LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - BP has appointed JohnSawers, former head of Britain's MI6 secret intelligenceservice, to its board as a non-executive director, the energycompany said on Thursday.
Sawers completed a 5-year tenure at the head of MI6 inNovember 2014 and is currently chairman and partner of MacroAdvisory Partners.
He had previously served as Britain's ambassador to theUnited Nations and has held a number of senior government rolesin the Middle East, including in Egypt and Iraq.
BP also named energy sector veteran Paula Rosput Reynolds asa non-executive director. (Reporting by Ron Bousso; editing by Jason Neely)