Dr. Helmut Schuster serves as an Executive Vice President, Group Human Resources Director of BP Plc. He began his career working for Henkel in a marketing capacity. Since joining BP in 1989 Helmut has held a number of leadership roles. He has worked in BP in the US, UK and continental Europe and within most parts of refining, marketing, trading and gas and power. Before taking on his current role his portfolio of responsibilities as a vice president, human resources included the refining and marketing segment of BP, and corporate and functions. He became group human resources director on 1 March 2011. In this role he holds accountabilities for the BP human resources function.

Dr. Mike C. Daly serves as an Executive Vice President - Exploration of BP Plc. He joined BP in 1986 as a technical specialist in structural geology, subsequently joining BP’s global basin analysis group. After a series of exploration business and functional roles in South America, the North Sea and new business development, in 2000 he became president of BP’s Middle East and South Asia businesses. In 2006, he was appointed BP's head of exploration and new business development.

Mr. R. Fryar serves as Executive Vice President - Safety and Operational risk of BP Plc. He joined Amoco Production Company in 1985, serving in a engineering and management positions in the onshore US and deepwater Gulf of Mexico. In 2003, he was appointed vice president of operations performance unit for BP Trinidad and later, in 2009, he became chief executive officer for BP Angola.

Mr. Dev Sanyal serves as Executive Vice President and Group Chief of Staff of BP Plc. He joined BP in 1989 and has held a international roles in London, Athens, Istanbul, Vienna and Dubai. He was appointed chief executive, BP Eastern Mediterranean Fuels in 1999. In 2002, he moved to London as chief of staff of BP’s worldwide downstream businesses. In 2003, he was appointed chief executive officer of Air BP following which in 2006, he became head of the group chief executive’s office. He was appointed group vice president and group treasurer in 2007. During this period, he was chairman of BP Investment Management Ltd and accountable for the Group’s aluminium interests.

Mr. Rupert Bondy serves as Group General Counsel of BP Plc. In 1989, he joined US law firm Morrison & Foerster, working in San Francisco and London. From 1994 to 1995, he worked for UK law firm Lovells in London. In 1995, he joined SmithKline Beecham as senior counsel for mergers and acquisitions and other corporate matters. He held positions of responsibility and, following the merger of SmithKline Beecham and GlaxoWellcome, he was appointed senior vice president and general counsel of GlaxoSmithKline in 2001.

Mr. Andy Hopwood serves as Chief Operating Officer, Strategy and Regions, Upstream of BP Plc. After joining BP in 1980 as a petroleum engineer, Andy Hopwood gained ten years of operating experience in the North Sea, Wytch Farm, and Indonesia, and developing experience in reservoir engineering in BP’s London headquarters. In 1989 Andy joined the corporate planning team supporting the formulation of BP’s exploration strategy. He also played an integral role in executing the subsequent rationalization of BP’s portfolio, divesting BP’s Canadian and Egyptian assets. Following this corporate work, his international endeavours led to positions in South America, first in Mexico and then as commercial manager for BP’s Venezuela business, prior to a return to London as the exploration and production planning manager. In 1999, he was appointed business unit leader in Azerbaijan. He returned to London in 2001 as the Upstream chief of staff, before becoming business unit leader in Trinidad. In 2005 he moved to Houston to become strategic performance unit leader for the North American gas business. In 2009, he joined the upstream executive as head of portfolio and technology and in October 2010 he was appointed executive vice president, exploration and production, strategy and integration. In 2013 he was appointed chief operating officer, strategy and regions, Upstream. He serves as chair of the BP Foundation.

Mr. Bernard Looney serves as Chief Operating Officer, Production of BP Plc. He joined BP in 1991 as a drilling engineer, working in the North Sea, Vietnam and the Gulf of Mexico. In 2001 Bernard took on responsibility for drilling operations on Thunder Horse in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico. In 2005 Bernard became senior vice president within BP Alaska, before moving in 2007 to be head of the group chief executive’s office. In 2009 he became the managing director of BP’s North Sea business in the UK and Norway. Bernard became executive vice president, developments, in October 2010. He took up his current role in February 2013.

Mr. David J. Jackson serves as Company Secretary ofBP Plc. He is solicitor, he is a director of BP Pension Trustees Limited.

Mr. Paul Milton Anderson serves as an Non-Executive Independent Director of BP Plc. He is chairman of the safety, ethics and environment assurance committee (SEEAC) and is a member of the chairman’s, the Gulf of Mexico and the nomination committees. He is a non-executive director of BAE Systems PLC. He was formerly chief executive at BHP Billiton and Duke Energy, where he also served as chairman of the board. Having previously been chief executive officer and managing director of BHP Limited and then BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc, he rejoined these latter two boards in 2006 as a non-executive director, retiring on 31 January 2010. Previously he served as a non-executive director on a number of boards in the US and Australia and as chief executive officer of Pan Energy Corp. He took the chair of the SEEAC in December 2012.

