BP’s Iraq boss moves to Russia

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Eoin O'Cinneide

 31 January 2013 08:37 GMT

BP’s head of Iraq operations is taking up the supermajor’s top job in Russia as the present incumbent steps aside.

Michael Townshend, a 32-year veteran of the UK oil giant, will become senior vice president of Russia BP Group from 1 March.

Townshend, currently regional president for the company in Iraq since 2009, is replacing David Peattie who will step aside at the end of February.

Townshend, who will report directly to BP chief executive Bob Dudley, has worked for the oil stalwart in Azerbaijan, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Indonesia, US, Australia and the Middle East.

He managed the construction of the 1800-kilometre Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan project bringing Azerbaijan’s oil from the Caspian to the Mediterranean and BP’s onshore business in Azerbaijan,…

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