BP America names new chairman and president
BP has appointed Susan Dio as Chairman and President of BP America, BP’s chief representative in the United States, from May 1, 2018.
Susan Dio will succeed John Mingé, who will move to chair a study by the National Petroleum Council (NPC) into carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies.
Dio has been BP Shipping chief executive for three years and has supervised the company’s largest fleet renewal. She has also held senior commercial and operating roles in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia during her 33 years with BP.
“Susan’s breadth of operational and commercial experience gained with BP around the world – including leading our global shipping business, running a major refinery, and managing a chemical plant – make her ideally suited for the key role of representing BP in the US,” said Bob Dudley, BP group chief executive.
“The US is a vital part of BP – we have invested more than $100 billion here since 2005. All our businesses, from exploration to refining to renewable energies, operate at scale in the US and together they make up the largest portfolio of businesses we have anywhere in the world,” said Dudley.
John Mingé, during his term as BP America chief, led the recovery of BP’s reputation in the US through the years following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and more recently headed BP’s response to the severe impact of Hurricane. Retiring from BP in March 2019, Mingé has held executive and engineering posts in the US, UK, Vietnam and Indonesia in his almost 35-year career with BP.
The NPC’s study into CCUS technologies was directed by US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and the NPC asked that Mingé take on this distinguished role.
