[CCoE Notice] Rockwell Lecture: "America's Energy Future" by Felipe Bayon

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Felipe Bayon
Senior Vice President and Head of Global Deepwater Response, BP America

A native of Colombia, Felipe Bayon serves as Senior Vice President of BP America and heads the company’s Global Deepwater Response Group. In his Rockwell Distinguished Lecture on Friday, March 21, he will share his experiences in the energy industry — from his training as a mechanical engineer in Colombia with dreams of entering the automobile industry, to his current role as one of BP’s most senior leaders with more than 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Bayon will provide BP’s high-level view of the global energy picture in coming decades, particularly the role the U.S. can play in meeting the rising demand for energy in the developing world. He will also discuss some of the challenges the industry faces, such as “the Great Crew Change” — replacing the Baby Boomers hired in the 1970s and 1980s with a new generation of energy professionals skilled in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). These new energy leaders will pioneer technologies leading to a safer, stronger and more robust energy sector that will produce the jobs and prosperity on which the world’s people depend.

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Felipe Bayon
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Felipe graduated from Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia in 1989 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Felipe has over 22 years of experience in the Oil and Gas industry in business leadership and technical managerial roles within Exploration and Production (E&P), the last 18 of them with BP.

Felipe is a member of the Leadership Team of BP America and has a direct reporting line to the Chairman and President of BP America. Prior to assuming his current position, Felipe served as Head of Special Projects BP America. Since 2005, Felipe has been a member of the BP Upstream Senior Leadership Team.

From 2005 to 2010, Felipe was the BP Regional President Southern Cone and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pan American Energy (PAE, a Joint Venture 60% owned by BP). During this period, Felipe led the Pan American Energy oil and gas exploration and production operations in Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Chile.

During his BP career, Felipe served as Head of the BP Exploration and Production Executive Office and was the Chief of Staff to the BP Exploration and Production Chief Executive Officer. His career with BP started in Colombia where he held several positions until he was promoted to BP Colombia Operations Vice President.

Beginning January 2012, Felipe was appointed to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

From 2006 to 2010, Felipe was the Chairman of the Argentine Chapter of the Latin American Drilling Safety (LADS) organization.

From 2005 to 2010, Felipe served as a Member of the Board of Directors of the British Argentine Chamber of Commerce.

Felipe started his career in the industry with Shell in Colombia as a Project Engineer.

Felipe and his wife Maria have two children.

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Elizabeth Dennis Rockwell
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A fourth-generation Houstonian, Mrs. Rockwell was an Executive Director, Private Client Division of CIBC Oppenheimer Corp. She was widely recognized as an expert in retirement, estate, investment, and tax planning. She was an early proponent of the Keogh and IRA plans, for which she has been nationally recognized.

In 1991, she qualified to be a member of the Million Dollar Round Table as well as the Texas Leaders Round Table. She also authored a monthly column for the Houston Chronicle.

Mrs. Rockwell served as President of the UH College of Business Administration Foundation Board, as a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board, and was an Executive Professor for the college. She also served as a member of the advisory board of the Health Law and Policy Institute and as a Trustee of the University of Houston System’s Foundation, as well as a member of the UH System’s Planned Giving Council.

Mrs. Rockwell served on the Board of Governors for the Houston Forum, and as a board member of the American Red Cross, the Greater Houston Women’s Foundation, the University of Houston Alumni Organization, and the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance. She was a member of the River Oaks Business Women’s Exchange Club, the National Tax Sheltered Annuity Association, the Texas Association of College Teachers, and the Houston Association of Life Underwriters.

Among her numerous honors were an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Houston, the Distinguished Alumna Award from the Houston Alumni Organization and from the UH College of Business Administration. Throughout the years she was recognized for her many achievements by the Education Foundation of Harris County, the Houston Community College System’s Television Station Advisory Council, and the Houston Mayor’s READ Commission.

The Houston Alumni Center is home to the Elizabeth D. Rockwell President’s Suite. In September 1997, the Elizabeth D. Rockwell Career Services Center was opened in the UH College of Business Administration. She endowed the Chair for the Dean of the M.D. Anderson Library.

Mrs. Rockwell was listed in the Who’s Who in the South and Southwest; Who’s Who in finance and Industry; Who’s Who of American Women; and Who’s Who in the World.

Elizabeth Rockwell attended public schools in Houston before attending Rice University and the University of Houston, where she majored in Business Administration and Accounting. She passed away January 28, 2011.



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