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A year later, she was promoted to president, and the promotion to chief executive followed several years after that.

Paul Adams, chief executive, said: "The recession's impact on consumers is still with us and shows no sign of abating. "

"Jewellery in a retail environment is locked up in a glass case, " says Jessica Herrin, the company's chief executive and founder.

Infineon Chief Executive Peter Bauer managed to turn around the unit, which had been loss-making for years.

When Mervyn Davies was chief executive in 2002, he said the consumer business would be "our engine for growth" .

Mr. Jobs said he would remain chief executive and said he hoped to return to Apple as soon as he could.

His mother was a painter and his father was a chief executive of a public company, while his sister and brother-in-law were art dealers.

The Wall Street Journal said the Apple chief executive would be returning to his job on schedule, but may initially work part-time.

Today he is Nine Dragon's deputy chairman, chief executive and also, according to his wife, the company's chief linguist.

Over the summer, its chief executive officer resigned, and he was quickly followed out the door by the chief operating officer .

Chief executive Tony Hayward said the firm expected the global economic recovery to be "long and drawn out" .

The council's chief executive said that he had been trying to resolve the students' complaints but that they had refused to cooperate.

The former chief executive officer will be eligible to shave up to 54 days a year off his sentence for good behavior in prison.

At the end of June, the company's co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs made headlines when he returned to work after medical leave.

I'm struck by how similar his vocabulary is to that of a typical Chinese chief executive.

Just last month, the chief executive officer of local nonprofit Greenlights traded up to a bigger home for his growing family.

Brady Dougan, chief executive, said the employees concerned had been either fired or were in the process of being dismissed.

"Japan could be a world leader if it wanted to be, " says Mike Hugh, chief executive of Asia Cleantech Gateway, a consultancy.

Michael Geoghegan is to step down as chief executive of HSBC at the end of the year, according to two people close to the bank's board.

Mr Ma said the parties had not merged just so they could play kingmaker in the selection of a chief executive.

New Volvo Chief Executive Stefan Jacoby said he sees the potential move as a way to help his company reduce foreign-exchange risk.

Stephen Williams, chief executive of Antique Wine, said the US had become "a major source market" over the past six months.

The hospital chief executive said the attackers just barged in and fired indiscriminately.

How much of a difference should investors expect when General Motors -- or any company -- brings in a new chief executive?

If there had never been a banking crisis, news that Bob Diamond will take over as chief executive at Barclays would barely deserve comment.

But I cannot see how the new chief executive could serve a two-year term without a fresh interpretation of the Basic Law.

Renault's chief executive Carlos Ghosn said he'd refused an offer by his deputy to resign over the scandal.

But Lord Browne, the outgoing chief executive, rejected the finding that the company had not given adequate resources to ensure safety.

Chief Executive Michael Dell said the company was moving away from low-margin businesses.

The word from the chief executive's office is always about "fresh departures" and "exciting horizons" .

The board also discussed the company's internal operations under interim Chief Executive Tim Morse, people familiar with the matter said.

Mr. Bostock is leading an informal committee of directors in the search for a new chief executive, says one person familiar with the matter.

J. P. Morgan Chief Executive Officer James Dimon has made it a priority to increase the bank's global reach.

Returning to the chief executive seat, he had only praise for Mr Amelio but made it clear he would run the company differently.

Riad Kamal, chief executive of Arabtec ARTC. DU, said he had no doubt about Dubai's commitment to settle its debt.

It later put the plan on hold for a few months as the scandal developed and a new chief executive joined the company in July.

The difference between the chief executive's pay and that of other executives has grown.

these officials would no longer be civil servants. Their term of office would not exceed that of the Chief Executive who nominated them.

Hank Paulson, now America's treasury secretary, is said to have visited China at least 70 times when he was the firm's chief executive.

At least half of his pension pot was earned before he became chief executive.

Frederic Oudea, the new chief executive, insisted it had proven its "ability to cope with a serious financial and economic crisis" .

Peter Sands, who was promoted to chief executive in November, said the bank had "huge growth opportunities" in its markets.

Former Chief Executive Michael Woodford said he had been asked to meet with the U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, has no interest in Yahoo unless Mr Yang is no longer around to cause trouble.

