bp appoints David Phillpot as convenience trading director, Europe

David joins from M&S with over 25 years’ experience in retail roles, most recently as franchise director.

bp has appointed David Phillpot as convenience trading director, Europe. He joins bp from iconic retailer M&S and brings over 25 years of experience in diverse food retail roles. In his most recent role as franchise director, he led relationships and commercial plans with all of the M&S franchise partners, including bp.

In his newly created role, David will report to Jo Hayward, bp’s VP for convenience in Europe who is also responsible for global proposition development. He will play a pivotal role in driving performance and convenience retail growth across bp’s European network of over 3,000 company owned stores, as well as maximising bp’s strategic grocery partnerships with retailers like Albert Heijn in the Netherlands, Auchan in Poland, REWE in Germany and M&S in the UK.

“With ambitious growth plans in convenience retailing and EV charging across Europe, joining the business at such a transformative phase promises an exciting opportunity to drive growth and performance in the rapidly evolving mobility and convenience sector. I am excited to begin this next chapter of my career, meeting teams, partners, and customers across Europe," said Phillpot.

Convenience is one of bp’s five transition growth engines, along with EV charging, hydrogen, bioenergy, and renewables and power. By 2030, bp aims to double its convenience gross margin, targeting 10 percent year-on-year growth, and increase its number of strategic convenience sites globally to more than 3,500.