Directorate Change

BP PLC
11 February 2008


February 11, 2008

                    CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF UNITED TECHNOLOGIES
                          CORPORATION TO JOIN BP BOARD


The board of BP announced today that it has appointed Mr George David as a
non-executive director of BP p.l.c. with immediate effect.

Mr David is the chairman and chief executive officer of United Technologies
Corporation, a company which he joined in 1975. United Technologies Corporation
provides high technology products and services to the building systems and
aerospace industries worldwide. He is also a non-executive director of
Citigroup.

Notes to editors:

  • George David is chairman and chief executive officer of United
    Technologies Corporation. He was elected UTC's president in 1992 and chief
    executive officer in 1994. He joined UTC's Otis Elevator subsidiary in 1975
    and became its president in 1986.


He received his BA from Harvard and MBA from the University of Virginia.

He is a board member of Citigroup and a member of The Business Council and the
Business Roundtable. He has chaired the boards of the Graduate Business School
at the University of Virginia, the National Minority Supplier Development
Council, the US-ASEAN Business Council, the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue and
the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Fine Arts.

He was awarded in 1999 the Order of Friendship from the Russian Federation for
contributions to that nation's economy and especially its aerospace industry. In
2002, France named him to its Legion of Honor.

Further information:

BP press office: [phone]

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