Perhaps the only safe job at the top of the pharmaceuticals industry today is that of interim chief executive.

"I would be prepared to bet one of my better shirts on there being no global double dip, " said CEBR chief executive Douglas McWilliams.

Cain was the chief executive of a pizza company for many years and he also built a conservative following through a radio talk show.

Dieter Zetsche, chief executive Daimler, told BBC News there was no demand for electric Maybachs so it would not follow suit.

Greg Bourne, chief executive of WWF Australia, said the move had left the world in a "vulnerable position" .

The chief executive of WestLB quit his job abruptly after falling out with the German bank's biggest shareholder over restructuring plans.

Chief Executive Rich Noll said the company is in talks with its retailers on how to handle pricing for the second half of 2012.

He took another medical leave of absence in mid-January without explanation before stepping down as chief executive in August.

The chief executive of Qantas said the company might be able to resume a limited flight schedule by Monday afternoon.

He said it was unlikely that Wendelin Wiedeking, Porsche's headstrong chief executive, would be happy to stay on in a more "lowly" role.

Suppose further that Richard Fuld, the firm's chief executive officer, was one of the perps.

Hartmut Mehdorn, Deutsche Bahn's chief executive, insisted in vain that the company's monitoring of staff was to fight corruption.

In January, Raymond told Walter he was no longer fit to work as chairman and chief executive because he had bipolar affective disorder.

"We still don't know how much they are willing to pay, " says David Passman, chief executive of Carmike, a cinema chain.

The chief executive may make a decision to approve, not approve, revise, postpone, or reconsider the matter being considered.

David Li, chairman and chief executive, said the disposal of its entire collateralised debt obligation holdings was "decisive" .

Robert Eckert, Mattel's chairman and chief executive, said the company had "rigorous procedures" .

To do that he began a search for his own replacement as chief executive (he remains chairman).

Kevin Crutchfield, chief executive of Alpha, said the company has cooperated with regulatory and enforcement agencies.

Josef Ackermann, the bank's chief executive, said he was cautious about the outlook for the global economy.

Rebecca Wood, Chief Executive of the Alzheimer's Research Trust, said more research was needed to see if it would be effective on humans.

GM also announced that it had secured a $5 billion revolving credit line and that its chief executive, Ed Whitacre, would soon depart.

A British chief executive told me that she recently watched a client company talking to its staff.

Wang Xiaochu, chairman and chief executive, said the company would not pick a partner until it was granted a 3G mobile licence.

Blankfein, Goldman's chairman and chief executive, said the bank was 'taking all appropriate steps to defend the firm and its reputation.

Chief executive Justin King said the preliminary results reflected the supermarket's swift response to a challenging period for UK retail.

The ministry would seek information from Anglo chief executive Cynthia Carroll at a previously scheduled meeting on Thursday, he said.

The person said the acting chief executive could be Mr. Summers or another top executive at the company.

If the Dashtakis were readers of such publications as Chief Executive, they might have had an inkling that this would happen.

" We were begging graduates to work for us . We were bribing them , " said the British chief executive , who asked not to be named .

Of those, 36 were chief executive s, business owners and top managers, it said. The poll did not include a margin of error.

Terry Semel, Yahoo's chief executive, last week pledged to "get back to basics" in an attempt to get the company back on track.

The selection of James Cornelius as interim chief executive fuelled speculation that the board is ready to sell the firm.

"The company-specific business is still going like a dream, " says Kai Peters chief executive at Ashridge in the UK.

If the very sight of your chief executive fills you with rage and misery, you must leave - taking with you as much money as you can.

Sales in London were described as "volatile" by John Russell, chief executive, which he blamed on the uncertain economy.

Josef Ackermann, Deutsche Bank's chief executive, was more upbeat however in an interview over the weekend.

Maybe, as a former Goldman Sachs chief executive, he did let his prejudice against Fuld get the better of him.

The Chief Executive will soon announce his Sixth policy address. Which aspect, do you think, should he regard as the point of focus?

Josh Green, chief executive of Panjiva, said the numbers "paint a frightening picture of the state of the world's suppliers" .

'The big challenge will be, how much can we swallow and how much can we pass along? ' said Jack Brown, chief executive of Stater Bros.

