COMPANY

Founded in 1909 to explore the oilfields of Persia (now Iran). Originally called the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.

Official Website:
http://www.bp.com/

Industry:
Energy

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Allen	Business	c. 1955		Group Chief of Staff, BP, 2000-08
John Browne	Business	20-Feb-1948		CEO of British Petroleum, 1995-2007
Anna C. Catalano	Business	c. 1959		Former executive at BP-Amoco
Rodney F. Chase	Business	c. 1943		Former BP executive
Iain Conn	Business	c. 1963		CEO Refining & Marketing, BP
W. Douglas Ford	Business	c. 1944		Former BP/Amoco executive
Stephen F. Gates	Business	1946		Former EVP, Conoco-Phillips
Byron Grote	Business	c. 1948		CFO of BP
Thomas M. Hamilton	Business	c. 1944		CEO of EEX Corporation, 1997-2002
Richard Haythornthwaite	Business	c. 1957		Chairman of Mastercard
Tony Hayward	Business	c. 1957		CEO of BP
Robert B. Horton	Business	18-Aug-1939		CEO of BP, 1989-92
Andy Inglis	Business	c. 1960		CEO Exploration & Production, BP
William J. Johnson	Business	c. 1934		President of Apache Corporation, 1991-94
William G. Lowrie	Business	c. 1944		President of Amoco, 1995-98
Larry D. McVay	Business	c. 1957		Edgewater Energy Partners
Charles J. Pitman	Business	c. 1942		Retired Amoco executive
James H. Ross	Business	c. 1940		Chairman of National Grid, 1999-2002
David J. H. Smith	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Whatman plc, 1996-2001
Enrique J. Sosa	Business	c. 1940		Former Dow Chemical/Amoco executive
Dan A. Westbrook	Business	c. 1953		Former executive, BP China

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Allen	Business	c. 1955		Group Chief of Staff, BP, 2000-08
Antony Burgmans	Business	13-Feb-1947		Chairman of Unilever, 1999-2007
Cynthia Carroll	Business	c. 1956		CEO of Anglo American
William Castell	Business	c. 1948		CEO of GE Healthcare
Iain Conn	Business	c. 1963		CEO Refining & Marketing, BP
Erroll B. Davis, Jr.	Business	c. 1943		Chancellor, University System of Georgia
Douglas J. Flint	Business	c. 1956		Group Finance Director, HSBC
Byron Grote	Business	c. 1948		CFO of BP
Tony Hayward	Business	c. 1957		CEO of BP
Andy Inglis	Business	c. 1960		CEO Exploration & Production, BP
DeAnne S. Julius	Economist	14-Apr-1949		Chairman, Royal Institute of International Affairs
Walter E. Massey	Business	5-Apr-1938		Morehouse College president, physicist
Tom McKillop	Business	19-Mar-1943		Chairman, Royal Bank of Scotland
Ian Prosser	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Six Continents plc, 1987-2000
Peter Sutherland	Government	25-Apr-1946		First Director General of the WTO

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John H. Bryan	Business	5-Oct-1936		CEO of Sara Lee, 1975-2000
W. Douglas Ford	Business	c. 1944		Former BP/Amoco executive
Robert B. Horton	Business	18-Aug-1939		CEO of BP, 1989-92
Charles F. Knight	Business	1936		CEO of Emerson Electric, 1973-2000
Michael H. Wilson	Politician	4-Nov-1937		Canadian Ambassador to the US

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Chisholm	Business	c. 1946		Chairman of QinetiQ
Peter S. Hellman	Business	c. 1949		President of Nordson Corporation
Todd Palin	Relative	6-Sep-1964		Husband of Sarah Palin

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Abshire	Government	11-Apr-1926		US Ambassador to NATO, 1983-87
Stanley B. Greenberg	Business	10-May-1945		Pollster
Ernest J. Moniz	Educator	c. 1944		Professor of Physics, MIT

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gary Burghoff	Actor	24-May-1943		Radar O'Reilly on M*A*S*H

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