Susan Dio has been named chairman and president of BP Americas Inc.
She has worked for BP for 33 years, most recently as chief executive of BP Shipping. A chemical engineer, Dio has worked in the US, UK, and Australia.
She succeeds John Minge, who has led BP Americas since February 2013. At the request of the National Petroleum Council, Minge will chair a study of carbon capture, utilization, and storage.
He will retire from BP in March 2019.
