Iain Conn

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Iain Conn was appointed the CEO of Centrica on 29 July 2014, replacing Sam Laidlaw. He will take up the role on 1 January 2015.

Background

In 2007 Iain Conn was appointed chief executive, refining and marketing at BP. He was named an executive director of BP in July 2004 with responsibility for safety and operations, technology, marketing, human resources, information technology, procurement and supply chain management. He had regional responsibility for Europe, Africa, Middle East, Russia, Caspian and Asia Pacific.[1]

Conn joined BP oil international in 1986, working in a variety of roles in commercial refining and oil trading and in corporate headquarters before moving to BP exploration in Colombia in 1996. He then held senior positions at the company's operations in the US before returning to London in 2000.[2]

Affiliations

Conn is chairman of the advisory board of the Imperial College London Tanaka Business School. He was appointed a non-executive director of Rolls-Royce Group plc on 20 January 2005.[3]

He is a member of the advisory board for the Centre for European Reform[4] and a member of the Energy Research Partnership.[5]

Notes

  1. "Iain Conn: brief biography" in "Officers and directors detail: BP plc", Reuters, accessed October 2008
  2. "Iain Conn", in "British business people: The top 1,000: Energy and utilities 20 to 1", Daily Telegraph, 24 April 2008, accessed October 2008
  3. "Iain Conn", in "British business people: The top 1,000: Energy and utilities 20 to 1", Daily Telegraph, 24 April 2008, accessed October 2008
  4. "Advisory Board", Centre for European Reform website, accessed October 2008
  5. "Members", Energy Research Partnership website, accessed October 2008