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At the end of 2000, he returned to London as group vice president and a
member of the Refining and Marketing segment’s executive committee,
taking over responsibility in 2001 for BP’s marketing operations in Europe.
In 2002 he was appointed chief executive of BP Petrochemicals. Following
his appointment to the board in 2004, he served for three years as group
executive officer, strategic resources, with responsibility for a number of
group functions and regions.
Relevant experience and skills
Iain Conn’s career has given him extensive knowledge of a broad range of
BP’s businesses, particularly in the Downstream, which he has led since
2007. In this last period he has successfully remodelled BP’s downstream
business. He has deep knowledge of safety, manufacturing, energy
markets and technology. He has continued to refocus the group’s
downstream operations whilst growing the contribution of that segment.
Iain Conn’s performance has been evaluated by the group chief executive
and considered by the chairman’s committee.
George David
Independent non-executive director
Tenure
Appointed 11 February 2008 (6 years)
Board and committee activities
Member of the audit committee
Member of the remuneration committee
Member of the Gulf of Mexico committee
Member of the chairman’s committee
Outside interests
Vice-Chairman of the Peterson Institute for International Economics
Age
71
Nationality
American
Career
George David began his career in The Boston Consulting Group before
joining the Otis Elevator Company in 1975. He held various roles in Otis
and later in United Technologies Corporation (UTC), following Otis’s merger
with UTC in 1976. In 1992, he became UTC’s chief operating officer. He
served as UTC’s chief executive officer from 1994 until 2008 and as
chairman from 1997 until his retirement in 2009.
Relevant experience and skills
George David has substantial global business and financial experience
through his long career with UTC, a business with significant reliance on
safety and technology. He previously chaired BP’s technology advisory
council and has brought insights from that task to the board.
He is an active member of the audit, remuneration and Gulf of Mexico
committees, bringing a strong US and global view to their deliberations.
Cynthia Carroll
Independent non-executive director
Tenure
Appointed 6 June 2007 (6 years)
Board and committee activities
Member of the SEEAC
Member of the chairman’s committee
Member of nomination committee
Outside interests
Non-executive director of Hitachi Ltd.
Age
57
Nationality
American
Career
Early in her career in 1989, Cynthia Carroll 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 the chief
executive of Anglo American plc, the global mining group, operating in
45 countries with 150,000 employees, and was chairman of Anglo
Platinum Limited and of De Beers s.a. She stepped down from these
roles in April 2013.
Relevant experience and skills
Cynthia Carroll’s leadership of global businesses, particularly in the
extractive industry sector has enabled her to make a strong contribution to
the work of the BP board and the SEEAC. She has been a leader in
working to enhance safety performance in the mining industry, and her
geo-political experience has been valuable during the course of the year,
as has her work on the nomination committee.
She recently visited BP’s operations in Alaska on behalf of the SEEAC.
Iain Conn
Chief executive, Downstream
Tenure
Appointed to the board 1 July 2004 (9 years)
Group responsibilities
Manufacturing, logistics, marketing operations of BP’s fuels,
petrochemicals and lubricants businesses
Group regional responsibility for Europe, southern Africa and Asia
BP brand and related matters
Outside interests
Non-executive director and senior independent director of Rolls-Royce
Holdings plc.
Chairman of the advisory board of Imperial College Business School
Member of the council of Imperial College
Age
51
Nationality
British
Career
Iain Conn was appointed chief executive, Downstream on 1 June 2007.
He joined BP Oil International in 1986, working in a variety of roles in oil
trading, commercial refining and exploration before becoming, on the
merger between BP and Amoco in 1999, vice president of BP Amoco
Exploration’s mid-continent business unit.