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NEW Camille Drummond
2020
VP, Global Business Services, BP

Camille Drummond has been in the oil and gas industry
for more than 25 years, working her way up from trainee
accountant with global oil firm Amoco to qualify just two
years later as a Chartered Management Accountant. Thus
began a rise to the top.
Her first significant role was as Treasurer for Amoco UK,
following which she completed a Master’s in Business and
moved to the US to manage a large finance team responsible
for joint venture accounting.
While she was overseas, BP and Amoco merged and she
returned home in 1999 to oversee the integration of the two
companies’ finance activities in the UK.
Camille moved to Global Trading in 2001, becoming
Chief Financial Officer of the European Gas and Global LNG
business, then a senior executive group leader within BP
before being appointed to run the Global Trading back office
operations, overseeing a team of 280 employees. She was
promoted to VP of Global Business Services in January 2018.
She is an ambassador for BP’s Positively Ethnic Network,
a business resource group supporting the development and
Bukola Adisa careers of employees with a BAME background. She also

Head of Framework and Design, Barclays personally mentors BAME employees to help them fulfil
their potential.
Camille is currently working with HR to develop a training
In 2018, Bukola became the Head of Framework, Design programme for BAME graduates.
and Execution within the Chief Controls Office at Barclays. She chaired BP’s Canary Wharf Women’s network and is
The role builds on her previous success in leadership roles a member of the Women in Banking and Finance group.
in a number of global organisations, including HSBC, RBS, In 2017, Camille was named in the Financial Times
JP Morgan and Deloitte. EMPower list of top ethnic minority role models for her
Bukola has extensive experience in the financial services efforts on ethnic diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
industry. She served as the Europe Head of Regulatory Camille was also awarded the STEM leader of the year
Compliance Monitoring and Testing at HSBC, overseeing award in 2015 at the Black British Business Awards.
a regional team of 110 professionals responsible for
conducting regulatory reviews on bank compliance.
She also led the global Financial Crime Assurance team at
RBS, a company where she was promoted three times in
just 18 months. At JP Morgan Chase and Deloitte LLP, she
advised top-tier banking clients on regulatory matters.
She is a passionate advocate for the progression of
BAME professionals in companies. She is the CEO of
Career Masterclass, a not-for-profit social enterprise
that works to encourage and provide practical tips to
BAME workers, for whom she hosts webinars, events
and conferences. Career Masterclass has experienced
tremendous growth, having recently launched in Nigeria.
To date, Career Masterclass has positively impacted
the lives of thousands of BAME professionals, and
hosts an annual conference called Stretch during Black
History Month to inspire and provide career development
opportunities. Stretch more than doubled in attendance
from 130 attendees in 2017 to 300 in 2018 and grew again for
its 2019 event at the Grange Hotel, London.
Bukola is also keen to promote the progression of women
in the workplace, a mission she has pursued within each
of her roles, either through mentoring or sponsoring the
careers of BAME women.
Bukola was listed on the 2017 Financial Times EMpower
Top 100 Ethnic Minority Leaders list and she was the 2016
winner of the Precious Awards Outstanding Woman in
Banking and Finance.

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