1st Feb 2007 12:40
BP PLC01 February 2007 February 1, 2007 ANDY INGLIS JOINS BP BOARD AND SUCCEEDS TONY HAYWARD AS HEAD OF EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION The board of BP p.l.c. today announced that it has appointed Andy Inglis as amanaging director of the BP Group. He also succeeds Tony Hayward as chiefexecutive of BP's Exploration & Production (E&P) business. Both appointments arewith immediate effect. Mr Inglis joined BP in 1980 and has held a number of E&P posts. He was mostrecently deputy chief executive of E&P and a member of BP's Group Executiveteam. Commenting on the appointment, BP chairman Peter Sutherland said: "I am pleasedto welcome Andy Inglis to the board. He will now be responsible for all of theGroup's E&P business. This will allow Tony Hayward, as Group CEO-designate, tofocus on the transition, working closely with John Browne in the period to theend of July." Lord Browne said: "Aside from his great strategic sense and business trackrecord, Andy brings deep technical strengths to the board. He is joining arefreshed executive team which I expect to bring renewed momentum to BP's futureperformance." Biography of Andrew G. Inglis Andy Inglis (47) has been BP executive vice president and deputy chief executiveof E&P since 2004, with responsibility for BP's growth areas, includingAzerbaijan, Angola, Algeria, the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Egypt, Trinidad, andthe Asia-Pacific region. Mr. Inglis received an MA in Engineering from Pembroke College, CambridgeUniversity and joined BP in 1980. He is a Chartered Mechanical Enineer, a Fellowof the Royal Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the Institute of MechanicalEngineers. He began his career in BP as a mechanical engineer, working on various North Seaprojects. In the late 1980s, he moved to a series of commercial roles in BPExploration in Aberdeen and London. After a period in the upstream executiveoffice, in 1994 he moved to Alaska to serve as the manager for the Kuparukfield. He returned to London in 1996 as chief of staff for the upstreambusiness. From 1997 until 1999, he was responsible for leading BP's activitiesin the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. In January 1999, following the merger of BP and Amoco, he became vice president,US Western Gas business unit. In September 2000, he joined the upstream executive committeeas a group vice president and was appointed executive vice president in 2004. He is married with five children aged between 14 years and 11 months (twins).His interests include golf, sailing and skiing. Note to editors: • A photograph of Andy Inglis is available from the BP press office orfrom www.bp.com Further information: BP press office, London: +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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