Byron Grote

Byron Elmer Grote is an Independent Non-Executive Director at InterContinental Hotels Group Plc since 2022, at Standard Chartered Bank Ltd. since 2019, and at Inchcape Plc since 2023.
Member of the Business Government Forum at The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.
Council Member-Emeritus at Cornell University.
Former Deputy Chief Executive Officer at BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd. Chief Executive Officer at BP Chemicals, Inc. from 1998 to 2002.
Chief Executive Officer & Group Treasurer at BP Finance International.
Chairman of Chemicals Innovation & Growth Team from 2001 to 2002.
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Akzo Nobel NV from 2014 to 2025.
Executive Director & EVP-Business Activities at BP Plc from 2012 to 2013.
Independent Non-Executive Director at Unilever Plc from 2006 to 2015 and at Unilever NV from 2011 to 2015.
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director at Anglo American Plc from 2019 to 2022.
Independent Non-Executive Director at Standard Chartered Plc from 2014 to 2022.
Director at BP Capital Markets Plc and Unilever France SAS. Planning Director at Kennecott Copper Corp.
Senior Independent Director at Tesco Plc from 2023 to 2024.
Vice President-Commercial at BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc. Governor at Johnson Graduate School of Management.
Vice President-Retail Marketing at Standard Oil of Ohio.
Member of Asia Task Force in 2006.
Holds a doctorate from Cornell University.