London, United Kingdom - November 26, 2012, London, United Kingdom - BP announced the appointment of Lamar McKay as chief executive of its upstream business, effective January 1, 2013.
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Mr. McKay is BP's chief representative in the United States and a member of the BP executive management team. He started his career in 1980 at Amoco Production Company and worked broadly across the upstream businesses. In 1993, he became General Manager of the Arkoma Basin, and in 1997 moved into the role of Business Unit Leader of the Gulf of Mexico Shelf. During 1998-2000, he worked on the BP-Amoco merger and served as Head of Strategy and Planning - Worldwide Exploration and Production for BP plc. in London.
In 2000, Mr. McKay became Business Unit Leader for the Central North Sea in Aberdeen, Scotland, and subsequently as Chief of Staff for worldwide Exploration and Production. In 2002, he moved to become Chief of Staff for the BP Deputy Group Chief Executive. He became Group Vice President, BP plc. for Russia & Kazakhstan in London in 2003, where he was responsible for BP’s Upstream and Downstream businesses in Russia and Kazakhstan including the formation and ongoing responsibility for the TNK-BP JV in 2003.
Mr. McKay served as a member of the Board of Directors of TNK-BP Limited from February 2004 to May 2007, and served as Vice-Chairman of the TNK-BP Remuneration and Compensation Committee. In May 2007, he moved to Houston and assumed the role of Senior Group Vice President BP plc. and EVP, BP America. In this role, Lamar led BP’s negotiations on the Texas City Refinery, Prudhoe Bay Field in Alaska and US Trading business settlements.
In June 2008, Mr. McKay became Executive Vice President, BP plc Special Projects focusing on Russia, where he most recently led negotiations on behalf of BP involving the partners in the integrated Russian JV oil company TNK-BP. In January 2009 he was appointed Chairman and President of BP America, Inc. and is BP's chief representative in the United States. He is also Executive Vice President of BP plc and a member of the group chief executive’s committee. ■