Dotzenrath to head bp’s gas, low carbon energy business

Sept. 14, 2021
bp has appointed Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath as executive vice president, gas and low carbon energy, and member of bp’s leadership team. Until recently she was chief executive officer of RWE Renewables. Anja-Isabel will join bp on Mar. 1, 2022.

bp has appointed Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath as executive vice president, gas and low carbon energy, and member of bp’s leadership team. Until recently she was chief executive officer of RWE Renewables. Anja-Isabel will join bp on Mar. 1, 2022.  

Dotzenrath is an electrical engineer with more than 25 years of senior experience in energy, industry, and management consultancy/

bp’s strategy aims to significantly expand its low carbon energy interests, with a target of having developed 20GW net of renewable assets by 2025 and aiming for 50GW by 2030. bp expects to invest around $2 billion in low carbon energy in 2021, rising to $3-4 billion in 2025 and aiming for around $5 billion in 2030. 

Dev Sanyal, bp’s current executive vice-president, gas and low carbon energy, will leave the company at yearend to take a position elsewhere, bp said in a separate statement Sept. 14.