Bob Dudley

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Bob Dudley at the 41st St. Gallen Symposium in May 2011
Barack Obama and Joe Biden with BP officials in the White House, June 16, 2010. From left Tony Hayward , Carl-Henric Svanberg , Rupert Bondy, Robert Dudley , Valerie Jarrett , Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis , Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano .

Robert "Bob" Dudley (born September 14, 1955 in Queens , New York City ) is an American business manager , board member of BP and former chairman of the board of directors of TNK-BP . He was appointed to the board post of BP in connection with the 2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico on June 18, 2010. Since October 1, 2010 he has been CEO of BP.

Life

Dudley grew up in Hattiesburg ( Mississippi to), received a Bachelor in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois , a Master in Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a MBA from Southern Methodist University .

In 1979 he joined Amoco . He worked in various positions including negotiations on the South China Sea . From 1994 to 1997 he worked for Amoco in Moscow . He became general manager for strategy. After Amoco was acquired by BP, he was given a similar position at BP. From 2003 to 2008 he was President and Chief Executive of TNK-BP.

In 2009 he became a director of BP and was given oversight of the company's activities in North and South America and Asia.

In 2010 he became the BP manager responsible for organizing the work related to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He is responsible for the clean-up work in the Gulf, working with the authorities, informing the public about BP activities around the disaster and damage analysis.

On October 1, 2010, Dudley replaced Tony Hayward as CEO at BP.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bob Dudley , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 40/2011 of October 4, 2011, in the Munzinger Archive , accessed on March 15, 2011 ( beginning of the article freely available)
  2. ^ Gulf oil spill: BP replaces CEO Tony Hayward . latimes.com. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  3. ↑ a b c d Robert Dudley to Join BP Board . bp.com. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  4. ^ Business big shot: Robert Dudley. In: The Times. July 7, 2008.
  5. ^ Business & Financial News, Breaking US & International News . Reuters.com. February 9, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  6. ↑ Who is Bob Dudley? Five things to know about BP's new point man . CSMonitor.com. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  7. ↑ A southerner becomes BP boss . In: Spiegel Online , September 29, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Dudley, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dudley, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American oil manager
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Queens , New York City