Paul Anderson to Join the BP Board

The board of BP announced today that it has appointed Mr. Paul Anderson as a non-executive director of BP p.l.c. with effect from February 1, 2010

Mr. Anderson is a non-executive director of BAE Systems plc and of Spectra Energy Corp. He has just stood down as a non-executive director of BHP Billiton. Mr. Anderson served as Chief Executive of BHP and subsequently BHP Billiton between 1998 and 2002, and as a non-executive director of BHP Billiton from 2002 until 2010.