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Ms Ann Dowling Prof. Dame Ann Dowling serves as a Head of Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Prof. Dowling serves as Professor of Mechanical Engineering. She has held visiting posts at MIT (Jerome C Hunsaker Visiting Professor 1999) and at Caltech (Moore Distinguished Scholar 2001). She is one of the founders of the Energy Efficient Cities initiative in Cambridge. Prof. Dowling serves as chairman of the University Gas Turbine Partnership (UGTP) with Rolls-Royce. She is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Royal Society, Royal Academy of Engineering, Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Engineering, and of the French Academy of Sciences. She has served on a number of industry and government advisory bodies. She chaired the Royal Society/Royal Academy of Engineering study on Nanotechnology and is chairing the Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Panel in the Research Excellence Framework - the UK government's review of research in universities. Prof. Dowling has been an Independent Non-Executive Director at BP Norge AS and BP p.l.c. since February 3, 2012. She was appointed CBE by the Queen for services to Mechanical Engineering in 2002, and DBE for services to Science in 2007. She has an Honorary ScD degree from Trinity College Dublin and an Honorary Fellowship from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Prof. Dowling serves as Head of the Department of Engineering and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cambridge. Prof. Dowling serves as Chairman of the University of Cambridge Gas Turbine Partnership with Rolls-Royce. Prof. Dowling has been a Non-Executive Director at Department for Business, Innovation and Skills since March 2014. She serves as a Non-Executive Director of BP. Prof. Dowling is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cambridge.
Brian Gilvary Brian Gilvary (50) joined BP in 1986. Following a variety of roles in exploration and production, downstream and trading, in 2000 he became chief of staff of BP’s refining and marketing business and held a number of executive roles in the business, including chief financial officer and commercial director from 2002 to 2005. In 2003 he was appointed 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. On 1 January 2012 he was appointed to the board of BP p.l.c. and became chief financial officer.
Mr Andrew Shilston Mr Andrew Shilston trained as a chartered accountant before joining BP as a management accountant. He subsequently joined Abbott Laboratories before moving to Enterprise Oil plc in 1984 at the time of flotation. In 1989 he became treasurer of Enterprise Oil and was appointed finance director in 1993. After the sale of Enterprise Oil to Shell in 2002, in 2003 he became finance director of Rolls-Royce plc until his retirement on 31 December 2011. He has served as a non-executive director on the board of Cairn Energy plc where he chaired the audit committee.
Mr Robert W. Dudley Mr Robert W. Dudley is Group Chief Executive Officer of BP PLC and BP Norge AS since October 1, 2010. He is Board Member at Saudi Arabian Oil Co. Mr Dudley has been Managing Director and a member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, and President of the BP Group since 2009. Mr Dudley served as the Executive Vice President and Managing Director of BP plc and its Head of Disaster Management Unit since June 2010. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Rosneft Limited. Mr. Dudley served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Open Joint Stock Company RN Holding (formerly, Tnk-Bp Management Public Joint Stock Company) until May 2008 and December 1, 2008 respectively and also served as its Chairman of the Management Board.Since 1987, he worked on the negotiation and development of projects in the South China Sea, following which he was involved in the restructuring of oil and gas research and development activities in the US. From 1999 to 2000, he served as Executive Assistant to the group chief executive officer, following which he served as Group Vice President for BP’s renewables and alternative energy activities, with responsibilities for BP’s global solar business and wind and hydrogen activities. In 2003, following the formation of TNK-BP – a joint venture between BP and Russian partners. Mr. Dudley has been an Executive Director of BP Plc and BP Norge AS since April 6, 2009. He has been a Director of OJSC OC Rosneft since June 20, 2013. He serves as member of the Supervisory Board of the Russian Geographical Society NGO. Mr. Dudley serves as a Member of the Board of Fellows of the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He holds Degree in Chemical Engineering (University of Illinois, USA, MIM from Thunderbird School of Global Management USA and an MBA from SMU USA.
Mr George David George David (69) began his career in The Boston Consulting Group before joining the Otis Elevator Company in 1975. David serves as Non Executive Independent Director of BP Plc since 11 February 2008. He held various roles in Otis and later in United Technologies Corporation (UTC), following Otis’s merger with UTC in 1977. 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. George David was appointed a non-executive director of BP on 11 February 2008. David has a BA from Harvard and an MBA from University of Virginia. He holds a BBA in Economics from Pace University in New York City.
