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Tony Hayward BP CEO says new boss for TNK-BP in next month

By Amarendra Bhushan for CEOWORLD Magazine Updated:November 3, 2008 Become a writer!

Tony Hayward, Group Chief Executive British oil major BP Plc told that the new TNK-BP TNBPI.RTS CEO, to replace Bob Dudley, would be announced in the coming weeks but did not give details of potential candidates.

“P was not suffering from the current global financial crisis. It’s having no impact on BP’s operations. We have a very healthy balance sheet,” he said.

Tony Hayward
Group Chief Executive
University of Edinburgh PH.D Geology 1982

Tony joined BP in 1982 and, following a series of technical and commercial roles in BP exploration in London, Aberdeen, Glasgow, France and China, in 1992 he moved to Colombia as exploration manager. In 1995, he became president of the BP group in Venezuela.

In 1997, Tony returned to London as a director of BP exploration and in 1999, following the merger of BP and Amoco, he became a group vice president and a member of the upstream executive committee. He was appointed group treasurer in 2000, where his responsibilities included global treasury operations, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He was appointed an executive vice president in 2002, becoming chief executive officer for exploration and production later that year.

He succeeded Lord Browne as group chief executive in May 2007.