Admiral Frank L. Bowman serves as Non-Executive Independent Director of BP Plc. He is a member of the SEEAC and the chairman’s and the Gulf of Mexico committees. He is president of Strategic Decisions, LLC and a director of Morgan Stanley Mutual Funds, the American Shipbuilding Suppliers Association, and the Naval and Nuclear Technologies, LLP. He joined the United States Navy in 1966. During his naval service, he commanded the nuclear submarine USS City of Corpus Christi and the USS Holland. He served as a flag officer; as the Navy’s chief of personnel; on the joint staff as director of Political-Military Affairs; and as director of the naval nuclear propulsion programme in the Department of the Navy and the Department of Energy for over eight years. After his retirement as an Admiral in 2004, he was president and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Energy Institute until 2008. He served on the BP Independent Safety Review Panel and was a member of the BP America External Advisory Council. He was appointed Honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire in 2005 by Queen Elizabeth II. He was also elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 2009.

Mr. Antony Burgmans, KBE, serves as Non-Executive Independent Director of BP Plc. He is chairman of the remuneration committee and is a member of the SEEAC and the chairman’s and the nomination committees. He is a member of the supervisory boards of Akzo Nobel N.V., AEGON N.V. and SHV Holdings N.V., and chairman of the supervisory board of TNT Express. He joined Unilever in 1972, holding a succession of marketing and sales posts, including, from 1988 until 1991, the chairmanship of PT Unilever Indonesia. In 1991, he was appointed to the board of Unilever, becoming business group president, ice cream and frozen foods, Europe in 1994, and chairman of Unilever’s Europe committee, co-ordinating its European activities. In 1998, he became vice chairman of Unilever NV and in 1999, chairman of Unilever NV and vice chairman of Unilever PLC. In 2005, he became non-executive chairman of Unilever NV and Unilever PLC until his retirement in 2007.

Mrs. Cynthia Blum Carroll serves as Non-Executive Independent Director of BP Plc. She is a member of the SEEAC and the chairman’s and the nomination committees. She is currently chief executive of Anglo American plc, the global mining group, chairman of Anglo Platinum Limited and chairman of De Beers s.a. She will relinquish these roles on 3 April 2013 and will step down as a director of Anglo American, Anglo Platinum and De Beers at Anglo American’s AGM in April 2013. She started her career with Amoco as a petroleum geologist in oil exploration. In 1989, she joined Alcan Inc, where she spent 18 years before joining Anglo American in January 2007. Starting in the business development group of the Rolled Products Division in Alcan, she became president and chief executive officer of the Primary Metal Group, responsible for operations in more than 20 countries. She has been chief executive of Anglo American plc since March 2007.

Mr. George David serves as Non-Executive Independent Director of BP Plc. He is a member of the chairman’s, the audit, the Gulf of Mexico and the remuneration committees. He is vice-chairman of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He began his career with The Boston Consulting Group before joining the Otis Elevator Company in 1975. He held various roles in Otis and later in United Technologies Corporation (UTC), following Otis’s merger with UTC in 1976. 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.

Mr. Ian E. L. Davis serves as Non-Executive Independent Director of BP Plc. He is chairman of the Gulf of Mexico committee and is a member of the chairman’s, the nomination and the remuneration committees. He is an independent non-executive director of Johnson & Johnson, Inc. and a senior adviser to Apax Partners LLP. He is also a non-executive member of the UK’s Cabinet Office. He joined the Board of Rolls Royce Plc on 1 March 2013 and will become chairman on 2 May 2013. 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. During his career with McKinsey, he served as a consultant to a range of global organizations across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. He retired as senior partner of McKinsey & Company on 30 July 2010.

Professor Dame Ann Dowling serves as Non-Executive Independent Director of BP Plc. She is a member of the SEEAC and the chairman’s and the remuneration committees. She is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. She is chair of the Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Panel in the Research Excellence Framework – the UK Government’s review of research in universities. She was appointed a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge in 1993 (the Department of Engineering is one of the centres for engineering research worldwide). Between 1999 and 2000 she was the Jerome C Hunsaker Visiting Professor at MIT subsequently becoming a Moore distinguished scholar at Caltech in 2001. When she returned to the University of Cambridge, she became head of the Division of Energy, Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery in the Department of Engineering, becoming UK lead of the Silent Aircraft Initiative in 2003, a collaboration between researchers at Cambridge and MIT. She became head of the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge in 2009. She was appointed director of the University Gas Turbine Partnership with Rolls-Royce in 2001 and chairman in 2009.

Mr. Brendan R. Nelson serves as Non-Executive Independent Director of BP Plc. He is a chartered accountant and was admitted as a partner of KPMG in London in 1984. He served as a member of the UK Board of KPMG from 2000 to 2006 being appointed vice chairman until his retirement in 2010. At KPMG International he held a number of senior positions including global chairman, banking and global chairman, financial services. He is a non-executive director of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc where he is chairman of the group audit committee. He is Vice President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, a member of the Financial Reporting Review Panel and a director of the Financial Skills Partnership.

Mr. Phuthuma F. Nhleko serves as Non-Executive Independent Director of BP Plc. He began his career as a civil engineer in the United States and as a project manager for infrastructure developments in Southern Africa. Following this, he became a senior executive of the Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank in South Africa. He later held a succession of directorships before joining MTN Group, a pan-African and Middle Eastern telephony group, as group president and chief executive officer in 2002. He stepped down as group chief executive of MTN Group at the end of March 2011 and became vice-chairman of the MTN Group and chairman of MTN International. He is a non-executive director of Anglo American plc.

Mr. Andrew B. Shilston serves as Senior Non-Executive Independent Director of BP Plc. He 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.

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