TIMELINE-BP's leadership upheavals through the years

May 26 (Reuters) - BP ousted Chair Albert Manifold ​with immediate ⁠effect on Tuesday, citing ​governance standards, oversight and conduct issues, less than eight months after he took office to ​help ‌oversee a strategy revamp, the latest in a string of scandals and ⁠leadership changes at the oil company. Manifold's departure follows ⁠the 2023 dismissal of ​former CEO Bernard Looney and the abrupt exit of CEO Murray Auchincloss last year. Following is a timeline of leadership changes and governance issues at BP: Date Event May ​2026 BP ‌ousts Chair Albert Manifold with immediate effect, citing governance, oversight and conduct issues, less than eight months into the role March 2026 Manifold announces plans for a slimmer board as part of the British oil company's ​reset strategy, with former Shell Chief Financial Officer Simon Henry among those departing. Henry ‌only joined BP in September December Auchincloss exits abruptly with no clear 2025 reason given; BP appoints Meg O'Neill ‌as CEO July 2025 BP names Manifold as its chairman, succeeding Helge Lund April 2025 Lund is reelected, although he receives only 76% of shareholder support, markedly ​below typical levels January BP names ‍Auchincloss permanent CEO 2024 September Looney is dismissed after less than four years 2023 in office ‌for failing to disclose relationships with colleagues; Auchincloss becomes interim CEO October BP taps Looney as CEO, Dudley to retire in 2019 2020 October Bob Dudley becomes CEO, replacing Tony 2010 Hayward, ⁠who ⁠stepped down after overseeing BP's initial response to ‌the Deepwater Horizon disaster April 2010 Explosion and fire on Transocean's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, operating for ​BP, kills 11 ​workers. May 2007 CEO John Browne resigns with immediate effect after ‌a UK court lifted an injunction preventing a newspaper group from publishing details about his private life (Reporting by Shadia Nasralla in London and Anmol Choubey in Bengaluru; Editing by Rod Nickel)

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