BP Scales Back Management as It Goes Ahead With Reorganization

  • Senior managerial positions reduced to 120 roles from 250
  • CEO Bernard Looney updated staff in a memo last week

Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

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When BP Plc announced its plans to tackle its carbon emissions in February, it overshadowed another big change: Getting rid of the traditional Big Oil corporate structure split between refining and production.

Those changes are now pressing ahead as Chief Executive Officer Bernard Looney, in a memo sent to staff on May 14, said his new leadership team have made big changes as they selected the next layer of management.