Rodney F Chase

Mr. Chase spent his entire 39-year career with BP plc. He held positions within the upstream and downstream segments of the industry in Australia, Europe and North America. His background includes positions in shipping, refining, marketing, distribution, oil trading and gas as well as finance and strategic planning at the corporate executive level. In 1986, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of BP Finance International and Group Treasurer. From 1999 to 2003 Mr. Chase served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and President, Exploration, Production, Refining and Marketing. In 2003, Mr. Chase joined Lehman Brothers Ltd. in London, England as Senior Advisor for the U.S. and Europe. He currently serves as a Non-Executive Chairman for Petrofac Ltd. in the UK, an international oil and gas services company, and Deputy Chairman of Tesco Plc., an international retailing company. In addition, he serves on the corporate boards for Computer Sciences Corporation, an IT outsourcing, systems integration and consulting company, and Nalco Company, a water treatment, process chemicals, and equipment company.