Background
King, Christopher Philip was born on January 15, 1936 in Uppingham, England. Son of Philip Banks and Marjorie Beevor (Hodgkinson) King.
King, Christopher Philip was born on January 15, 1936 in Uppingham, England. Son of Philip Banks and Marjorie Beevor (Hodgkinson) King.
Bachelor, Master of Arts, Cambridge (England) University, 1959. Master of Business Administration, European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires), Fontainebleau, France, 1965.
Various positions, British Petroleum Company Plc, London, New York, Hamburg and, Brussels., 1959-1994; president, British Petroleum North American, 1975-1978; group contractor, British Petroleum Company Plc, London, 1982-1986; director personnel and administration, British Petroleum Company Plc, London, 1986-1989; chairman, BP Europe, Brussels, 1989-1994. Board directors BOC Group, Avon Rubber, chairman, since 1997.
Member Europe committee and environmental committee confederation British Industry, London, 1990-1994. Member international county European Institute Business Administration, since 1990, board directors. Chairman environmental committee BIAC, Paris, 1990-1994.
Board of Governors Center for European Policy Studies, Brussels, 1990-1995. Lieutenant commander Royal Navy,1954-1956. Member Institute Petroleum (London), American Petroleum Institute (board directors 1975-1978), Oxford and Cambridge Club (London), Anglo-German Club (Hamburg).
Married Evelyn Unna, December 13, 1961.