BP Chief to become President of the BA
Lord Browne of Madingley, Group Chief Executive of BP plc, will take over as President of the BA in September 2006, it is announced today. He will take over from the current President, Frances Cairncross, at the end of the BA Festival of Science in Norwich.
‘I am delighted to become President of the BA,’ says Lord Browne. ‘Science, engineering and technology are at the heart of human progress. It is critical to enhance the public profile of those already involved in these fields, to attract the very best of the next generation, and to listen to the public's aspirations for what they can do for our world. I look forward to the challenges ahead.’
The BA is a UK-wide organisation dedicated to connecting science with people. It promotes openness about science in society and aims to engage and inspire people directly with science and technology and their implications through its activities, which include National Science Week, the BA Festival of Science and award schemes for young people.
Commenting on Lord Browne’s appointment, Professor Patrick Dowling, Chair of the BA Council, says: ‘We welcome Lord Browne as President-elect of the BA. Much of what people see and experience of science and technology is mediated through industrial innovation, and so we are pleased to appoint someone with such a distinguished engineering and business background.
‘At a time when energy supplies and climate change are such significant topics we look forward to taking the opportunity to offer a wider platform and discussion on these critical areas through our activities such as the BA Festival of Science and National Science Week.’
Lord Browne will give his Presidential Address at the BA Festival of Science in York in September 2007.
Lord Browne joins a list of distinguished Presidents who have included Professor Thomas Huxley, Professor Sir JJ Thomson, Professor Dorothy Hodgkin, Sir David Attenborough and Professor Robert Winston.
ENDS
For further information please contact:
Craig Brierley, Press Officer, the BA
Tel: 020 7019 4947
Email: craig.brierley@the-ba.net
Note for editors
1. The BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science) is the UK's nationwide, open membership organisation dedicated to connecting science with people, so that science and its applications become accessible to all. The BA aims to promote openness about science in society and to engage and inspire people directly with science and technology and their implications. Established in 1831, the BA organises major initiatives across the UK, including the annual BA Festival of Science, National Science Week, programmes of regional and local events, and an extensive programme for young people in schools and colleges. For more information about the BA, please visit www.the-ba.net.
2. The LORD BROWNE of Madingley
Lord Browne is Group Chief Executive of BP p.l.c.
Born in 1948, he joined BP in 1966 as a university apprentice. He holds a degree in Physics from Cambridge University and an MS in Business from Stanford University, California. He has also been awarded Honorary Doctorates from Heriot Watt University (D.Eng) and Robert Gordon University (D.Tech), Dundee University (LLD), Warwick University (D.Sc), Hull University (D.Sc), Cranfield University (D.Sc), Sheffield Hallam University (Hon. Duniv), University of Buckingham (D.Sc), Leuven University, Belgium (D.Sc), Thunderbird (LLD), University of Notre Dame (LLD), Colorado School of Mines (D.Eng), D Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia. He is an Honorary Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge and a Senior Member of St Antony’s College, Oxford. He is a Fellow and Vice President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, a Fellow of the Institute of Petroleum, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a Companion of the Institute of Management, an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, an Honorary Fellow of the Geological Society, an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Between 1969 and 1983, he held a variety of exploration and production posts in Anchorage, New York, San Francisco, London and Canada.
In 1984 he became Group Treasurer and Chief Executive of BP Finance International.
In April 1986, he took up the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Standard Oil Company in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1987, following the BP/Standard merger, in addition to his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of BP America, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Standard Oil Production Company.
In 1989, he became Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BP Exploration based in London. In September 1991, he joined the Board of The British Petroleum Company p.l.c. as a Managing Director. He was appointed Group Chief Executive on June 10, 1995. Following the merger of BP and Amoco, he became Group Chief Executive of BP Amoco on December 31, 1998.
He is a non-executive director of the Intel Corporation and Goldman Sachs. He was a trustee of The British Museum from 1995-2005, a member of the Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG from 1998 – 2001 and a non-executive director of SmithKline Beecham from 1996-1999.
He is Chairman of the International Advisory Board of the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Chairman of the Cambridge Judge Business School and Emeritus Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is a Trustee of the Cambridge University Foundation, and a member of the Guild of Cambridge Benefactors. He is a member (and former Chairman) of the British American Business Inc. He is a member of the board of Catalyst; he is an honorary Trustee of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, an honorary counsellor of the Conference Board, Inc. and a Vice President of the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum.
In 1999, the Royal Academy of Engineering awarded him the Prince Philip Medal for his outstanding contribution to the field of Engineering. The Stanford Business School Alumni Association presented him with the Ernest C Arbuckle Award in 2001, in recognition of excellence in the field of management leadership. Other awards include the Henry Shaw Medal of the Missouri Botanical Gardens, the Gold Medal of the Institute of Management, the Institute of Energy Melchett Medal (2001), the Society of Petroleum Engineers Public Service Award (2002), the Institution of Chemical Engineers Commemorative Medal (2003) and the World Petroleum Congress Dewhurst Award (2005). In 2004, he received the inaugural Channing Corporate Citizenship Award from British American Business Inc.
