bp have announced the appointment of Emma Lewis as executive vice president, Downstream, and a member of the bp leadership team. She will join bp in January 2027.
bp’s Downstream segment brings together the refining, terminals and pipelines, mobility and convenience, aviation, and bioenergy businesses. It connects how bp makes, moves and sells fuels products, helping deliver integrated value across the fuels value chain while serving customers around the world.
Meg O’Neill, bp chief executive, said: “I am delighted that Emma is joining bp as executive vice president, Downstream.
“Emma is a proven leader with deep operational and commercial experience across global downstream businesses. She has a strong track record of improving performance and leading large organisations through change.
“Downstream plays a strategically important role in bp’s success, and I look forward to working with Emma as we continue to strengthen performance and grow value for our shareholders.”
Lewis is a chemical engineer with more than 25 years’ experience across chemicals, refining, manufacturing, commercial operations, supply chains and strategy. She has held senior leadership positions at Shell and ExxonMobil in Europe, Asia and North America.
Lewis said: “I’m excited to be joining bp and leading its Downstream business. bp has exceptional people, strong businesses and a distinctive integrated model. I’m looking forward to working with the team to further strengthen performance, reinforce safe and reliable operations and deliver sustained value for bp.”
Richard Harding will continue as interim executive vice president, Downstream, until Emma Lewis takes up the role.
Meg O’Neill added: “I would like to thank Richard for his leadership of Downstream for the last seven months and for the strong foundation he has helped put in place.”
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