BP Plc

Job title, Chief Executive, Exploration and Production Key accountabilities: Andy is a member of the BP board of directors and a member of the BP executive management team. Other group accountabilities: He is chief executive of BP’s exploration and production business and holds regional responsibility for Russia, the Caspian, the Middle East, North and West Africa, Canada, the Caribbean and South America, Indonesia and Vietnam. Education: Andy gained an MA in engineering from Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. Career: Andy joined BP Exploration in 1980, working on various North Sea projects. Following a series of commercial roles in exploration, he became chief of staff for BP Exploration in 1997. Later that year, he led BP’s activities in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and in 1999 became vice president of the US western gas business. In 2004, Andy was appointed an executive vice president and deputy chief executive of exploration and production. Andy succeeded Tony Hayward as chief executive of BP’s exploration and production business on 1 February 2007, and also became an executive director of the BP group. External roles: Andy is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. He was appointed a non-executive director of BAE Systems plc in June 2007.

Job title: Group Chief Executive Education: University of Edinburgh PH.D Geology 1982 Career: Tony joined BP in 1982 and, following a series of technical and commercial roles in BP exploration in London, Aberdeen, Glasgow, France and China, in 1992 he moved to Colombia as exploration manager. In 1995, he became president of the BP group in Venezuela. In 1997, Tony returned to London as a director of BP exploration and in 1999, following the merger of BP and Amoco, he became a group vice president and a member of the upstream executive committee. He was appointed group treasurer in 2000, where his responsibilities included global treasury operations, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He was appointed an executive vice president in 2002, becoming chief executive officer for exploration and production later that year. He succeeded Lord Browne as group chief executive in May 2007. External roles: Tony is a senior independent non-executive director of Tata Steel Europe Ltd and a non-executive director of Tata Steel.

Job title: Chief Financial Officer Key accountabilities: Dr Grote is a member of the BP board of directors and a member of the BP executive management team. Other group accountabilities: He also has group accountability for USA and the group's integrated supply and trading activities. Education: PhD in Quantitative Analysis from Cornell University. Career: Dr Grote joined The Standard Oil Company of Ohio in 1979 and in 1985 became director of planning for The Standard Oil Company’s mining subsidiary, Kennecott. In 1986, he was appointed vice president, retail marketing. In 1988, Dr Grote became commercial vice president for BP’s Alaskan North Slope production activities. In 1989, he was appointed commercial general manager of BP exploration, based in London. He became group treasurer and chief executive officer of BP finance in 1992, directing the global finance operations of the BP group. In 1994, he took up the position of regional chief executive in Latin America. He returned to London in 1995 to take up his appointment as deputy chief executive officer of BP exploration. He became group chief of staff in 1997, with responsibility for a number of corporate areas, including strategy, technology, IT, investor relations and solar. Following the merger of BP and Amoco, in 1999 he was appointed executive vice president, exploration and production. Between 1999 and 2000, he was responsible for directing the acquisition of ARCO and managing the integration of its operations into BP. Prior to his current position, he was Chief Executive of BP Chemicals from 2000 to 2002. External roles: Byron is a non-executive director of Unilever NA and Unilever plc and a member of the Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management Advisory Council. He was chairman of the Chemicals Innovation and Growth Team, a joint initiative of the UK Chemicals sector and the Department of Trade and Industry (2001 - 2002), vice-chairman of the UK Government's Public Services Productivity Panel (1998 to 2000), a member of the Economic Advisory Panel to the Governor of Guangdong Province (2002-2006), and a member of the UK Government's Asia Task (2005-2006).

Job title: Chief Executive, Refining and Marketing Key accountabilities: Iain Conn is a member of the BP board of directors and a member of the BP executive management team. Other group responsibilities: He is the chief executive of the BP Group's refining and marketing business and also holds regional responsibility for Europe, Southern Africa and Asia Pacific. Education: Iain was born in Edinburgh, educated in Musselburgh, Scotland and subsequently studied chemical engineering and management at The Imperial College, London. Career: Iain joined BP oil international in 1986, working in a variety of roles in commercial refining and oil trading and in corporate headquarters before moving to BP exploration in Colombia in 1996. At the end of 1997, he became senior vice president of BP oil in the US, responsible for retail and commercial marketing operations, refining and supply. On the merger between BP and Amoco, in January 1999 he moved to become vice president of BP Amoco exploration’s mid-continent business unit. 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, with responsibility for BP’s marketing business in Asia, Russia, Africa and Latin America. In 2001, he took over responsibility for BP’s marketing operations in Europe and for the integration of Veba Oel. From 2002 until 2004, he was chief executive of BP petrochemicals. External roles: Ian is chairman of the advisory board of the Imperial College London Tanaka Business School and a non-executive director of Rolls-Royce Group plc

