British oil main BP on Thursday trimmed its govt group all the way down to 10 members and introduced William Lin as the brand new head of the agency’s oil and low carbon power enterprise.

Lin replaces Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath, who will probably be retiring from the place.

The corporate additionally introduced Emeka Emembolu as the brand new lead of BP’s know-how features, taking up from Leigh-Ann Russell, who is because of depart the group.

BP stated it was simplifying its organizational construction to assist “develop the worth” of the enterprise.

“As I set out in February, bp’s vacation spot from IOC to IEC is unchanged – and we have to ship as an easier, extra centered and better worth firm,” BP CEO Murray Auchincloss stated in an announcement.

“These adjustments will assist us just do that, lowering complexity inside bp, permitting our group to deal with delivering our priorities and rising the worth of bp,” he added.

BP’s govt group has been reduce to 10 members, down from 11 beforehand, as the corporate seeks to “scale back duplication and reporting line complexity,” an announcement stated.

The present areas, corporates and options group will probably be built-in into the agency’s companies and features.

The power main stated the monetary reporting construction of the agency stays unchanged and that it’s going to proceed to have three companies: manufacturing and operations, fuel and low carbon power and clients and merchandise — enabled by buying and selling and delivery.

Shares of London-listed BP traded 0.8% decrease on Thursday morning. The inventory value is up round 10% year-to-date.

BP’s first-quarter outcomes are scheduled for launch on Might 7.