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Antony Burgmans
Independent non-executive director
Tenure
Appointed 5 February 2004
Outside interests
Member of the supervisory board of
SHV Holdings N.V.
Chairman of the supervisory board of
TNT Express
Chairman of Akzo Nobel N.V.
Age 68 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 joined 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 has
served on the BP board for over 11
years. He 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 was asked to
remain on the board until 2016 in the
light of rapid board turnover in 2010 and
2011. Antony remains fully independent.
Antony has now led the remuneration
committee for five years and has
detailed and regular dialogue with
shareholders on remuneration matters.
He will hand the chair of the
remuneration committee to Professor
Dame Ann Dowling in 2015, and, having
previously led the evaluation of the
chairman, he handed this task to
Andrew Shilston this year in anticipation
of standing down at the 2016 AGM.
Cynthia Carroll
Independent non-executive director
Tenure
Appointed 6 June 2007
Outside interests
Non-executive director of Hitachi Ltd.
Age 58 Nationality American
Career
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 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 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 skills and experience
Cynthia Carroll is an experienced former
chief executive who has spent all of her
career in the extractive industries,
having trained as a petroleum geologist.
Cynthia has been a leader in working to
enhance safety in the mining industry.
She has also made a strong contribution
to the work of the SEEAC and notably
to the nomination committee.
George David
Independent non-executive director
Tenure
Appointed 11 February 2008
Outside interests
Vice-chairman of the Peterson Institute
for International Economics
Age 72 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 and served as its chief
executive officer from 1994 until 2008
and as chairman from 1997 until his
retirement in 2009.
Relevant skills and experience
George David has substantial business
and financial experience through his
long career with UTC, a business with
significant reliance on safety and
technology. His time as a chairman and
a chief executive officer has been
valuable in enabling him to engage in the
complexities of global business. He has
previously chaired BP’s technology
advisory council and has brought
insights from that task to the board.
He is an important member of the audit,
remuneration and Gulf of Mexico
committees, bringing a strong US and
global perspective to their deliberations.
Ian Davis
Independent non-executive director
Tenure
Appointed 2 April 2010
Outside interests
Chairman of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
Non-executive member of the UK’s
Cabinet Office
Non-executive director of Johnson &
Johnson, Inc.
Senior adviser to Apax Partners LLP
Age 63 Nationality British
Career
Ian Davis 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 in July 2010.
Relevant skills and experience
Ian Davis brings the skills of a managing
director and significant financial and
strategic experience to the board. He
has worked with and advised global
organizations and companies in the
oil and gas industry. His work in the
public sector and with the Cabinet Office
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 and guided the board’s
consideration of the various legal issues
which continue to arise following the
Deepwater Horizon accident. He has
been an active member of the
remuneration committee.
Professor Dame Ann
Dowling
Independent non-executive director
Tenure
Appointed 3 February 2012
Outside interests
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
at the University of Cambridge
President of the Royal Academy
of Engineering
Member of the Prime Minister’s Council
for Science and Technology
Non-executive member of the board of
the Department for Business,
Innovation & Skills (BIS)
Age 62 Nationality British
Career
Dame Ann Dowling was appointed a
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
in the Department of Engineering at
the University of Cambridge in 1993.
She became Head of the Division of
Energy, Fluid Mechanics and
Turbomachinery in the Department of
Engineering in 2002. She was appointed
the UK lead of the Silent Aircraft
Initiative in 2003, a collaboration
between researchers at Cambridge and
MIT. She was head of the Department
of Engineering at the University of
Cambridge from 2009 to 2014. 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
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.
She was elected President of the
Royal Academy of Engineering in
September 2014.
Relevant skills and experience
Dame Ann has a strong engineering
background, not only in the academic
world but also in its practical application
in business. She has led the department
of engineering at Cambridge which
is one of the leading centres for
engineering research worldwide.
This has been recognized by her
appointment as President of the Royal
Academy of Engineering. She chairs the
BP technology advisory council which
aims to provide challenge and direction
to the work in the field of technology
throughout the group. Dame Ann is a
member of the SEEAC and, having
joined the remuneration committee in
2012, will take its chair when Antony
Burgmans stands down during 2015.
Dr Brian Gilvary
Chief financial officer
Tenure
Appointed to the board 1 January 2012
Outside interests
Visiting professor at Manchester
University
External advisor to director general
(spending and finance), HM
Treasury Financial Management
Review Board
Age 53 Nationality British
Career
Dr Brian Gilvary was appointed chief
financial officer on 1 January 2012.
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 in Europe and the United States,
he became the Downstream’s chief
financial officer and commercial director
from 2002 to 2005. From 2005 until
2009 he was chief executive of the
integrated supply and trading function,
BP’s commodity trading arm. In 2010
he was appointed deputy group chief
financial officer with responsibility for
the finance function.
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