Sunday, June 6, 2010

BP's Invisible Man: Carl-Henric Svanberg

by LaFeminista

I wonder what the odds are that you have never heard of him, it is rather stunning that we haven't seen more of him. Well he just happens to be the Chairman of the Board. Whilst the CEO of BP runs around like a headless chicken creating aural damage to go along with environmental catastrophe, the rest of the pack of weasels that make up the BP board of directors are notably silent. Even the Telegraph wondered about him last year So does his relative obscurity matter? I think the answer is probably yes, at least in the short term. He doesn't seem to be well known in diplomatic circles and that's a big part of the role. He'll be dealing, on sensitive issues, with politicians and civil servants as much as other business people or shareholders. Well I think they have an answer to their initial concern. The Chairman of the board of directors of BP has been stunningly silent during this three ring circus. Well it looks as if his own executives have woken up:

continued at Daily Kos....