Nils Andersen to join the BP board

The board of BP p.l.c has appointed Nils Smedegaard Andersen as a non-executive director with immediate effect.

As well as serving on the Board, Niels Andersen will join BP´s audit committee. Andersen was Group Chief Executive of A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S until 2016 and had previously been President and Chief Executive Officer of Carlsberg A/S and Carlsberg Breweries A/S.

“Nils brings broad experience from the energy, shipping and consumer goods industries. His depth of knowledge and insight from his long career will bring an added perspective to the work of the Board,” Carl-Henric Svanberg, Chairman of BP.

Andersen, 58, serves as a non-executive Director at Unilever Plc and Unilever NV. He is also Chairman of Dansk Supermarked Group A/S.