Executive Vice President for Development
BP plc

Bernard Looney is executive vice president for development for BP plc with key responsibility for drilling and completions as well as project activity in the upstream.  He was appointed to his current role in October 2010.

Mr. Looney joined BP in 1991 as a drilling engineer, working in the North Sea, Vietnam and the Gulf of Mexico. In 2001 he took on responsibility for drilling operations on Thunder Horse in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico. He then moved into the exploration and technology group, working for the group vice president.  In 2005 he became senior vice president within BP Alaska, before moving to head of the group CEO’s executive office.   He moved back to the North Sea in 2008 as vice president for Norway and infrastructure. In 2009 he became the managing director of BP’s North Sea business in the United Kingdom and Norway.

Mr. Looney has a degree in electrical engineering from University College Dublin and an MS in management (Sloan Master’s Program) from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.