Wobbles began in recent weeks, as its founder fought for control of the bank with another big shareholder (who was also chief executive).

Ton Wortel, chief executive officer of Media Markt China, said the company's expansion has been rapid, and is proceeding according to plan.

One chief executive was modelled as a figure so fat that he blocked a hallway, suggesting he was clogging up the company.

The executive who holds it is never consulted on major strategic decisions and has no chances to move up to Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

After years of being a chief executive and hiring people, it's been a tough adjustment.

Oki Matsumoto, chief executive, has said he plans to relocate some of his research staff there.

Momenta's chief executive, Craig Wheeler, said the company had no comment, and hoped to soon review the SEC complaint.

Well, Moscow is such a booming market, Gucci Group chief executive Robert Polet told me, that Gucci is planning its own Russian division.

Paul Golby, E. ON's chief executive, has admitted the firm would not build Kingsnorth if it did not win the competition.

Matters referred to SCDS by the Chief Executive, or matters which SCDS considers appropriate to its terms of reference.

Maybe this is what HSBC's own chief executive meant when he said earlier this month that emerging markets were in for a bumpy ride.

Mr Pandit professes not to be concerned by the prospect of going down in history as Citi's last chief executive.

"We have had security all around the building, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, " Barnes &Noble Chief Executive Steve Riggio told Reuters.

The company's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, has continued to deliver huge profits.

Anthony Burke, Modern Bank's president and chief executive, says the bank's small size - it has 45 employees - allows it to be nimble.

Citi's China chief executive Andrew Au said the bank's branch and staff expansion had pushed up expenses.

For example, says Playmobil's chief executive, Andrea Schauer, "the dream of every German mother" used to be to have an engineer for a son.

Magna International's chief executive Don Walker said he was "comfortable" putting the company's cash to work in acquisitions.

It reported BHP chief executive Marius Kloppers said the deal's completion was hampered by a proposed new Australian tax on mining profits.

Rio, which had just taken on its current chief executive, Tom Albanese, was loth to entertain an offer from its archrival.

"We came to the conclusion that there was no such thing as a luxury outbound traveller from China, " says Paul Humphreys, chief executive.

Robert Benmosche, AIG's chief executive, told the Financial Times this week that the listing of AIA was one of his top priorities.

In terms of popularity, the Chief Executive and SAR Government seem to be starting afresh. They should really treasure this opportunity.

But Rob Stevens, chief executive of the British Marine Federation, said the industry had not recovered to pre-crisis levels.

Rosedale said he was close to finding a new chief executive for Linden Lab. "We may have some news in the next few weeks. "

the irascible, autocratic Ford would prove as inept a chief executive in his later years as he had been brilliant in his youth.

Analysts yesterday said it was not clear whether the moves by Lehman would be enough to relieve the pressure on Dick Fuld, chief executive.

Mr Lewis's abrupt retirement overshadowed a bold management overhaul decreed just a day earlier by Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan chief executive.

Michael Dell, the company's founder, who recently took over again as its chief executive, even runs Ubuntu on his own laptop.

He eventually ended up in charge of the company, becoming chief executive in 1987.

Other decisions will be left to Auctiva's seller and chief executive, Jeff Schlicht, who said he would remain at Alibaba.

Chief executive Ronald Van der Vis was absolutely right in September, when he said that the brand had "lost its soul. "

"Our plan is to turn the Osaka plant into a hub for exports, " said Shinji Nishio, Nippon Oil chief executive.

Nissan can tap suppliers to Renault, a French carmaker with which it shares parts, equity and a chief executive.

He is the first Intel chief executive not to be trained as an engineer, but has always been intrigued by technology.

United now head to Seattle for a week-long stay, with the chief executive David Gill joining them on Friday.

Cisco Chief Executive John Chambers recently described Huawei as "a very tough competitor over the long term. "

This is not the sort of comment a luxury brand chief executive looking to sell products in a new market needs.

this was an intelligently organized and fervent meeting in a packed town hall, with the chief executive in the chair.

What Thain did not receive upon being named chief executive was a crash course in the art of internal company politics.

Rex Tillerson, Exxon's chairman and chief executive, said the agreement represented "a significant strategic step by both companies" .

