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Corporate governance
Corporate governance
BP Annual Report and Form 20-F 2012
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Ian Davis
Current position
Ian Davis was appointed a non-executive director of BP on 2 April 2010.
Board and committee activities
He is chairman of the Gulf of Mexico committee and is a member of the
chairman’s, the nomination and the remuneration committees.
Outside interests
Ian Davis is an independent non-executive director of Johnson & Johnson,
Inc. and a senior adviser to Apax Partners LLP. He is also a non-executive
member of the UK’s Cabinet Office. He joined the Board of Rolls Royce
Plc on 1 March 2013 and will become chairman on 2 May 2013.
Career
He spent his early career at Bowater, moving to McKinsey & Company
in 1979. He was managing partner of McKinsey’s practice in the UK and
Ireland from 1996 to 2003. In 2003, he was appointed as chairman and
worldwide managing director of McKinsey, serving in this capacity until
2009. During his career with McKinsey, he served as a consultant to a
range of global organizations across the private, public and not-for-profit
sectors. He retired as senior partner of McKinsey & Company on 30 July
2010.
Relevant experience and skills
Ian Davis brings significant financial and strategic experience to the board.
He has had a lengthy career working with and advising global organizations
and companies in the oil and gas industry. This experience has been
recognized by the board in his appointments as a member of a broad
range of committees and as chairman of the Gulf of Mexico committee.
As chairman of the Gulf of Mexico committee he has made a significant
contribution in guiding the board’s response to the various legal issues
which have arisen following the Deepwater Horizon accident. During the
year he stood down from the audit committee to allow him to focus his
time with the Gulf of Mexico committee; he has remained a member of
the remuneration committee.
Professor Dame Ann Dowling
Current position
Professor Dame Ann Dowling was appointed a non-executive director of
BP on 3 February 2012.
Board and committee activities
She is a member of the SEEAC and the chairman’s and the remuneration
committees.
Outside interests
Dame Ann Dowling is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of
the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. She is
chair of the Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Panel in the
Research Excellence Framework – the UK Government’s review of
research in universities.
Career
She was appointed a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the
Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge in 1993 (the
Department of Engineering is one of the leading centres for engineering
research worldwide). Between 1999 and 2000 she was the Jerome C
Hunsaker Visiting Professor at MIT subsequently becoming a Moore
distinguished scholar at Caltech in 2001. When she returned to the
University of Cambridge, she became head of the Division of Energy,
Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery in the Department of Engineering,
becoming UK lead of the Silent Aircraft Initiative in 2003, a collaboration
between researchers at Cambridge and MIT. She became head of the
Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge in 2009. 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. She chaired the Royal Society/Royal
Academy of Engineering study on nanotechnology. 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 of the French
Academy of Sciences.
Relevant experience and skills
Dame Ann Dowling has a strong academic and engineering background.
Having initially joined the SEEAC, she is now also a member of the
remuneration committee. Her contributions on both of these committees
is valued as is her work with the BP technology advisory council, which
she joined during the year.
Dr Brian Gilvary
Current position
Dr Brian Gilvary is BP’s chief financial officer. He was appointed an
executive director on 1 January 2012.
Group responsibilities
He has responsibility for BP’s finance, planning, mergers and acquisitions,
treasury and information technology activities.
Outside interests
Dr Brian Gilvary has no external appointments.
Career
He joined BP in 1986, after obtaining a PhD in mathematics from the
University of Manchester. Following a variety of roles in the Upstream,
Downstream and trading with jobs spanning across Europe and the US,
he became the Downstream’s chief financial officer and commercial
director from 2002 to 2005.
In 2003 he was appointed a 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 before being appointed chief financial officer on
1 January 2012.
Relevant experience and skills
Dr Brian Gilvary has 27 years of experience within BP, gaining a strong
knowledge of finance and trading, and a deep understanding of BP’s
assets and businesses, including its interests in Russia through his time
on the board of TNK-BP.
Dr Byron Grote
Current position
Dr Byron Grote is BP’s executive vice president, corporate business
activities. He was appointed an executive director of BP on 3 August
2000.
He will retire from the BP board at the conclusion of the 2013 AGM.
Group responsibilities
On 1 January 2012, he became executive vice president, corporate
business activities. He has accountability for BP’s integrated supply and
trading operations and shipping businesses, Alternative Energy business,
and its technology and remediation activities.
Outside interests
Dr Byron Grote is a non-executive director of Unilever NV and
Unilever PLC.
Career
He joined The Standard Oil Company of Ohio in 1979. Following a variety
of roles, he became group treasurer and chief executive officer of BP
finance in 1992. In 1994, he took up the position of regional chief
executive in Latin America, returning to London in 1995 to become deputy
chief executive officer of BP exploration. He became group chief of staff
in 1997 and, following the merger of BP and Amoco, in 1999 he was
appointed executive vice president, exploration and production. Following
his appointment to the board in 2000, he served for two years as chief
executive of BP chemicals. He was chief financial officer from 2002 until
the end of 2011.
Relevant experience and skills
Dr Byron Grote has served on the board for 12 years. Throughout his
tenure at BP, Byron has played a key role at critical moments of the
company’s history, most notably in the integrations of Amoco and Arco,
and more recently in guiding BP through the financial challenges following
the incidents in April 2010.