BP PLC — Board/Management Information 2008

Feb 11, 2008

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Ad-hoc | 11 February 2008 18:11

BP p.l.c.: Directorate Change

BP p.l.c. / Change of Personnel

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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: +44 (0)20 7496 4076
11.02.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

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Language: English
Issuer: BP p.l.c.
1 St James's Square
SW1Y 4PD London
Großbritannien
Phone: +44 (0) 207-496-4000
Fax: +44 (0) 207-496-4570
E-mail: ir@bp.com
Internet: www.bp.com
ISIN: GB0007980591
WKN: 850517
Listed: Freiverkehr in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg,
Düsseldorf; Open Market in Frankfurt; Foreign Exchange(s) SWX

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