Former Shell CFO joins BP’s board

UK-based energy giant BP has appointed Simon Henry, Shell’s former finance chief, to its board as a non-executive director.

BP announced the appointment, effective from September 1, in a statement on Monday.

In a career of 35 years with LNG giant Shell, Henry held senior finance and management roles internationally and was chief financial officer and a member of the board from 2009 until 2017.

Simon is currently a non-executive director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited. He will step down from those roles in the second half of 2025.

BP also announced that Pamela Daley, non-executive director, will step down from its board for personal reasons with effect from July 7.

Helge Lund, chair of BP, welcomed Henry to the company.

“The board will benefit from his deep and broad experience of the global upstream and downstream energy industry and his financial and commercial understanding of global markets, together with his extensive and varied board experience,” Lund said.

Shell recently denied that it was in talks to buy BP following media reports.

“In response to recent media speculation, Shell wishes to clarify that it has not been actively considering making an offer for BP and confirms it has not made an approach to, and no talks have taken place with, BP with regards to a possible offer,” Shell said.

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