Mark A. Crawford is the Senior Vice President, Legal People & Culture and Senior Vice President, Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for bp.
As the SVP of Legal People & Culture, Crawford leads a global team of attorneys and support staff who provide labor, employment, and employee benefits support to bp’s global operations. The team has responsibility for employment-related litigation, legal support for employee investigations and providing labor and employment legal advice on the full range of labor and employment legal issues, including the management of employee grievances, M&A activity, and employee discipline.
Crawford is also the most senior member of bp’s legal department in the US, with responsibility for administrative oversight of the in-country legal function. He regularly provides legal advice to the senior leadership of bp America including the President of bp’s US operations.
In his role as SVP for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Crawford leads bp’s global DE&I team and is responsible for developing and implementing bp’s DE&I strategy across the company.
Crawford is a graduate of Grambling State University with a B.A. in History and a graduate of the Southern University Law Center, where he was inducted into the SULC Hall of Fame.
