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| BP is one of the world's largest energy companies, providing its customers with fuel for transportation, energy for heat and light, retail services and petrochemicals products for everyday items.
Facts and figures:
Turnover: $284 billion (year 2007)
Number of employees: 97,600 (at Dec 2007)
Proved reserves 17.8 billion barrels of oil and gas equivalent
Service stations: 24,100
Exploration: Active in 29 countries
Refineries: Interest in 17
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| Tony Hayward is the Group Chief Executive of BP. Tony joined BP in 1982 and, following a series of technical and commercial roles in BP exploration in London, Aberdeen, Glasgow, France and China, in 1992 he moved to Colombia as exploration manager. In 1995, he became president of the BP group in Venezuela.
In 1997, Tony returned to London as a director of BP exploration and in 1999, following the merger of BP and Amoco, he became a group vice president and a member of the upstream executive committee. He was appointed group treasurer in 2000, where his responsibilities included global treasury operations, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He was appointed an executive vice president in 2002, becoming chief executive officer for exploration and production later that year.
He succeeded Lord Browne as group chief executive in May 2007.
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