London, 2 April 2026 \u2013 bp today announced the appointment of Carol Howle as deputy chief executive officer, effective immediately.<\/p>\n
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Carol will continue to lead supply, trading and shipping (ST&S) and in her new role will also oversee the company\u2019s ongoing portfolio review and strategy development. To support these changes, bp\u2019s strategy and sustainability team will now report to Carol.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAs I step into my new role I am committed to providing clear direction and consistency so our company can move forward with confidence. To support this, Carol will oversee the ongoing portfolio review and long-term strategy development beyond our 2027 targets.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Meg O\u2019Neill, chief executive officer\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Meg O\u2019Neill, chief executive officer of bp, said: \u201cAs I step into my new role I am committed to providing clear direction and consistency so our company can move forward with confidence. To support this, Carol will oversee the ongoing portfolio review and long-term strategy development beyond our 2027 targets. I\u2019m looking forward to working closely with her to deliver a simpler, stronger, more valuable bp to maximize value for our shareholders.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Carol Howle, deputy chief executive officer of bp, said: \u201cbp is a great company. Progress has been made in recent months but there is always more to do. Meg and I share a commitment to safe and reliable operations, disciplined capital allocation and high-quality delivery \u2013 and I look forward to supporting her as she gets started.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Carol has spent 25 years with bp. She was appointed EVP ST&S in 2020 and interim CEO in December 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"London, 2 April 2026 \u2013 bp today announced the appointment of Carol Howle as deputy chief executive officer,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21198],"tags":[21651,67,21215,6704,21652,4061],"class_list":["post-42708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bp","tag-board-and-leadership-team","tag-bp","tag-bp-global-news","tag-bp-plc","tag-financial-performance","tag-press-release"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116609278673213120","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}