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BP plc

euro adhoc: BP PLC
Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)
Directorate Change (E)

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December 9, 2003

BP ANNOUNCES BOARD CHANGES

The board of BP p.l.c. today announced that Rodney Chase, 59, will
retire from the company on April 23, 2003. He will relinquish his
role as deputy chief executive with immediate effect but until his
retirement will remain on the board as senior advisor to the group
chief executive, Lord Browne.

Paying tribute to Mr. Chase, Lord Browne said: "Over the course of
his 38-year career Rodney has made an outstanding contribution to BP.
He has played a critical part in all the major developments of recent
years that have transformed the company into one of the world's
leading energy businesses."

Richard Olver, 56, succeeds Mr. Chase as deputy chief executive. He
will hold accountability for health, safety and the environment,
human resources management, marketing, technology and digital
business. He will have regional responsibility for Europe (including
Russia), the Middle East, Africa and the Americas.

Dr. Tony Hayward, 45, succeeds Mr. Olver as chief executive of
Exploration and Production.

The board also announced that it intends to appoint Dr. Hayward, Mr.
John Manzoni, 43, chief executive of Refining and Marketing, and Dr.
David Allen,group chief of staff, to the board as managing directors
of the group with effect from February 1, 2003. Dr. Allen, 48, will
be accountable for economics and planning, corporate communications
and senior management education.

Notes to Editors:

·        Biographies of Dr. Hayward, Mr. Manzoni and Dr. Allen are  
         attached.

·        Photographs are available electronically from the press 
         office.

- ENDS -

Anthony Hayward

Tony Hayward, 45, graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a
Ph.D in geology in 1982.

He joined BP p.l.c in the same year and following a series of
technical and commercial roles in BP Exploration in London, Aberdeen,
France, China and Glasgow, he moved to Colombia as exploration
manager, and in 1995 he became president of the BP group in
Venezuela.

In 1997 he returned to London as a director of BP Exploration. He
became a group vice president and a member of the upstream executive
committee in 1999 and was appointed group treasurer in 2000 and
executive vice president in 2002. He became chief operating officer
for Exploration and Production in November 2002.

He is a non-executive director of Corus.

He speaks Spanish and French. He is married to Maureen with two
children, Kieran and Tara.  He enjoys sailing, skiing, other sports
and photography.

John Manzoni

John Manzoni, 43, graduated from Imperial College, London in 1983
with an honours degree in civil engineering and a masters in
petroleum engineering. In 1994, he was a Sloan fellow at Stanford
University where he earned a masters degree in business management.

He joined BP in 1983 and spent the early part of his career working
in the North Sea. In 1990, he became executive assistant to John
Browne after which he became head of investor relations.  He also
managed BP's operations at Prudhoe Bay in Alaska. More recently he
was the executive from BP responsible for the merger integration
process between BP and Amoco, and then became downstream group vice
president in charge of European marketing, in addition to downstream
planning and performance globally.

In 2000, he was appointed BP regional president for the eastern US
and, in 2001, an executive vice president and the chief executive for
Gas, Power and Renewables. He became chief executive of Refining and
Marketing in 2002.

John is a member of the advisory board of the Stanford Graduate
School of Business.

He is married to Nikki with two young children, Annabel and Olivia.

David Allen

David Allen, 48, holds a doctorate in chemistry from Oxford
University. He joined BP Gas International in 1978, handling Middle
East and Far East gas trading before moving to BP's corporate offices
in New York. He returned to London in the mid-1980s, taking up
management roles in BP Exploration.

In 1986 he moved to BP's corporate planning department, following
which he was appointed to lead BP's international crude oil trading
activities. In 1990 he became general manager, European gas and,
subsequently, planning manager, BP Exploration. In 1994 he was
appointed a general manager in BP Exploration Europe.

In 1995, he became general manager, commercial, BP Exploration and
subsequently took over the role of director of planning for the BP
group. In 1997 he joined the executive committee of BP Exploration as
a director.

Following the merger of BP and Amoco in January 1999 he became group
vice president, planning, of the newly-formed BP Amoco p.l.c. and was
appointed executive vice president and group chief of staff in 2000.

He is married to Gaye with three children, Nicholas, Sophie and
Edward.

This information is provided by RNS
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