But Mr. Mason, the chief executive, sought to underline the point by putting on the wall certain business magazine covers.

The chief executive does not have fond memories of that encounter, which he describes as a "debacle" .

The memo, sent by Dow Jones Chief Executive Les Hinton and obtained by Reuters, said the one-year freeze is part of efforts to save money.

Alan Mulally, Ford's chief executive, wants to sell Volvo as part of a drive to focus on the company's core mass- market business.

Queensland Resources Council chief executive Michael Roche said the Gladstone port problems would increase losses.

An engineer, a physicist, and a lawyer were being interviewed for a position as chief executive officer of a large corporation.

His approach in the crisis has been that of a hard-driving chief executive, not a politician.

Samsung Electronics' new chief executive called for a software revamp to maintain the company's leading position in the technology industry.

Analysts said the results results reflected the impact of cuts and operational improvements under chief executive Tony Hayward.

And as you said in earlier questions, you do not regard yourself as a hands-off chief executive, you work ten to 12 hours a day.

But Chief Executive Alex Bolen said the New York-based designer will be careful so as not to disappoint its clients.

Forte's experience is similar to that of Stephen Hill, former chief executive of the FT, who took up triathlon in 2000.

The Greens' PR boss, Tracy Dighton-Brown, recalls arriving for her first meeting with the agency and being greeted by its chief executive.

"There was no alternative, " said Charles Schwab after returning as chief executive of the financial-services firm of the same name in 2004.

Chief executive Michael Roney said he was pleased with the good growth in profitability in the "continuing difficult economic conditions" .

Putting his son in charge of newspapers was the action of an old-style proprietor, not a chief executive.

When Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple's chief executive last Wednesday the world knew that it was the end of an era.

SingTel chief executive Allen Lew said the decision to stay with the event was "relatively simple" .

Brawn GP chief executive Nick Fry has confirmed reports the British team has decided to shed nearly 40 per cent of its workforce.

Consumers Institute chief executive David Russell said the ruling was " disappointing" .

Asked to comment, an Apple spokesman referred to a long-standing policy as outlined by Chief Executive Steve Jobs last October.

Arun Sarin, Vodafone's chief executive, last month said he was interested in "selective acquisitions" .

On Tuesday, Honda Motors' chief executive Takanobu Ito said the company plans to start production of electric cars in China by next year.

Like a smart chief executive, Mr bin Laden's greatest achievement is to have built something that no longer needed him.

But as Peter Li, the US-trained finance director (no relation to the chief executive), says, cost is not the only advantage.

The Kellogg chief executive is the second Latino to be named to a Cabinet post since the president's November 2 election victory.

The bank's top seven executives, including chief executive Lloyd Blankfein, will not receive any bonuses this year.

He finally met for discussions with FA chief executive Brian Barwick and director of football Sir Trevor Brooking in London on Wednesday.

Paul Rice, chief executive of Fair Trade USA, said the fair trade movement was dominated by hard-liners who resisted needed changes.

However, Alan Mulally, president and chief executive, said the outlook for next year was much more doubtful.

It is still quite common to hand the chief executive's role to the oldest son in the UK, and management quality tends to suffer as a result.

An economist , Mr Gabrielli worked as an academic and was the chief financial officer of Petrobras before becoming chief executive in 2005 .

Hunt could at least draw comfort from Gordon Taylor, the chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association.

In the U. S. , Uniqlo plans to open at least 200 stores by 2020, says Shin Odake, chief executive of its U. S. unit.

Swine flu is a misnomer, " said C. Larry Pope, the chief executive of Smithfield Foods, who said he feared panic among consumers. "

Many consider Mr Jobs, who resigned his post late on Wednesday, to be the best chief executive of his generation.

The Election Committee was to have voted in a secret ballot on the next chief executive on March 24.

She writes that a lawyer for Dick Fuld, the Lehman chief executive, would not permit him to speak to her.

Compared with his strange opponents, he looked and sounded like a chief executive, and his big lead over Mr Paladino continues to widen.

A modern nomad is as likely to be a teenager in Oslo, Tokyo or suburban America as a jet-setting chief executive.

'We were concerned that some of the biggest ideas were getting squashed , ' said Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt in an interview.

Mr McKinnell still lost his main job, so being chairman and chief executive does not provide all the security that it used to.