Mr Brendan Nelson Mr Brendan Nelson is Independent non-executive director since 8 November 2010 at BP PLC.
Ms Cynthia Carroll Ms 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. She is an Independent Non-Executive Director at Glencore PLC.
Mr Ian E. L. Davis Mr Ian E. A. Davis is Independent Director at Johnson and Johnson,(60) joined BP’s board on 2 April 2010. 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. He retired as senior partner of McKinsey & Company in July 2010. He is a non-executive director of Johnson & Johnson, Inc and a senior adviser to Apax Partners. He is also a non-executive member of the UK’s Cabinet Office. Having served as Chairman and Worldwide Managing Director of one of the world's leading management consulting firms, and as a consultant to a range of global organizations across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, Mr. Davis brings considerable global experience, management insight and business knowledge to our Board.Mr. Davis, 64, joined the Board of Directors in 2010 and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Science, Technology & Sustainability Committee. Mr. Davis is currently Chairman, Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. Mr. Davis retired from McKinsey & Company (management consulting) in 2010 as a Senior Partner, having served as Chairman and Worldwide Managing Director from 2003 until 2009.
Mr Frank Bowman Frank Bowman (67) joined BP’s board on 8 November 2010. He served for over 38 years in the United States Navy, during which time he served as commander of the nuclear submarine USS City of Corpus Christi and commander of the submarine tender USS Holland, director of political-military affairs on the joint staff and chief of naval personnel. He was director of the naval nuclear propulsion programme in the Department of Navy and Department of Energy. After retiring from the Navy as an admiral, he became president and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Energy Institute. He served on the BP Independent Safety Review Panel and on the BP America Advisory Panel. He is president of Strategic Decisions, LLC and a director of Morgan Stanley Mutual Funds.
Mr Carl Henric Svanberg Carl-Henric Svanberg (59) joined BP’s board in September 2009 and became chairman of BP on 1 January 2010. From 2003 until December 2009, he was president and chief executive officer of Ericsson, also serving as the chairman of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. He continues to be a non-executive director of Ericsson.
Mr Antony Burgmans Antony Burgmans is a retired Chairman and CEO of Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC. He was appointed to AEGON's Supervisory Board in 2007. His current term will end in 2015. Mr. Burgmans is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of TNT N.V. and a member of the Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel N.V. as well as a member of the Board of Directors of BP p.l.c. Furthermore, he is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Intergamma B.V. (not listed) and a member of the Supervisory Boards of SHV Holdings N.V. (not listed) and Jumbo Supermarkten B.V. (not listed).
Mr Byron Elmer Grote Mr. Byron Elmer Grote was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Unilever in 2006 and resigned in 2015. He is also a Member of Unilever’s Audit Committee. After receiving a PhD in Quantitative Analysis from Cornell University, Mr. Byron joined Standard Oil of Ohio in 1979. During the next five years he took on management responsibilities in international oil supply planning, logistics and crude oil trading. In 1985, he became Director of Planning for Standard Oil’s mining subsidiary, Kennecott, and in 1986 he was appointed Vice-President of retail sales. Following BP’s acquisition of the Standard Oil minority, Mr. Byron was appointed in 1988 as Commercial-Vice President for the Company's Alaskan production activities. The next year he relocated to London to become Commercial General Manager for BP Exploration. In 1992 he became Group Treasurer and CEO of BP Finance, before moving to Colombia to become Regional Chief Executive. 1995 saw him return to London as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of BP Exploration. Mr. Byron became Group Chief of staff in 1997 and, following the merger of BP and Amoco, in 1999 he was appointed Executive Vice-President for Exploration and Production. During 1999 and 2000 he was responsible for directing the acquisition of ARCO and managing the integration of their operations into BP. In 2000 he joined the Board of BP PLC and became Chief Executive of BP Chemicals. In 2002 he was appointed to his current post of Chief Financial Officer. Besides his contribution at BP, Mr. Byron has also served as Vice-Chairman of the UK Government’s Public Services Productivity Panel and Chairman of the Chemicals Innovation and Growth Team. He has also sat on advisory panels around the world, assisting the UK Government’s Asia Task Force, the Governor of Guangdong Province in China and the Johnson School of Management at Cornell.