He was voted Most Admired CEO by Management Today from 1999 – 2002.
He was knighted in 1998 and made a life peer in 2001.
‘I am delighted to become President of the BA,’ says Lord Browne. ‘Science, engineering and technology are at the heart of human progress. It is critical to enhance the public profile of those already involved in these fields, to attract the very best of the next generation, and to listen to the public's aspirations for what they can do for our world. I look forward to the challenges ahead.’
The BA is a UK-wide organisation dedicated to connecting science with people. It promotes openness about science in society and aims to engage and inspire people directly with science and technology and their implications through its activities, which include National Science Week, the BA Festival of Science and award schemes for young people.
Commenting on Lord Browne’s appointment, Professor Patrick Dowling, Chair of the BA Council, says: ‘We welcome Lord Browne as President-elect of the BA. Much of what people see and experience of science and technology is mediated through industrial innovation, and so we are pleased to appoint someone with such a distinguished engineering and business background.
‘At a time when energy supplies and climate change are such significant topics we look forward to taking the opportunity to offer a wider platform and discussion on these critical areas through our activities such as the BA Festival of Science and National Science Week.’
Lord Browne will give his Presidential Address at the BA Festival of Science in York in September 2007.
Lord Browne joins a list of distinguished Presidents who have included Professor Thomas Huxley, Professor Sir JJ Thomson, Professor Dorothy Hodgkin, Sir David Attenborough and Professor Robert Winston.
ENDS
For further information please contact:
Craig Brierley, Press Officer, the BA
Tel: 020 7019 4947
Email: craig.brierley@the-ba.net
Note for editors
1. The BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science) is the UK's nationwide, open membership organisation dedicated to connecting science with people, so that science and its applications become accessible to all. The BA aims to promote openness about science in society and to engage and inspire people directly with science and technology and their implications. Established in 1831, the BA organises major initiatives across the UK, including the annual BA Festival of Science, National Science Week, programmes of regional and local events, and an extensive programme for young people in schools and colleges. For more information about the BA, please visit www.the-ba.net.
2. The LORD BROWNE of Madingley
Lord Browne is Group Chief Executive of BP p.l.c.
Born in 1948, he joined BP in 1966 as a university apprentice. He holds a degree in Physics from Cambridge University and an MS in Business from Stanford University, California. He has also been awarded Honorary Doctorates from Heriot Watt University (D.Eng) and Robert Gordon University (D.Tech), Dundee University (LLD), Warwick University (D.Sc), Hull University (D.Sc), Cranfield University (D.Sc), Sheffield Hallam University (Hon. Duniv), University of Buckingham (D.Sc), Leuven University, Belgium (D.Sc), Thunderbird (LLD), University of Notre Dame (LLD), Colorado School of Mines (D.Eng), D Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia. He is an Honorary Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge and a Senior Member of St Antony’s College, Oxford. He is a Fellow and Vice President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, a Fellow of the Institute of Petroleum, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a Companion of the Institute of Management, an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, an Honorary Fellow of the Geological Society, an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Between 1969 and 1983, he held a variety of exploration and production posts in Anchorage, New York, San Francisco, London and Canada.
In 1984 he became Group Treasurer and Chief Executive of BP Finance International.
In April 1986, he took up the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Standard Oil Company in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1987, following the BP/Standard merger, in addition to his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of BP America, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Standard Oil Production Company.
In 1989, he became Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BP Exploration based in London. In September 1991, he joined the Board of The British Petroleum Company p.l.c. as a Managing Director. He was appointed Group Chief Executive on June 10, 1995. Following the merger of BP and Amoco, he became Group Chief Executive of BP Amoco on December 31, 1998.
He is a non-executive director of the Intel Corporation and Goldman Sachs. He was a trustee of The British Museum from 1995-2005, a member of the Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG from 1998 – 2001 and a non-executive director of SmithKline Beecham from 1996-1999.
He is Chairman of the International Advisory Board of the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Chairman of the Cambridge Judge Business School and Emeritus Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is a Trustee of the Cambridge University Foundation, and a member of the Guild of Cambridge Benefactors. He is a member (and former Chairman) of the British American Business Inc. He is a member of the board of Catalyst; he is an honorary Trustee of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, an honorary counsellor of the Conference Board, Inc. and a Vice President of the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum.
In 1999, the Royal Academy of Engineering awarded him the Prince Philip Medal for his outstanding contribution to the field of Engineering. The Stanford Business School Alumni Association presented him with the Ernest C Arbuckle Award in 2001, in recognition of excellence in the field of management leadership. Other awards include the Henry Shaw Medal of the Missouri Botanical Gardens, the Gold Medal of the Institute of Management, the Institute of Energy Melchett Medal (2001), the Society of Petroleum Engineers Public Service Award (2002), the Institution of Chemical Engineers Commemorative Medal (2003) and the World Petroleum Congress Dewhurst Award (2005). In 2004, he received the inaugural Channing Corporate Citizenship Award from British American Business Inc.
He was voted Most Admired CEO by Management Today from 1999 – 2002.
He was knighted in 1998 and made a life peer in 2001.
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