THE LORD BROWNE OF MADINGLY

The Lord Browne of Madingley is Group Chief Executive of British Petroleum (BP) p.l.c. He joined BP in 1966 as a university apprentice.

He holds a degree in Physics from Cambridge University and an MS in Business from Stanford University, California.

He has also been awarded Honorary Doctorates from Heriot Watt University (D.Eng) and Robert Gordon University (D.Tech), Dundee University (LLD), Warwick University (D.Sc), Hull University (D.Sc), Cranfield University (D.Sc), Sheffield Hallam University (Hon. Duniv), Leuven University, Belgium (D.Sc), Thunderbird (LLD), and University of Notre Dame (LLD).

He is an Honorary Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge, and a Senior Member of St. Antony’s College, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, a Fellow of the Institute of Petroleum, a Companion of the Institute of Management, an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, an Honorary Fellow of the Geological Society, an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

He is a non-executive director of the Intel Corporation, Goldman Sachs, and a trustee of The British Museum. He is a member of the Chairman’s Council of DaimlerChrysler. He was a member of the Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG from 1998 to 2001 and a non-executive director of SmithKline Beecham from 1996 to 1999.

He is a member of the International Advisory Boards of Freshfields, Bruckhaus Deringer and AIG. He is Chairman of the International Advisory Board of the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, and Emeritus Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is Chairman of the Judge Institute Advisory board, a Trustee of the Cambridge University Foundation, and a member of the Guild of Cambridge Benefactors.

He is a member of the board of Catalyst, a director of Conservation International, and Chairman of the Center for Environmental Leadership in Business. He is an honorary Trustee of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, a trustee of the Conference Board, Inc., and a Vice President of the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum. He is a member (and former Chairman) of the British American Business Inc.

In 1999, the Royal Academy of Engineering awarded him the Prince Philip Medal for his outstanding contribution to the field of Engineering. The Stanford Business School Alumni Association presented him with the Ernest C. Arbuckle Award in 2001, in recognition of excellence in the field of management leadership.

Other awards include the Henry Shaw Medal of the Missouri Botanical Gardens, and the Gold Medal of the Institute of Management, The Society of Petroleum Engineers Public Service Award (2002). He was voted Most Admired CEO by Management Today from 2000 to 2002.

He was knighted in the 1998 Queen’s Birthday Honours and made a life peer in 2001.