11th Feb 2008 15:17
BP PLC11 February 2008 February 11, 2008 CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION TO JOIN BP BOARD The board of BP announced today that it has appointed Mr George David as anon-executive director of BP p.l.c. with immediate effect. Mr David is the chairman and chief executive officer of United TechnologiesCorporation, a company which he joined in 1975. United Technologies Corporationprovides high technology products and services to the building systems andaerospace industries worldwide. He is also a non-executive director ofCitigroup. Notes to editors: • George David is chairman and chief executive officer of United Technologies Corporation. He was elected UTC's president in 1992 and chief executive officer in 1994. He joined UTC's Otis Elevator subsidiary in 1975 and became its president in 1986. He received his BA from Harvard and MBA from the University of Virginia. He is a board member of Citigroup and a member of The Business Council and theBusiness Roundtable. He has chaired the boards of the Graduate Business Schoolat the University of Virginia, the National Minority Supplier DevelopmentCouncil, the US-ASEAN Business Council, the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue andthe Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Fine Arts. He was awarded in 1999 the Order of Friendship from the Russian Federation forcontributions to that nation's economy and especially its aerospace industry. In2002, France named him to its Legion of Honor. Further information: BP press office: +44 (0)20 7496 4076 - ENDS - This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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