Frank Chapman (businessman)

Last updated

Sir Frank Chapman
Born
Frank Joseph Chapman

(1953-06-17) 17 June 1953 (age 70)
West Ham, Essex [1]
NationalityBritish
Education Newham College of Further Education
Alma mater Queen Mary College, London
OccupationBusinessman
Years active1974–present
TitleChief Executive of BG Group plc
Term2000–2012
Successor Chris Finlayson (from 1 January 2013)

Sir Frank Joseph Chapman (born 17 June 1953) is a British businessman who was Chief Executive of BG Group, the oil and gas exploration company. [2]

Contents

Early life

Chapman grew up in Custom House, Newham. His father was a truck driver. He attended East Ham Technical College (now called Newham College of Further Education), in East Ham, where he obtained an OND in 1971 and later an HND whilst working for a local company, Matthew Hawke. From Queen Mary College, also in east London, he obtained a BSc in Mechanical Engineering in 1974.

Career

He worked for BP from 1974 to 1978 initially at their research centre at Sunbury-on-Thames, then Shell from 1978 to 1996. He joined British Gas as managing director of Exploration and Production on 11 November 1996, which became BG International on 17 February 1997. In October 2000, he became Chief Executive of BG Group when Transco was de-merged from BG International on 23 October 2000.

Chapman's remuneration from BG Group in 2008 consisted of £1,081,588 base salary and a £1,944,000 bonus. [3]

Chapman was knighted in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to the oil and gas industries. [4]

Chapman stood down at the end of 2012 after 12 years as CEO, and was replaced by Chris Finlayson. Chapman continued as an advisor to BG Group until he retired in June 2013. [5]

In July 2020, Chapman joined the board of Zap Energy, a Seattle-based company developing a compact fusion reactor without the use of magnetic coils.

Related Research Articles

ConocoPhillips Company is an American multinational corporation engaged in hydrocarbon exploration and production. It is based in the Energy Corridor district of Houston, Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Occidental Petroleum</span> American oil company

Occidental Petroleum Corporation is an American company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration in the United States, and the Middle East as well as petrochemical manufacturing in the United States, Canada, and Chile. It is organized in Delaware and headquartered in Houston. The company ranked 183rd on the 2021 Fortune 500 based on its 2020 revenues and 670th on the 2021 Forbes Global 2000.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dick Olver</span>

Sir Richard Lake Olver FREng was the chairman of BAE Systems, one of the world's largest defence contractors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shell Canada</span> Canadian regional subsidiary of Shell plc

Shell Canada Limited is the principal Canadian subsidiary of British energy major Shell plc and one of Canada's largest integrated oil companies. Exploration and production of oil, natural gas and sulphur is a major part of its business, as well as the marketing of gasoline and related products through the company's approximately 1,800 stations across Canada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BG Group</span> Former British multinational oil and gas company

BG Group plc was a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom. On 8 April 2015, Royal Dutch Shell announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire BG Group for $70 billion, subject to regulatory and shareholder agreement. The sale was completed on 15 February 2016. Prior to the takeover, BG Group was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. In the 2015 Forbes Global 2000, BG Group was ranked as the 583rd largest public company in the world.

Chesapeake Energy Corporation is an American exploration and production company, headquartered in Oklahoma City.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eni</span> Italian multinational energy company

Eni S.p.A. is an Italian multinational energy company headquartered in Rome. One of the "supermajor" oil companies in the world, with a market capitalization of €48 billion, as of 31 December 2022. The Italian government owns a 30.33% golden share in the company, 4.37% held through the Ministry of Economy and Finance and 25.96% through the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.

TNK-BP was a major vertically integrated Russian oil company headquartered in Moscow. It was Russia's third-largest oil producer and among the ten largest private oil companies in the world. In 2013 it was acquired by Russian oil company Rosneft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">DNO ASA</span>

DNO ASA is a Norwegian oil and gas operator focused on the Middle East and the North Sea. Founded in 1971 and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, the Company holds stakes in onshore and offshore licenses at various stages of exploration, development and production in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Norway, the United Kingdom and Yemen.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Engie</span> French multinational utility company

Engie SA is a French multinational utility company, with its headquarters in La Défense, Courbevoie, which operates in the fields of electricity generation and distribution, natural gas, nuclear, renewable energy and petroleum. It is active in both upstream and downstream activities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tullow Oil</span> Multinational oil and gas exploration company

Tullow Oil plc is a multinational oil and gas exploration company founded in Tullow, Ireland, with its headquarters in London, United Kingdom. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

St. John Anthony O'Reilly, generally Tony O'Reilly, Junior is a businessman with Irish and Australian citizenship, the third son and sixth child of former Heinz Chairman & CEO and Irish media magnate Tony O'Reilly and Australian Susan Cameron. He is the former CEO of the Irish based oil and gas exploration company Providence Resources PLC and the former Chairman and CEO of Arcon, an Irish-based zinc mining company. He is currently the CEO of UK and Ireland focused geo energy transition company dCarbonX. He is married for the second time, with three children and three stepchildren and lives in Malta.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heritage Oil</span>

Heritage Oil is an independent Jersey-based oil and gas exploration and production company. Its activities are focused on Africa, the Middle East and Russia. In June 2014, the company was acquired by a fund owned by the former chief executive of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BP</span> British multinational oil and gas company

BP p.l.c. is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. It is one of the oil and gas "supermajors" and one of the world's largest companies measured by revenues and profits. It is a vertically integrated company operating in all areas of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and extraction, refining, distribution and marketing, power generation, and trading.

Douglas James Suttles was the president and chief executive officer of Ovintiv Corporation. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin in 1983 with a BSc in mechanical engineering, he joined the global oil and gas industry. He retired from Ovintiv on August 1, 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">China National Offshore Oil Corporation</span> Chinese national oil company

China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC Group, is the third-largest national oil company in China, after CNPC and China Petrochemical Corporation. The CNOOC Group focuses on the exploitation, exploration and development of crude oil and natural gas in offshore China, along with its subsidiary COOEC.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chris Finlayson (businessman)</span>

Christopher Geoffrey Finlayson is a British businessman who was the chief executive of BG Group plc, a British multinational oil and gas company, for 16 months until 28 April 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sebastian James</span> British businessman

Sebastian Richard Edward Cuthbert James is a British businessman, who was formerly CEO of Dixons Carphone, and is the current CEO of Boots UK.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cove Energy plc</span> Oil and gas exploration company

Cove Energy plc, also known as Cove, was a London-headquartered oil and gas exploration company with assets in East Africa. The company was created in June 2009. In 2012, following significant gas discoveries offshore Mozambique, Royal Dutch Shell and PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP), a subsidiary of Thailand's national oil company PTT Public Company Limited, engaged in a prominent bidding war to acquire Cove. Ultimately, the company was sold in August 2012 to PTTEP.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vicki Hollub</span> American businesswoman and mineral engineer

Vicki Hollub is an American businesswoman and mineral engineer. She has been the president and CEO of Occidental Petroleum since April 2016, when she became the first woman heading a major American oil company.

References

  1. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
  2. "Frank Chapman: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 21 June 2012.[ dead link ]
  3. "Remuneration report". Annual Report & Accounts 2008. BG Group. 11 March 2009. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  4. "No. 59808". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2011. p. 1.
  5. "BG names industry veteran Finlayson as CEO". Reuters. Reuters. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012.