John Browne
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John Browne, Lord Browne of Madingley, is a crossbench member of the British House of Lords. He was group chief executive of BP from 1995 to 2007 and[1] is now a senior business adviser to the Coalition government.
Browne is also chairman of fracking company Cuadrilla Resources and the managing partner of Riverstone Holdings, the venture capital firm that backs it.
Government advisory role
In June 2010 Browne was appointed as the government's Lead Non-Executive Director, charged with recruiting business leaders to reformed departmental boards.
Affiliations
- L1 Energy Fund -Browne is a member of L1’s advisory board, alongsideBG Group chairman Andrew Gould and former boss of US oil firm Anadarko Petroleum Jim Hackett. Alfa Group is owned by Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman. L1 will be run by his business partner German Khan, who becomes L1’s chief executive. [2]
Notes
- ↑ Lord Browne of Madingley, www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 April 2013.
- ↑ Lord Browne to advise $20bn oil and gas fund, City A.M., 18 June 2013, 2:38am, acc 14 Oct 2013