Job title: Executive Vice President Key accountabilities: Member of the BP executive management team and Group Chief of Staff Other group accountabilities: Steve manages all BP’s activities in strategy, planning, long-term policy, internal communications, media, press, investor relations, group economics and long-term research and technology. Education: Steve has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Natal, an MBA from the University of Cape Town and an M.Sc in Management from Stanford University. Career: After working for four years in the power industry, Steve joined BP in 1988. He has held a variety of roles including Retail Marketing, Planning and Control, Strategic Planning, Supply, and Refining. His career has included postings in Africa, the UK and the US. He was appointed Group Vice President of Alternative Energy in 2005, a role he held until he was appointed Executive Vice President and Group Chief of Staff on 1st January 2008. External roles: Steve is a member of the Business Advisory Council at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Sally Bott was elected to the BoD at the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) in October 2008. She chairs the human resources and compensation committee and is a member of the corporate responsibility committee. Sally Bott serves as Group HR Director of BP plc, which she joined in early 2005, and is a member of its Group Executive Committee. Ms. Bott spent most of her career in financial services. Between 2000 and 2005, she was a Managing Director at Marsh & McLennan, a US-based global risk and insurance services business, and head of global HR for Marsh, Inc. She was at Barclays Bank from 1994 to 2000, first as BZW HR director and then Group HR director from 1997 to 2000. In 1970, she joined Citibank out of college as a research analyst in the economics department. She was credit trained and in the Finance Function. She joined HR in 1978 and worked as a HR director in most of the wholesale bank and investment banking businesses during the next 15 years. She was the Global HR Director of the wholesale bank from 1990 to 1993. Ms. Bott has a BS in economics from Manhattanville College, USA. She was born on 11 November 1949 and is an American citizen. Sally Bott is a member of the board of the Royal College of Music in London and the Carter Burden Center for the Aged in NYC.

Cynthia Carroll joined Anglo American as chief executive in 2007. She chairs the Executive Committee and sits on the Safety and Sustainable Development Committee. Prior to this, she was president and chief executive officer of Alcan’s Primary Metal Group and a former director of AngloGold Ashanti Limited and the Sara Lee Corporation. She is a non-executive director of BP plc, Anglo Platinum Limited and De Beers.

As chancellor of the University System of Georgia, Erroll B. Davis Jr. is responsible for the state’s 35 public colleges and universities, approximately 283,000 students, 40,000 faculty and staff, and an annual budget of $6.1 billion. The University System also has administrative responsibility for the Georgia Public Library Service, which manages the state’s 58 public library systems. Davis took office in early 2006. Previously, he had served as chairman of the board of Alliant Energy Corporation since 2000. Davis joined Alliant in 1998 as president and chief executive officer. He retired from his dual roles as president and CEO in July 2005, and retained the chairman's post until his move to the University System. Prior to the creation of Alliant Energy, Davis served as president and CEO of WPL Holdings, from 1990 to 1998. From 1978 to 1990, he rose through the senior management ranks at Wisconsin Power and Light Company, starting as vice president of finance and ending as CEO and president. Davis’ higher-education experience includes serving as a member of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents from 1987 to 1994, and as a former chairman of the board of trustees of Carnegie Mellon University, of which he is a life member. He presently serves as a member of the Southern Regional Education Board and the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago. A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Davis earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1965, and a M.B.A. in finance from the University of Chicago in 1967. He is a member of the board of directors of General Motors, BP p.l.c., and Union Pacific Corp., and serves on the National Commission on Energy Policy along with numerous professional associations and civic organizations. He is a former member of the U.S. Olympic Committee Board (2004-2008).