Current position

Rupert Bondy is BP’s group general counsel.

Group responsibilities

Rupert Bondy is responsible for legal and compliance matters across the BP group.

Career

Rupert Bondy began his career as a lawyer in private practice, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions. In 1989 he joined US law firm Morrison & Foerster, working in San Francisco, London and New York, and from 1994 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 subsequently held positions of increasing responsibility and following the merger of SmithKline Beecham and GlaxoWellcome to form GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) he was appointed senior vice president and general counsel of GlaxoSmithKline in 2001.

In May 2008 he joined the BP group, where he is the group general counsel.