Directorate Change

BP PLC
01 February 2007




February 1, 2007



         ANDY INGLIS JOINS BP BOARD AND SUCCEEDS TONY HAYWARD AS HEAD 
                         OF EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION


The board of BP p.l.c. today announced that it has appointed Andy Inglis as a
managing director of the BP Group. He also succeeds Tony Hayward as chief
executive of BP's Exploration & Production (E&P) business. Both appointments are
with immediate effect.

Mr Inglis joined BP in 1980 and has held a number of E&P posts. He was most
recently deputy chief executive of E&P and a member of BP's Group Executive
team.

Commenting on the appointment, BP chairman Peter Sutherland said: 'I am pleased
to welcome Andy Inglis to the board. He will now be responsible for all of the
Group's E&P business. This will allow Tony Hayward, as Group CEO-designate, to
focus on the transition, working closely with John Browne in the period to the
end of July.'

Lord Browne said: 'Aside from his great strategic sense and business track
record, Andy brings deep technical strengths to the board. He is joining a
refreshed executive team which I expect to bring renewed momentum to BP's future
performance.'


Biography of Andrew G. Inglis

Andy Inglis (47) has been BP executive vice president and deputy chief executive
of E&P since 2004, with responsibility for BP's growth areas, including
Azerbaijan, Angola, Algeria, the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Egypt, Trinidad, and
the Asia-Pacific region.

Mr. Inglis received an MA in Engineering from Pembroke College, Cambridge
University and joined BP in 1980. He is a Chartered Mechanical Enineer, a Fellow
of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical
Engineers.

He began his career in BP as a mechanical engineer, working on various North Sea
projects. In the late 1980s, he moved to a series of commercial roles in BP
Exploration in Aberdeen and London. After a period in the upstream executive
office, in 1994 he moved to Alaska to serve as the manager for the Kuparuk
field. He returned to London in 1996 as chief of staff for the upstream
business. From 1997 until 1999, he was responsible for leading BP's activities
in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

In January 1999, following the merger of BP and Amoco, he became vice president,
US Western

Gas business unit. In September 2000, he joined the upstream executive committee
as a group vice president and was appointed executive vice president in 2004.

He is married with five children aged between 14 years and 11 months (twins).
His interests include golf, sailing and skiing.



Note to editors:

• A photograph of Andy Inglis is available from the BP press office or
from www.bp.com

Further information:

BP press office, London: [phone]

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