Mr Lord Douro Lord Douro, Independent Director. Other current directorships and appointments - Member of the Appointments and Governance Committee and of the Strategy Committee of sanofi-aventis, Chairman of Richemont Holdings UK Ltd and Kings College London (United Kingdom), Director of Pernod Ricard, Compagnie Financière Richemont AG (Switzerland), Abengoa Bioenergy (Spain) and GAM Worldwide (United Kingdom), Advisor of Crédit Agricole (United Kingdom), Member of the Appointments Committee and of the Compensation Committee of Compagnie Financière Richemont AG (Switzerland), Director of RIT Capital (United Kingdom), Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Conflicts Committee of RIT Capital (United Kingdom), Member of the Nominations Committee of RIT Capital (United Kingdom).Education and business experience - Degree from Oxford University, 1979-1989 - Member of the European Parliament, 1995-2000 - Chairman of Sun Life & Provincial Holdings Plc, 2003-2007 - Commissioner of English Heritage (United Kingdom). Past directorships held since 2006 - Member of the Compensation Committee and the Appointments Committee of Pernod Ricard. Date of Birth - August 19, 1945. Nationality - British
Mr Helge Lund Mr Helge Lund is CEO in BG Group PLC. Mr Helge Lund, President and CEO of Statoil ASA. Board member since 2011. Member of the Personnel Committee. MA in Business Economics (School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen). Master of Business Administration (MBA) (INSEAD). President and CEO of StatoilHydro 2007-2009. President and CEO of Statoil 2004-2007. President and CEO of Aker Kvaerner ASA 2002-2004, central managerial positions in the Aker RGI system from 1999. Prior to 1999, Deputy Managing Director of Nycomed Pharma AS, a political adviser to the Conservative Party of the parliamentary group of Norway and a consultant of McKinsey & Co.Helge has a proven track record as a leading chief executive in the oil and gas industry. For more than 10 years before joining BG Group, Helge was the chief executive officer of Statoil, a multi-billion dollar international oil and gas company, operating in 36 countries. During this time, he led the transformation of the business into one of the world’s leading oil and gas companies, that is now widely admired for its technical expertise, solid financial performance and strong, values-based culture. Prior to Statoil, Helge was chief executive officer of Aker Kvaerner, an industrial conglomerate with operations in oil and gas and shipbuilding. He also served previously in the roles of deputy chief executive officer and chief financial officer at the pharmaceutical division of Hafslund Nycomed, an industrial conglomerate.
Peggy Bruzelius Ms Peggy Bruzelius is Non-Executive Director of Diageo plc in April 2009. She is chairman of Lancelot Asset Management and vice chairman of Electrolux AB, both in Sweden, and sits on the boards of Akzo Nobel NV in the Netherlands, Syngenta AG in Switzerland and Axfood AB and Husqvarna AB in Sweden. She was formerly managing director of ABB Financial Services AB and headed the asset management arm of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB. She was also a non-executive director of Scania AB.
Mr Urs Rohner Mr Urs Rohner is Board Member at GlaxoSmithKline PLC. Mr. Urs Rohner has been the Chairman of the Board and the Chairman’s and Governance Committee since the 2011 AGM. From 2009 until 2011, he was Vice-Chairman of the Board and a member of the Chairman’s and Governance Committee and Risk Committee. He was a member of the Executive Boards of Credit Suisse Group and Credit Suisse from 2004 to 2009 and served as General Counsel of Credit Suisse Group from 2004 to 2009 and as COO and General Counsel of Credit Suisse from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Rohner graduated with a degree in law from the University of Zurich in 1983. He was admitted to the bars of the canton of Zurich in 1986 and the state of New York in 1990. From 1983 to 1988, he was an attorney with the law firm Lenz & Stähelin in Zurich and, between 1988 and 1989, with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York. From 1992 to 1999, he was a partner at Lenz & Stähelin. Between 2000 and 2004, Mr. Rohner served as Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of ProSieben and ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. Mr. Rohner is the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Credit Suisse Foundation and the Credit Suisse Research Institute and a board member of Economiesuisse, the European Financial Services Roundtable and the European Banking Group. He is the Co-Chair of the International Advisory Board of the Moscow International Finance Center and serves on the International Business Leaders Advisory Council of the Mayor of Beijing, the Institute of International Finance and the Institute International d’Etudes Bancaires. He is also the chairman of the Advisory Board of the University of Zurich’s Department of Economics and a board member of the Zurich Opera House, the Alfred Escher Foundation and the Lucerne Festival.Mr Rohner was appointed Chairman of Credit Suisse in 2011 following a number of senior positions at the company including General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer.
