BP Annual Review 2003 Introduction Performance highlights Chairman's letter Group chief executive's review It starts here Financial performance Business performance Environmental and social performance Summary accounts Summary corporate governance Summary directors' remuneration report Board of directors Annual general meeting and information for shareholders Further information	Independence The qualification for board membership includes a requirement that non-executive directors be free from any relationship with the executive management of the company that could materially interfere with the exercise of their independent judgement. In the board's view, all non-executive directors fulfil this requirement. A full explanation is provided in BP Annual Report and Accounts 2003. In this section   Accountability to shareholders   Shareholder communications, meetings and voting   The work of the board in governance   The chairman, senior independent director and company secretary   Board succession planning Independence   Induction, training and evaluation   Combined Code compliance   Internal control review   Related links   The executive and non-executive members of the board   Board of directors

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