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Tony Hayward: Additional Reading

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Global Speakers Series/View from the Top

Tony Hayward, BP Group Chief Executive

 

 

Tony joined BP in 1982 and, following a series of technical and commercial roles in BP exploration in London, Aberdeen, Glasgow, France and China, in 1992 he moved to Colombia as exploration manager. In 1995, he became president of the BP group in Venezuela.

In 1997, Tony returned to London as a director of BP exploration and in 1999, following the merger of BP and Amoco, he became a group vice president and a member of the upstream executive committee. He was appointed group treasurer in 2000, where his responsibilities included global treasury operations, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He was appointed an executive vice president in 2002, becoming chief executive officer for exploration and production later that year.

Selected Articles

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BP chief tries to keep it simple. Financial Times, 4/29/09
To understand how BP has changed in the two years since Tony Hayward took over as chief executive, all one must do is stroll round its London headquarters in St James Square.
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BP Well Positioned For The Future, 2009 Challenging. Dow Jones Newswire, 4/16/09
BP Group Chief Executive, Tony Hayward, said Thursday that the company is well positioned to face the current economic environment and to turn it into an opportunity that, going forward, will set it apart from its competition.
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A Compromise Energy Policy Is Within Reach. Wall Street Journal, 2/25/09
BP's chief executive Tony Hayward pens an opinion piece in the WSJ.
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BP CEO: World must tackle energy crisis. Houston Business Journal, 2/11/09
The world must make energy efficiency and energy conservation a priority while beginning to address the issue of climate change, the top executive of BP plc told an energy industry audience in Houston.
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Selected Video

BP Group CEO: Control Costs Now ... Growth Later.
Airtime: Mon. Feb. 9 2009 | 9:01 PM ET
"Prices are low because demand is falling because of industrial turndown," says Tony Hayward, BP Group CEO. "It's not low because we got new supply.... We need to invest make sure when demand recovers, supply is available."
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Selected Websites

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