Mr Niels Michael Aage Treschow Mr. Niels Michael Aage Treschow is the Chairman of Unilever N.V. and PLC. Between 2002 and 2011 he was Chairman of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and Chairman of Electrolux from 2004 to 2007. Before joining Electrolux in 1997 as CEO, he was President and CEO of Atlas Copco which he joined in 1976. During his 22-year career with the company, he spent three years in the United States as Area Manager. Prior to that, while working for Bahco, Mr. Treschow spent one year in France setting up Bahco Ventilation's French operation. He became a member of the European Advisory Board of Eli Lilly and Company in August 2008 and is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. He is also a supervisory Board member of ABB Ltd and was chairman of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise until joining Unilever in May 2007. In addition, Mr. Treschow was also Chairman of the Swedish Trade Council in 1996 as well as being Non-Executive Board Member at Parker – Hannifin Corp, and prior to that he was appointed to Non-Executive Director roles at SKF and Saab in 1992. Mr. Treschow earned a master's degree in Engineering from the Institute of Technology in Lund, Sweden.
Mr Deryck Maughan Mr Deryck Maughan is Board Member at GlaxoSmithKline PLC. Mr. Deryck Maughan, appointed on 1 June 2004. Sir Deryck is a Partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. He is a Non-Executive Director of Thomson Reuters and BlackRock Inc., as well as serving on the board of directors of the Lincoln Center and is a Trustee of the New York University Langone Medical Center. He was formerly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup International and of Salomon Brothers Inc. He will take over from Sir Robert Wilson as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 May 2013.Sir Deryck is a Non-Executive Director of BlackRock, Inc. as well as a Trustee of the British Museum and of New York University Langone Medical Center. Sir Deryck was previously a Senior Advisor and Partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, a Non-Executive Director of Thomson Reuters and served on the Board of Directors of the Lincoln Center. He was formerly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup International and of Salomon Brothers Inc. He served as Vice Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange from 1996 to 2000.
Mr Manvinder Banga Manvinder (Vindi) Banga is Board Member at GlaxoSmithKline PLC. He joined Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC, a private equity investment firm, as an Operating Partner based in London in June 2010. Prior to that, he held a number of senior executive positions over his 33 year career with Unilever, including President, Food, Home & Personal Care of Unilever PLC, Business Group President of Unilever’s Home and Personal Care business in Asia and Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Mr. Banga is a member of the Prime Minister of India’s Council on Trade & Industry. He is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, where he completed his Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering and the IIM Ahmedabad where he obtained a post graduate degree in Management. Other public company board memberships: Maruti Suzuki Ltd., Marks and Spencer Group plc.
Mr John Manzoni Mr John Manzoni is Board Member at SABMiller PLC. John Manzoni was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Talisman Energy Inc. on September 1, 2007. During the 24 years prior to that, Mr. Manzoni held several senior strategic and operational leadership positions with BP plc (international integrated oil and gas company) and its global group of companies. From 2002 to 2007, he served as Chief Executive, Refining and Marketing (BP Group) and was on the board of directors of BP plc. Mr. Manzoni was named International Business Leader of the Year by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in 2010 and he was awarded an honourary degree of Doctor of Science from Aberdeen University in 2011. Mr. Manzoni holds a Master of Science in Management degree as a Sloan Fellow from Stanford University and a Master of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree (Honours) in Civil Engineering from Imperial College in London, England. Mr Manzoni owns a stake in SABMiller PLC since March 2014.