BP (BP)

Board committees

        The board process policy allocates the tasks of monitoring executive actions and assessing performance to certain board committees. These tasks, rather than any terms of reference, prescribe the authority and the role of the board committees. Reports for each of the committees for 2004 appear below. In common with the board, each committee has access to independent advice and counsel as required and each is supported by the company secretary and his office, which is demonstrably independent of the executive management of the Group.

Board committees

        The board process policy allocates the tasks of monitoring executive actions and assessing performance to certain board committees. These tasks, rather than any terms of reference, prescribe the authority and the role of the board committees. Reports for each of the committees for 2004 appear below. In common with the board, each committee has access to independent advice and counsel as required and each is supported by the company secretary and his office, which is demonstrably independent of the executive management of the Group.