Key appointments at BP
BP has appointed a string of new executives at its refining and marketing unit, including a new chief financial officer, people close to the company said.

The sweeping management changes at the accident-prone division show new group chief executive Tony Hayward is wasting no time in bringing about a reorganisation announced this, month.
The new appointments, which were unveiled in an internal announcement made recently, but weren’t released to the public, show that a top management reshuffling that started with Hayward’s appointment in May is now reaching lower ranks.
They include the appointment of Richard Hookway, formerly a commercial director, as the new chief financial officer at the refining and marketing unit, and of Nick Elmslie as his deputy.
The people said Hookway will report to Iain Conn, the new chief executive of refining and marketing.
The financial function is particularly sensitive at the unit where cost cuts have been blamed by critics for a string of operational problems. The company has denied costs cuts were behind the US disruptions.
The people close to BP said Luc Bardin, already in charge of strategic accounts, is to see his role expanded by becoming chief of sales and marketing at the refining and marketing unit.
As such, he will take over a function held by Ann Hand, in charge of brand marketing and innovation, who will move to a new, yet-to-be determined position.
In addition, Tim Bullock, a group vice-president at BP’s international supply and trading business, or IST, will become a member of the executive team in refining and marketing, the people said.
One person said that other new appointments have been made in the shipping, financial, IST and gas and power businesses, and that the sweeping changes introduced by Hayward will largely concern the upper ranks of the company’s middle-management.
BP earlier confirmed it had appointed Ian Smale as group vice-president for strategy. Smale was previously head of BP’s North African business and prior to that its former merger and acquisitions head.
The changes come as Hayward, who became CEO when his predecessor John Browne resigned in May after lying in court, has replaced most of the company’s top management.
BP appointed Andy Inglis as new head of exploration and exploration to replace Hayward. Late May, the company named Conn as head of refining after John Manzoni said he was leaving the company.