Byron E. Grote (born 1948 or 1949) is currently the chief financial officer of BP. He has been with the company since 1987 following their acquisition of Standard Oil of Ohio where he had worked since 1979. He took the position of CFO in 2002. He received a Ph.D in 1981 in quantitative analysis from Cornell University. Wikipedia
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