she held a succession of posts, including chief economist at British
Airways and Royal Dutch Shell Group. From 1997 to 2001, she was a full
time member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England.
She is chairman of the Royal Institute of International Affairs and a non-
executive director of Roche Holdings SA and Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.
Dr A B Hayward
Tony Hayward (52) joined BP in 1982. He held a series of roles in
exploration and production, becoming a director of exploration and
production in 1997. In 2000, he was made group treasurer, and an
executive vice president in 2002. He was chief executive officer of
exploration and production between 2002 and 2007. He became an
executive director of BP in 2003 and was appointed as group chief
executive in 2007.
I C Conn
Iain Conn (47) joined BP in 1986. Following a variety of roles in oil trading,
commercial refining, retail and commercial marketing operations, and
exploration and production, in 2000 he became group vice president of
BP’s refining and marketing business. From 2002 to 2004, he was chief
executive of petrochemicals. He was appointed group executive officer
with a range of regional and functional responsibilities and an executive
director in 2004. He was appointed chief executive of refining and
marketing in 2007. He is a non-executive director and senior independent
director of Rolls-Royce Group plc.
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