28 Facts About Tony Hayward

Anthony Bryan Hayward was born on 21 May 1957 and is a British businessman and former CEO of the oil and energy company BP.

Tony Hayward replaced the Baron Browne of Madingley on 1 May 2007.

Tony Hayward's tenure ended on 1 October 2010 when he was replaced by Bob Dudley following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Tony Hayward was chairman of Glencore Xstrata from 2014 to 2021.

Tony Hayward was born in Slough, Buckinghamshire, in 1957; the eldest son of Bryan and Mary Hayward.

At the age of 15, when his sixth sibling was born, Tony Hayward moved out of the family home and started living with his paternal grandparents in Langley.

Tony Hayward went on to gain a first class geology degree from Aston University followed by a PhD from the University of Edinburgh School of Geosciences.

Tony Hayward first came to the attention of John Browne during a 1990 leadership conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

In 1992, Tony Hayward moved to Colombia as exploration manager and became president of BP's operations in Venezuela in 1995.

Tony Hayward became group vice-president of BP Amoco Exploration and Production as well as a member of the BP group's Upstream executive committee in 1999.

Tony Hayward was appointed BP group treasurer in September 2000 where his responsibilities included global treasury operations, foreign exchange dealing, corporate finance, project finance and mergers and acquisitions.

Tony Hayward became an executive vice-president in April 2002, and chief executive of exploration and production in January 2003.

Tony Hayward, having been described as CEO-designate by both internal and media commentators, came to the fore amid the competition, including Robert Dudley, chief executive of TNK-BP, the company's Russian joint venture, and John Manzoni, head of refining and marketing.

On 18 December 2006, in the run-up to replace Browne as chief executive of BP Group, the Financial Times reported that Tony Hayward had criticised BP's management at an internal management meeting, in the wake of a blast at the firm's Texas City refinery that killed 15 people and injured more than 170 others.

On 12 January 2007, BP announced that Tony Hayward would replace Lord Browne of Madingley as chief executive.

Tony Hayward was appointed to the chief executive position with immediate effect on 1 May 2007, after Browne resigned following the lifting of a legal injunction preventing Associated Newspapers from publishing details about his private life.

In 2008, Tony Hayward had private meetings with Igor Sechin, a close ally of Putin and a top figure of Russian military and security services, currently serving as a CEO of largest Russian oil company Rosneft.

On 12 May 2009, in a postgraduate lecture to Stanford Business School, Tony Hayward analysed the role and organisation of the company for which he acted as chief executive officer.

Tony Hayward later apologised for the comment on BP America's Facebook Page.

Tony Hayward said there was "no evidence" that plumes of oil were suspended under the sea, and that because it is lighter than water any plumes seen are just in the process of rising to the surface.

Rahm Emanuel, President Obama's chief of staff, said that Tony Hayward had committed yet another in a "long line of PR gaffes" by attending the race while the Gulf oil spill continued.

BP announced on 27 July 2010 that Tony Hayward would be replaced by Bob Dudley as the company's chief executive effective as of 1 October 2010.

In March 2013, Tony Hayward was appointed chairman at UK-based gas-to-liquids company CompactGTL.

Tony Hayward is chairman of Genel Energy, an oil company with production facilities in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Tony Hayward was a member of the Citibank advisory board, from 2000 to 2003.

Tony Hayward is presently senior independent non-executive director of Corus Group, appointed in April 2002, and a non-executive director of Tata Steel.

Tony Hayward is a committee member of Audit, Nominations and Health, Safety and Environment.

Tony Hayward was appointed a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute in September 2005.