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| − | Sir '''Dick Olver''' is the chairman of global arms company [[BAE]].
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| − | ==Career==
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| − | Olver had a 30 year career in the oil industry with [[BP]]. He was previously served as vice president of [[BP]] Pipelines Inc, [[BP]] North America in 1979; divisional manager for new technology in 1983; division manager for corporate planning in 1985; general manager of [[BP]] Exploration Europe and executive director of [[BP]] Plc in 1988; chief of staff to the chairman of [[BP]] and head of corporate strategy for the [[BP]] Group in 1990; chief executive of [[BP]] Exploration, USA in 1992; deputy chief executive of [[BP]] Exploration in 1995; CEO of exploration and production from 1998; and as deputy group chief executive of [[BP]] plc from 2003 to 2004.<ref name="BB"> Bloomberg [http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=394508&privcapId=19707&previousCapId=4274078&previousTitle=Newark%20Corporation Dick Olver], accessed 3 April 2015.</ref>
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| − | Olver was also a non-executive director [[Reuters]] and a senior independent non-executive director of [[Thomson Reuters Corporations]].<ref name="BB"/>
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| − | He has been the chairman of [[BAE Systems]] PLC since July 2004, and earned a knighthood for turning the company around.<ref> Mark Wembridge [http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/8ee65462-d4e8-11e2-9302-00144feab7de.html#axzz3WGHSdivg Dick Olver knighted after turning round BAE Systems] ''Financial Times'', 14 July 2013, accessed 3 April 2015.</ref>
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| − | Olver is currently an advisor to [[Clayton, Dubilier & Rice]] Inc and [[HSBC]]; member of the Prime Minister's Business Advisory Group; a UK Business Ambassador; deputy chairman of [[TNK-BP]].<ref name="BB"/>
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| − | ==Letter to the Telegraph==
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| − | On 1 April 2015 Olver was one of [[Conservative Business Letter - Telegraph 1 April 2015| 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph]] praising the British [[Conservative Party]]'s economic policies and claiming a [[Labour]] government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.<ref>Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 3 April 2015.</ref>
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| − | ==Notes==
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| − | [[Category:Telegraph Letter General Election 2015|Olver, Dick]][[Category:Oil Industry|Olver, Dick]][[Category:Bankers|Olver, Dick]][[Category:Arms Industry|Olver, Dick]]
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