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bp appoints new chair

bp has appointed Albert Manifold as the incoming chair, effective from 1 October. The former CEO of CRH, who brings deep industry experience, will join the board on 1 September. Posting on LinkedIn, Albert said: “I am excited to take on a leadership role on the board of one of the world’s iconic energy companies. My focus from day one will be to help bp create compelling and sustainable value for shareholders.”

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In the press

Follow coverage of bp in the international press

Bloomberg

‘bp’s upstream chief lays out the mechanics of turnaround plan.’ And interview with Gordon Birrell, EVP of production and operations (paywall) – 10 July 2025

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S&P Global

‘bp improving upstream efficiency “every quarter”: upstream head’. Nick Coleman talks to bp EVP of production and operations Gordon Birrell – 8 July 2025

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Bloomberg UK

‘BP Puts AI at Heart of Efforts to Boost Performance’. An interview with EVP of technology Emeka Emembolu – 9 June 2025 

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Argus Media

‘BP returns to production growth.’ An interview with EVP of production and operations Gordon Birrell – 2 May 2025 

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Fortune

‘At the new bp, wind is out and cost efficiency is in as CEO Murray Auchincloss plots a “hard reset”’  – 5 April 2025

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CNBC

bp CEO Murray Auchincloss discusses first-quarter results’. Murray talks about bp’s focus on delivering our reset strategy and our progress so far this year – 29 April 2025

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The Times of London

‘How bp’s simpler strategy will increase value for shareholders’– 10 March 2025

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Upstream

‘Solving the AI puzzle: How tech innovator “revolutionized” BP’ – 29 January 2025
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Financial Times

Petrol cars are on the way out. Are you ready to go electric?’ A visual story featuring Richard Bartlett, senior vice president of bp pulse – 23 January 2025

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NBC News

Starlee Sykes, CEO of Archaea Energy, bp’s US renewable natural gas (RNG) business, is interviewed by NBC News’s Morgan Radford at our site in Fort Wayne, Indiana – 17 January 2025

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Energy Voice

“I was embarrassed to be an apprentice but there should be more like me.” An interview with Kerry Dryburgh, bp EVP, people, culture and communications – 20 November 2024

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Journal of Petroleum Technology

‘Giovanni Cristofoli on bp Solutions – Transforming challenges into opportunities through innovation and agility’ – 22 September 2024
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