{"id":66286,"date":"2022-01-01T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bccg.de\/?post_type=dt_team&#038;p=66286"},"modified":"2026-07-09T09:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:16:10","slug":"michael-schmidt","status":"publish","type":"dt_team","link":"https:\/\/bccg.de\/en\/team\/michael-schmidt\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Schmidt"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"66286\" class=\"elementor elementor-66286 elementor-52082\" data-elementor-post-type=\"dt_team\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-571e5822 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"571e5822\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7feeec97 elementor-align-right elementor-mobile-align-left elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"7feeec97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-6a28bc2 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bccg.de\/en\/dt_team_category\/board-2\/\" rel=\"tag\">Board<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bccg.de\/en\/dt_team_category\/council-2\/\" rel=\"tag\">Council<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bccg.de\/en\/dt_team_category\/presidium-2\/\" rel=\"tag\">Presidium<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59287143 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59287143\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Michael Schmidt<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1e4148 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c1e4148\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4018c4b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4018c4b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">President<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-669a5beb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"669a5beb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Background<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fb6f52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10fb6f52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Former CEO of BP Europa SE Michael Schmidt was born in M\u00fcnster\/Westphalia in 1960. After his University studies of Economics, he worked as Controller and General Manager in various departments of BASF. In 1998, he changed to Veba Oel AG as Head of the Department of Controlling and Economics. A year later, he was appointed CFO of the refinery in Gelsenkirchen. In addition, in 2000 he became Managing Director of the BP Refining and Petrochemicals GmbH (BP RP). As of 1 August 2005, he was appointed Director for Personnel at the Board of Directors of Deutsche BP AG. Additionally, two years later he became Vice President for Human Resources Europe of BP group. After BP Europa SE was set up in 2010, Michael Schmidt remained Director for Personnel and Director of various subsidiaries. From 1 May 2012, Michael Schmidt was appointed CEO of BP Europa SE. In May 2014, he also became CEO of the Mineral\u00f6lwirtschaftsverband. As of 31 December 2016, Michael Schmidt decided to leave BP and all related organisations. In September 2017, he was elected President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Germany (BCCG e.V.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d7d4c6 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"69d7d4c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-12425d35 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12425d35\" 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