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Corporate governance
BP Annual Report and Form 20-F 2012
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Andy Hopwood
Current position
Andy Hopwood is BP’s chief operating officer,
strategy and regions, Upstream.
Group responsibilities
Andy Hopwood is responsible for BP’s upstream
strategy, including changes to its portfolio and investment planning. He is
also responsible for the upstream regional ‘footprint’ through leadership of
its regional presidents, who are the upstream’s senior leaders in the
regions where the upstream operates.
Career
After joining BP in 1980 as a petroleum engineer, Andy Hopwood gained
ten years of operating experience in the North Sea, Wytch Farm, and
Indonesia, and developing expertise in reservoir engineering in BP’s
London headquarters.
In 1989 Andy joined the corporate planning team supporting the
formulation of BP’s exploration strategy. He also played an integral role in
executing the subsequent rationalization of BP’s portfolio, divesting BP’s
Canadian and Egyptian assets.
Following this corporate work, his international endeavours led to
positions in South America, first in Mexico and then as commercial
manager for BP’s Venezuela business, prior to a return to London as the
exploration and production planning manager.
In 1999, he was appointed business unit leader in Azerbaijan. He returned
to London in 2001 as the Upstream chief of staff, before becoming
business unit leader in Trinidad. In 2005 he moved to Houston to become
strategic performance unit leader for the North American gas business.
In 2009, he joined the upstream executive as head of portfolio and
technology and in October 2010 he was appointed executive vice president,
exploration and production, strategy and integration. In 2013 he was
appointed chief operating officer, strategy and regions, Upstream.
External roles
Andy serves as chair of the BP Foundation.
Bernard Looney
Current position
Bernard Looney is BP’s chief operating officer,
production.
Group responsibilities
Bernard Looney is responsible for production
operations, well operations, supply-chain management and engineering in
the upstream.
Career
Bernard Looney joined BP in 1991 as a drilling engineer, working in the
North Sea, Vietnam and the Gulf of Mexico. In 2001 Bernard took on
responsibility for drilling operations on Thunder Horse in the Deepwater
Gulf of Mexico.
In 2005 Bernard became senior vice president within BP Alaska, before
moving in 2007 to be head of the group chief executive’s office.
In 2009 he became the managing director of BP’s North Sea business in
the UK and Norway.
Bernard became executive vice president, developments, in October
2010. He took up his current role in February 2013.
External roles
Bernard is a member of the Stanford University Graduate School of
Business Advisory Council and a Fellow of the Energy Institute.
Lamar McKay
Current position
Lamar McKay is BP’s chief executive, Upstream.
Group responsibilities
Lamar McKay is responsible for the combined
Upstream business which consists of exploration,
development and production.
Career
Lamar McKay 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 business. 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.
External roles
Lamar is a member of the American Petroleum Institute’s Executive
Committee, the MIT’s External Advisory Board; the University of Houston
President’s Energy Advisory Board; and the Mississippi State University
Dean’s Advisory Council.