Mr. Dudley is Chairman of the international industry-led Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, which aims to accelerate the oil and gas industry s response to climate change, and Chair of the Accenture Global Energy Board. He served as the Group Chief Executive of BP plc, a global energy provider, from 2010 to 2020. He was appointed to the board of BP in 2009, and previous executive roles with BP include Alternative and Renewable Energy activities and responsibility for BP s upstream business in Russia, the Caspian region, and Africa. Mr. Dudley is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and received an M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois. As the former CEO of a multinational oil and gas company, he has acquired extensive executive management experience and knowledge of the energy industry, including a leadership role in advancing decarbonization plans and other key sustainability initiatives. He also serves as chairman of the board of Axio, a leading SaaS provider of cyber risk management and quantification solutions, and director of 8 Rivers Capital LLC, a private firm leading the invention and commercialization of technologies for the global energy transition. Mr. Dudley has over 40 years of experience in strategic planning, risk management (including risks related to climate change), international operations, and health, safety, environmental and operational matters.