Alongside chairing the Foundation’s Advisory Board, Lord (John) Browne is a cross-bench member of the British House of Lords and a managing partner of Riverstone LLC, an international energy private equity firm.
He joined BP as a university apprentice in 1966 and went on to serve as Group Chief Executive from 1995 to 2007, during which time he spearheaded a major transformation of the company as one of the first Executives to see the need for oil companies to look into lowering their carbon footprint and fostering alternative energies, serving as a driving force behind their influential “BP: Beyond Petroleum” rebranding.. President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Lord Browne is also a fellow of the Royal Society and Chairman of the Trustees of Tate Gallery. His memoirs, “Beyond Business”, are due to be published in 2011.