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BP boss Bernard Looney resigns

The head of oil giant BP has resigned as chief executive amid a review of his personal relationships with colleagues.

In a shock late evening announcement, the firm said Bernard Looney, who had led the company since 2020, was stepping down with immediate effect.

BP said it had recently started an investigation into alleged relationships Mr Looney had with colleagues, the second in two years.

The firm said he had admitted he was not “fully transparent” initially.

 

“The company has strong values and the board expects everyone at the company to behave in accordance with those values,” a spokesman said.

“All leaders in particular are expected to act as role models and to exercise good judgement in a way that earns the trust of others.”

Nick Butler, a former head of strategy at BP, told the BBC’s Today programme that there was “shock” about Mr Looney’s exit.

“BP is a company where the leadership is crucial and Bernard provided a lot of that. We’ll have to see if his successor can achieve even more than he did,” he added.

The company’s shareholders will now be watching for who is appointed as BP’s next chief executive, Sophie Lund-Yates from investment firm Hargreaves Lansdown said in a note.

“A clear path forward needs to be forged sooner rather than later to limit negative sentiment,” she said.

Born in Ireland and raised on a farm, Mr Looney had spent his career at BP, which he joined in 1991 as a drilling engineer. He became a member of its executive team in 2010.

He was previously head of oil and gas production before taking over as chief executive from Bob Dudley.

Mr Looney presented a more approachable image as a chief executive, taking to Instagram when he took the helm to post pictures of smiling employees at one of the company’s operations in Germany, and said he wanted to use the platform to talk “openly” about people’s concerns about the oil and gas industry.

He steered the firm through a tumultuous period, with his tenure coinciding with pandemic lockdowns, when demand for oil and gas dropped sharply. Just months into his chief executive role, he told staff BP planned to cut 10,000 jobs due to the pandemic.

In 2022 the start of the war in Ukraine sent energy prices soaring, and prompted the firm to leave Russia after pressure from the UK government.

Mr Looney had set out a plan to make the energy giant net zero by 2050 but had more recently come under fire from environmental groups for watering down an initial target.

BP said it had not made any decisions related to severance pay for Mr Looney. He received more than £10m in pay and bonuses last year – more than 170 times as much as an average BP employee – as soaring oil prices pushed the firm’s profits to a record.

Chief financial officer Murray Auchincloss will act as chief executive on an interim basis.

Mr Auchincloss has been a central part of the management team as the firm continues to work towards net zero although there is no guarantee that he will get the job as a permanent role.

Mr Looney’s departure comes as a series of high profile dismissals of executives in the UK has put a spotlight on executive personal behaviour.

Tony Danker, boss of the UK’s largest business lobby group the CBI, was fired in April over complaints about his behaviour at work.

Meanwhile, Crispin Odey was forced to step down from the hedge fund he founded in June after reports of sexual harassment allegations by 13 women. He has denied the claims.

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BP said it had launched a review of Mr Looney’s relationships with colleagues following an anonymous tip-off in 2022.

At the time, the company said Mr Looney disclosed “a small number of historical relationships with colleagues prior to becoming CEO” and it found no breach of company conduct.

Mr Looney gave assurances then about disclosing the past relationships, as well as his future behaviour.

But the board said it had received similar allegations “recently”, prompting another review.

“Mr Looney has today informed the company that he now accepts that he was not fully transparent in his previous disclosures,” BP said. “He did not provide details of all relationships and accepts he was obligated to make more complete disclosure.”

Source: bbc
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