BUILDING BRIDGES: Fifty Years in Business

As a burgeoning civil engineer, a young Dick Olver's initial response to being offered a job at BP was to turn it down.

But he thought again and accepted. It was lucky for him, and lucky for BP, that he did. Over 30 years later he had risen to be deputy CEO.

Along the way Dick had crossed many bridges - some over very troubled waters. His versatile and fascinating career covered the many varied aspects of BP's global oil and gas activities.

On leaving BP, his business interests widened, and ...