David Eyton is BP’s Group Head of Research and Technology (R&T), accountable for technology strategy and its implementation across BP. In this role, David oversees the technological capability of the company and also sits on the UK Energy Technologies Institute and Science/Business Innovation Boards. David joined BP in 1982 after graduating from Cambridge University with an engineering degree. During his early career, he held a number of petroleum engineering, commercial and business management positions. In 1996 he was named General Manager of BP’s North West Shelf interest in Australia. David later managed Wytch Farm in the UK and then BP’s Gas Businesses in Trinidad. In September 2001 he became Lord John Browne’s Executive Assistant in the company’s London headquarters. Following that assignment, David was Vice President of Deepwater Developments in the Gulf of Mexico and, prior to his current role, was BP’s Exploration and Production Group Vice President for Technology.