People: BP PLC (BP_pb.L)

Mr. Antony Burgmans, KBE, serves as Non-Executive Independent Director of BP Plc. He is chairman of the remuneration committee and is a member of the SEEAC and the chairman’s and the nomination committees. He is a member of the supervisory boards of Akzo Nobel N.V., AEGON N.V. and SHV Holdings N.V., and chairman of the supervisory board of TNT Express. He joined Unilever in 1972, holding a succession of marketing and sales posts, including, from 1988 until 1991, the chairmanship of PT Unilever Indonesia. In 1991, he was appointed to the board of Unilever, becoming business group president, ice cream and frozen foods, Europe in 1994, and chairman of Unilever’s Europe committee, co-ordinating its European activities. In 1998, he became vice chairman of Unilever NV and in 1999, chairman of Unilever NV and vice chairman of Unilever PLC. In 2005, he became non-executive chairman of Unilever NV and Unilever PLC until his retirement in 2007.