Campbell appointed BP Russia president

Campbell is to begin the new role immediately and will report directly to chief executive Bob Dudley.

A spokesperson for BP told Upstream that as well as replacing American Richard Scott Sloan as president of BP Russia, the new role for Campbell would also take in the former Moscow functions of the senior vice president for Iraq and Russia, a job most recently held by Michael Townshend.

Campbell is to be BP’s representative as shareholder to Rosneft, of which the British oil major is the second largest shareholder since last year’s $61 billion acquisition of TNK-BP by the Moscow-headquartered state oil giant.

He will also spearhead efforts to diversify BP’s co-operation with Rosneft in areas such as potential new joint ventures and technological partnerships.

The spokesperson said new roles for Sloan and Townsend had yet to announced.

Dudley said that Campbell “has significant experience of working in Russia and will play a central role in shaping BP’s future and activities in one of the world’s most important oil & gas regions”.

Campbell has 30 years’ experience with BP, most recently as head of the group chief executive’s office in London.

The Briton has previously held a range of senior management roles in upstream, including chief operating officer of BP’s Iraq operations and other posts in Alaska, Mexico and the North Sea.

Between 2003 and 2007, Campbell was based in Russia as a senior member of TNK-BP’s upstream leadership team that was then led by Dudley.

He has also held senior roles in trading and in the company’s corporate centre.