| Mr Jan du Plessis
| Mr Jan du Plessis is Chairman, BCom, LLB, CA(SA), age 59. Director of Rio Tinto since 2008. He was appointed chairman in April 2009. He is the chairman of the Nominations Committee. Jan, a South African and British citizen, worked in various management positions in the South African Rembrandt Group from 1981 and in 1988 became group finance director of Compagnie Financière Richemont, the Swiss luxury goods group, before being appointed chairman of British American Tobacco plc (BAT) in 2004, a position which he held until 2009. Jan has been based in Europe for most of his career. Non-executive director and senior independent non-executive director of Marks and Spencer Group plc since 2008 and March 2012, respectively, non-executive director of BAT from 1999 until 2009 and chairman of the board from 2004 until 2009, non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Lloyds Banking Group plc from 2005 and 2008, respectively, until 2009. He aslo serves as Chairman of SABMiller PLC. |
| Mr Samuel Maurice Cossart Walsh
| Dr. Samuel Maurice Cossart Walsh is the representative of Public Investment Fund at Saudi Arabian Mining as Board Member. He was Chief executive, BCom (Melbourne), age 63. Director of Rio Tinto since 2009. He was appointed chief executive in January 2013. Sam, an Australian citizen, joined Rio Tinto in 1991, following 20 years in the automotive industry at General Motors and Nissan Australia. He has held a number of management positions during his career at Rio Tinto including chief executive of the Aluminium group from 2001 to 2004, chief executive of the Iron Ore group from 2004 to 2009 and chief executive Iron Ore and Australia from 2009 to January 2013. Sam is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management, the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Academy of Technical Science and Engineering. In June 2010, he was appointed an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia. Director of Seven West Media Limited, Australia's largest diversified media business, from 2008 until January 2013. |
| Mr Michael Fitzpatrick
| Michael Fitzpatrick, Non-executive director, BEng, BA (Oxon), age 60. Director of Rio Tinto since 2006. Michael, an Australian citizen, contributes wide-ranging investment and local knowledge of Australian business. He is chairman of Treasury Group Limited, a Sydney-based incubator of fund management companies, chairman of the Australian Football League and a former chairman of the Australian Sports Commission. After leaving professional football in 1983 and working for the Treasury of the State of Victoria and with investment banks in New York, Michael founded the pioneering infrastructure asset management company Hastings Funds Management Limited in 1994. He was a Rhodes Scholar in 1975. Non-executive director of Carnegie Wave Energy Limited since November 2012, chairman of Infrastructure Capital Group Limited since 2009, chairman of the Treasury Group Limited since 2005, commissioner and chairman of the Australian Football League since 2003 and 2007 respectively, director of the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research since 2001 and chairman of the Victorian Funds Management Corporation from 2006 to 2008. |
| Mr Guy Elliott
| Mr Guy Elliott is Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director of SABMiller PLC, Guy Elliott, Chief financial officer, MA (Oxon), MBA (INSEAD), age 57. Director and chief financial officer of Rio Tinto since 2002, Guy will retire at the end of 2013. He remains on the boards until then and has been appointed senior executive director. He will continue in his role as chief financial officer until 18 April 2013 when he will step down as chief financial officer. Guy, a British citizen, has been with Rio Tinto for more than 30 years. He joined the Group in 1980 in the uranium marketing division having previously been in investment banking. He subsequently held a variety of commercial and management positions, including head of Business Evaluation and president of Rio Tinto Brasil, before becoming chief financial officer. on-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Royal Dutch Shell plc since 2010 and 2011 respectively, a member of the Takeover Panel since 2012 and non-executive director and senior independent director of Cadbury plc from 2007 and 2008, respectively, until 2010. Mr Elliott owns a stake in SABMiller PLC since March 2014. |
| Mr Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
| Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, Non-executive director, GCMG, MA (Oxon), age 71. Director of Rio Tinto since 2003. John, a British citizen, was a member of the UK Diplomatic Service for 36 years and headed it from 1997 to 2002 as permanent under secretary at the Foreign Office. He previously served in HM Treasury and in the former Soviet Union and Pakistan, and was ambassador to the European Union and the US. He has been an Independent member of the House of Lords since 2004. (current and recent): Advisory board member of Edinburgh Partners Limited since January 2012; director and vice chairman of Scottish Power Limited since 2009 and April 2012 respectively; chairman of the Centre for European Reform (London) since 2008; vice president of the European Policy Centre (Brussels) since 2007; trustee of the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland since 2005; director of The Scottish American Investment Company plc since 2002; deputy chairman of Royal Dutch Shell plc from 2005 to May 2012; chairman of the Court and Council of Imperial College London from 2005 to 2011; advisory board member of BAE Systems from 2008 to 2011; advisory board member of Scottish Power (Iberdrola) from 2007 to 2009; trustee of the National Gallery in London from 2002 to 2010; trustee of the Rhodes Trust from 1997 to 2010; and a Fulbright Commissioner from 2004 to 2009. |
| Mr Richard Goodmanson
| Richard Goodmanson, Non-executive director, MBA, BEc and BCom, BEng (Civil), age 65. Director of Rio Tinto since 2004 and chairman of the Sustainability Committee. Richard, a US citizen, was executive vice president and chief operating officer of DuPont until 2009. Prior to this he was president and chief executive officer of America West Airlines and senior vice president of operations for Frito-Lay, Inc., a North American division of PepsiCo. Richard has worked at senior levels for McKinsey & Co, where he led client service teams on major programmes of strategy development. He spent ten years in heavy civil engineering project management, principally in Southeast Asia, including the construction of the Hong Kong Subway System. Non-executive director of Qantas Airways Limited since 2008; economic adviser to the governor of Guangdong Province, China from 2003 to 2009; executive vice president and chief operating officer of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Limited from 1999 until 2009; and director of the United Way of Delaware, a charitable organisation, between 2002 and 2009. |
| Ms Vivienne Cox
| Ms Vivienne Cox is Board Member at BG Group PLC. Ms Vivienne Cox Non-executive director, MA (Oxon), MBA (INSEAD), age 53. Director of Rio Tinto since 2005. Vivienne is a British citizen. She was executive vice president of Gas, Power and Renewables at BP and former chief executive of BP Alternative Energy. During her career at BP she served in a variety of positions ranging from supply and trading, to commercial, finance and exploration and renewable energy. Vivienne holds degrees in chemistry from Oxford University and in business administration from INSEAD. on-executive director of BG Group plc, the exploration arm of British Gas, since February 2012; non-executive director and senior independent non-executive director of Pearson plc since January 2012 and January 2013 respectively; non-executive director of the UK Department for International Development since 2010; non-executive director of The Climate Change Organisation since 2010; non-executive director and non-executive chairman of Climate Change Capital Limited from 2008 and 2009 respectively until March 2012; member of the supervisory board of Vallourec, a steel tube maker, since 2010; member of the offshore advisory committee of Mainstream Renewable Power from 2010 until December 2012; and a member of the board of INSEAD business school since 2009.Vivienne has wide-ranging experience as an executive in the energy sector, and also works as a non-executive director with companies from a variety of industries, as well as with a number of philanthropic organisations. She provides valuable perspective to Board debates, and contributes constructively to the Group’s strategic and sustainability discussions. Vivienne has participated in a number of events organised by the BG Group Women’s Network.Vivienne worked for BP from 1981 to 2009, latterly as executive vice president of gas, power and renewables. She was also chief executive of BP Alternative Energy. |
| Mr Michael Rake
| Sir Michael joined the Board in January 2008 as a non-executive Director, and was appointed Senior Independent Director in October 2011 and Deputy Chairman in July 2012. Sir Michael has significant non-executive experience, both as a chairman and board member of listed companies. With over 30 years spent with KPMG, Sir Michael has substantial financial and commercial experience gained in Continental Europe and the Middle East. He was Senior Partner of the UK firm from 1998-2002 and Chairman of KPMG International from 2002-2007. Other principal external appointments: Chairman of BT Group plc since 2007; Chairman of easyjet Plc since January 2010 (Deputy Chairman June 2009-December 2009); Director of the Financial Reporting Council (2007-2011); Director of the McGraw-Hill Companies since 2007; Chairman of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (2007-2010); Chairman of Business in the Community (2004-2007); and chairman of Majid Al Futtaim Holding since 1 January 2009. He is Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director at Barclays PLC |
| 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. |
