Press contacts
Please note that the press office team can only answer enquiries from media professionals
BP p.l.c., 1 St James’s Square, SW1Y 4PD
Switchboard: +44 (0)207 496 4000
bppress@bp.com
Rita Brown
Head of group press office
Rita joined bp in April 2018. She is the primary point of contact for gas & low carbon, innovation & engineering, production & operations and strategy, sustainability & ventures. Prior to joining the team, Rita worked as a reporter, news editor and editor on various daily and specialist publications, including Energy Voice where she was named Specialist Reporter of the Year and won Scoop of the Year for her coverage on the industry.
Contact number: Rita: +44 (0)7787 685821
Dave Bowden
Media relations manager
Dave joined bp in 2023 and is the primary contact for bp trading and shipping as well as innovation and engineering. He has over a decade’s worth of experience advising some of the UK’s leading businesses across finance, biomedicine, technology and energy.
Rachel Kelly
Media relations manager
Rachel joined bp in 2018 and has been a member of its press team since 2024, where she works across campaigns and entities including production & operations, gas & low carbon energy and people, culture & communications. She has more than 15 years of experience in communications and media relations and has worked across the US and UK, specializing in the energy sector.
Contact number: Rachel: +44 (0)7342 056208
Rianne Endeley-Brown
Media relations advisor
Rianne joined the press team in November 2021 and works across the different projects and campaigns that the team supports. Rianne previously worked for the NHS Counter Fraud Authority for four years as a media relations officer doing press and wider communications work.
Contact number: Rianne: +44 (0)7767 777373
