Murray Auchincloss
Chief executive officer
Appointed:
Appointed CEO: 17 January 2024
Appointed director of the board: 1 July 2020
Outside interests:
Board member of Aker BP ASA
Member of the European Round Table for CFOs
Nationality:
Canadian
Career
As bp’s CEO, appointed January 2024, Murray leads bp’s strategy – to transition bp from an International Oil Company to an Integrated Energy Company.
Murray joined Amoco in 1992 and then bp when the two companies merged in 1998. He has held senior roles in finance and management – across Tax, Business Development, Mergers and Acquisitions and Performance Management. Murray was chief of staff to the bp CEO from 2010 to 2013. Most recently he has been bp’s chief financial officer and a member of the board of directors. As CFO, Murray led a major modernisation drive in bp finance, including building the financial frame on which bp’s strategy rests. Murray is also a member of the board of directors for Aker BP ASA, Norway.
Skills and experience
Murray drives bp’s strategy to transform bp from an international oil company to an integrated energy company and has extensive experience and knowledge of the energy sector. He provides a deep insight into bp’s assets and businesses through broad experience across the group, extensive financial expertise and experience.
Murray has made great strides in modernizing bp’s financial teams, controlling costs and continuing to deliver transparent financial disclosures to investors and markets.
He has a degree in commerce from the University of Calgary, Canada, and qualified as a chartered financial analyst at the University of West Virginia, US.