BP p.l.c. announced that the board has appointed Murray Auchincloss as bp chief executive officer with immediate effect. Murray, who has been interim CEO since September 2023, will continue as a member of the bp board.?His appointment has been made following a robust and competitive search process, carried out by the board over the past four months with support from international search advisers. This included detailed consideration of a range of candidates,?including external to bp.

The search process for the new CEO was led by a committee of the bp board, headed by Helge Lund together with three other non-executive directors. The appointment decision was approved by the full bp board, excepting Murray Auchincloss. Before becoming interim chief executive officer in September 2023, Murray had been bp's chief financial officer since July 2020, at which time he also joined bp's board.

He had previously served as CFO, deputy CFO and head of business development for bp's?Upstream?segment. From 2010-2013 Murray was head of bp's group chief executive's office, working directly with Bob Dudley. Murray, 53, joined Amoco Canada in 1992.

Following financial and?planning roles in Canada and the US, his career included periods as commercial director for bp's Onshore North America business and CFO for bp's North?Sea business. He has a?degree in finance from the University of Calgary and is a Chartered Financial Analyst and is also a member of the Aker BP board.