Oil and gas
10 BP operations leaders
These ten people hold or have held executive vice president, vice president and director operations roles at BP, across production, regional upstream operations, gas and power and global operations support. A reader can learn how operations leaders build and run their teams in oil and gas companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Bruce Price
LinkedInExperience: VP operations - North Sea Offshore · bp
Former VP operations - North Sea Offshore at bp (2015–2018), and Head of bp Solutions since 2026; the profile says this role leads bp's global team of more than 2,000 petrotechnical experts. Other bp roles listed are VP Maintenance & Engineering, Global Operations (2018–2024), Group Head of Engineering, bp (2024–2026) and Operations Manager, North Sea (2014–2015).
David Dickson
LinkedInExperience: VP Operations, (Eastern Hemisphere) · BP Exploration & Production
VP Operations, (Eastern Hemisphere) at BP Exploration & Production since 2018; the profile describes BP group responsibilities for safe, reliable, cost-efficient operations in the eastern hemisphere and operational oversight of non-operated joint ventures around the world. Former VP HSSE & Engineering, North Sea at bp (2010–2011).
Donald Spankuch II
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Gas & Power Operations · bp
Vice President, Gas & Power Operations at bp since 2024, a role the profile places in Houston. Former bp roles include Senior Manager- West Gas Operations (2023–2024), Product Director (Eleox Secondment) (2021–2022) and Senior Manager- Northeast Gas Scheduling (2010–2022).
Gordon Birrell
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President - Production & Operations · bp
Executive Vice President - Production & Operations at bp since 2020, a role the profile places in London. Former bp roles include Head of Upstream (2020), Chief Operating Officer, Production, Transformation and Carbon (2017–2020) and BP Regional President Azerbaijan Georgia Turkey (2012–2017).
Grant Wood
LinkedInExperience: Operations Director · BP
Former Operations Director at BP (2014–2020), and Operations Manager at bp from 2007 to 2014. Since 2020 the profile lists the role as Operations Director (retired) at bp, placed in Sunbury-on-Thames, England, which the source tags at Director level in General Management.
Kimberly D Krieger
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Operations East Business Unit · bp
Former Vice President of Operations East Business Unit at bp (2015–2018), and Vice President Global Logistics at bp since 2024, a role the profile says is accountable for moving people and cargo for bp's production and operations organization. At bpx energy the profile lists Chief Operating Officer - Production (2019–2023) and Vice President Midstream (2023–2024).
Liz A Randall (MSc, Dip NEBOSH)
LinkedInExperience: Global Operations Director · bp
Global Operations Director at bp since 2025, based in the Greater Aberdeen Area; the source tags the role at Director level in the Operations department. Former bp roles include Operations Excellence Manager (2021–2024), S OR Upstream Operations Authority (2018–2020) and Operations Technical Authority (2014–2018).
Pauline Gray
LinkedInExperience: Director - Global Operations Support · bp
Director - Global Operations Support at bp since 2016; the profile says the role leads bp's operations support teams globally and builds capability. Former bp roles include Area Engineering Support Team Leader - Azerbaijan, Shah Deniz 2 (2013–2016) and Gas Operations Team Leader (2004–2008).
Stacy Ross
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations bp pulse · bp
Vice President Operations bp pulse at bp since 2022, based in Greater Houston. Former bp roles include VP Business Development & Resource Allocation (2021–2022), Project Services Director (2019–2021), Global Estimating Manager (2015–2021) and Projects Performance Systems Lead (2013–2015).
Terry Welch
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · bp
Vice President Operations at bp since 2014, a role the profile places in Anchorage, Alaska. Former bp roles include Site Manager Decatur Chemical (2010–2014) and Vp of Process Safety, Risk management and Operations (2006–2010); the profile also lists a Director of Operations role at Dow that ended in 2006.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's operating area and region to your question, since offshore production, onshore regions, gas and power and global support functions are run differently. Check whether the relevant BP role is current or former, because operating models may have changed since an earlier role.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does an oil major split accountability for operations between global functions and regional business units?
- 02How are safe and reliable operations measured and reviewed across producing regions?
- 03What does a service contractor need to show to support operations at an offshore or onshore asset?
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