By Greg Hazley
Peter Henshaw, a top PR and government relations executive for U.K.-based oil and gas giant BG Group, is in line to take over communications for BP as the company rebuilds its image.
Henshaw worked in communications for BP for nearly 30 years, recently handling BP’s rocky Russian venture before joining BG in 2009. His Russian experience was alongside of BP’s new CEO, Robert Dudley.
The appointment follows the exit after a year of media relations chief (and former Financial Times editor) Andrew Gowers late last year.
The move is part of a continuing realignment of BP’s overall and communications operations that included the ouster of CEO Tony Heyward following the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
In October, BP named its Florida spokesman during the Gulf crisis, Ray Dempsey, as the company’s D.C. liaison.
Sky News first reported Henshaw’s appointment.
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