Lord Browne is the President of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
He is Managing Director and Managing Partner (Europe) of Riverstone Holdings LLC. He was appointed a Trustee of the Tate Gallery on 1 August 2007. He was Chairman of the Advisory Board of Apax Partners LLC from 2006-2007. He was a non-executive director of Goldman Sachs from 1999 to 2007, a non-executive director of Intel Corporation from 1997–2006, a Trustee of The British Museum from 1995-2005, a member of the Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG from 1998–2001 and a non-executive director of SmithKline Beecham from 1996-1999.
In 1989, he became Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BP Exploration based in London. In September 1991, he joined the Board of The British Petroleum Company plc as a Managing Director. He was appointed Group Chief Executive on 10 June 1995. Following the merger of BP and Amoco, he became Group Chief Executive of the combined group on 31 December 1998 until 1 May 2007.
He is Chairman of the Cambridge Judge Business School, Past President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and Emeritus Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is a Trustee of the Cambridge University Foundation, and a member of the Guild of Cambridge Benefactors. He is a member (and former Chairman) of the British American Business Inc. He is a member of the board of Catalyst; he is an honorary Trustee of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, an honorary counsellor of the Conference Board, Inc., a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association and a Trustee of the Eisenhower Fellowship.
He was voted Most Admired CEO by Management Today from 1999–2002. He was knighted in 1998 and made a life peer in 2001.
He is Managing Director and Managing Partner (Europe) of Riverstone Holdings LLC. He was appointed a Trustee of the Tate Gallery on 1 August 2007. He was Chairman of the Advisory Board of Apax Partners LLC from 2006-2007. He was a non-executive director of Goldman Sachs from 1999 to 2007, a non-executive director of Intel Corporation from 1997–2006, a Trustee of The British Museum from 1995-2005, a member of the Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG from 1998–2001 and a non-executive director of SmithKline Beecham from 1996-1999.
In 1989, he became Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BP Exploration based in London. In September 1991, he joined the Board of The British Petroleum Company plc as a Managing Director. He was appointed Group Chief Executive on 10 June 1995. Following the merger of BP and Amoco, he became Group Chief Executive of the combined group on 31 December 1998 until 1 May 2007.
He is Chairman of the Cambridge Judge Business School, Past President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and Emeritus Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is a Trustee of the Cambridge University Foundation, and a member of the Guild of Cambridge Benefactors. He is a member (and former Chairman) of the British American Business Inc. He is a member of the board of Catalyst; he is an honorary Trustee of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, an honorary counsellor of the Conference Board, Inc., a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association and a Trustee of the Eisenhower Fellowship.
He was voted Most Admired CEO by Management Today from 1999–2002. He was knighted in 1998 and made a life peer in 2001.