Directorate Change

BP PLC
06 June 2007


June 6, 2007



                     CEO OF ANGLO AMERICAN TO JOIN BP BOARD

The board of BP announced today that it has appointed Mrs Cynthia Carroll as a
non-executive director of BP p.l.c. with immediate effect.

Mrs Carroll, 50, is the chief executive of Anglo American plc, the mining and
natural resources group. She previously worked for Alcan Inc., latterly as the
president and chief executive of Alcan's Primary Metal group. She is also a
non-executive director of the Sara Lee Corporation.

Note to editors:

A biography and photograph of Mrs Carroll is available on request from the BP
press office.

Further information:

BP press office, London: [phone]

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