Any chief executive who accepts a compensation package that so singles him or herself out from everyone else in the company is not a leader.

Jim Rogers, chief executive of Duke Energy, has said he was interested in more deals in the fragmented US power market.

Regling, chief executive of the EFSF, said the fund could sell bonds in yuan in future if Beijing so desired.

Should the F1 chief executive buy Silverstone, he could run the British grand prix at the venue "as he pleases " .

For LinkedIn Corp. Chief Executive Jeff Weiner, the latest technology boom hopefully won't turn out to be a bust.

When his failing health forced him to step down as Apple's boss in August, he was hailed by some as the greatest chief executive in history.

In fact, a deputy chief executive of the HKMA earns even more than a bureau secretary and a central bank governor of a major country.

Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of Alzheimer's Society, said not enough clinical trials for dementia were taking place in the UK.

Chief Executive Nick Goulding said: 'The extension of maternity leave is a major concern for many small businesses.

Chief Executive Eric Schmidt disclosed the raise in an email to employees, saying the company wants to lift morale.

"There's no way that we're not into a very strong, sustainable commodity cycle, " Tim Sullivan, Bucyrus chief executive, said.

Candidates for the office of Chief Executive may be nominated jointly by not less than 100 members of the Election Committee.

Only 5 per cent saw their CEO as less optimistic, while 44 per cent said the chief executive's optimism level was the same as theirs.

At the end of the meeting, he received from the industry representatives a proposal to the Chief Executive on this subject.

Before joining H. P. as its chief executive in 2005, Mr. Hurd was chief executive of NCR, which had the leading data warehousing technology.

Suitable for the company chief executive's assessment on the quality, environment and occupational health and safety management system.

"The user experience fell behind a little bit, " Meg Whitman, Ebay chief executive, confessed of her company's slipping growth rate.

She has been a 'generous supporter' and 'strong advocate, ' said Erin Ganju, the organization's chief executive, in an email.

Chief executive Rob Sands of the New York-based beverage company said he will formally announce a top executive for its Asian business.

NAPOLEON would have made a great railway boss, claimed Hartmut Mehdorn, the chief executive of Deutsche Bahn (DB), in a recent interview.

A year earlier Mr. Jobs had lured Mr. Sculley to Apple to be its chief executive.

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has said he is in no hurry to go public.

Now the company will try again, with tools to be unveiled this fall, said Eric E. Schmidt, Google's chief executive.

News of the IPO also comes a week after GM's chief executive, Edward Whitacre, announced plans to resign.

Andy Dunn, chief executive of New York-based clothing company Bonobos. com, recently was chatting with a colleague on his office elevator.

When his failing health forced him to step down as Apple's boss in August, he was hailed as the greatest chief executive in history.

The Chief Secretary was an ideal candidate to be the territory's next Chief Executive.

This, says John Cheh, Esquel chief executive, "is going to force a shake-out in the industry" .

Mike Geoghegan, chief executive, said the rise in UK insolvencies looked "unlikely to abate" in the medium term.

This did not stop investors from speculating about the health of Apple's chief executive, who recently underwent a liver transplant.

Tony Hayward, the chief executive who took over last year, has tried to turn the company round after years of disappointing performance.

Says Mr. DeRosa, chief executive of a golf-course construction-materials business. 'I was able to move on and say, 'Enough is enough.

The library's chief executive, Lynne Brindley, said the project will help bring vital parts of history into the digital age.

He just happened not to be a good chief executive of a company that outgrew him.

"We were not looking to sell the company, " Ms Huffington says. "But when [AOL chief executive] Tim Armstrong came forward, it made sense. "

Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon believes the contract will send out a statement to the rest of Europe's leading clubs.

"We had huge revenues, but because we were dealers, we only retained a tiny portion of that revenue, " says Mr Chen, chief executive.

This week, the company replaced its chief executive officer, bringing back former C. E. O. Howard Schultz. He remains chairman of the board.

Eric Daniels, LBG's chief executive, still insisted on February 11th that "it was a good deal for Lloyds TSB" .

"This scheme recovers heat which is usually wasted, " said Jane Gilbert, chief executive of the the Composting Association.

As the chief executive of a state with a long and porous border with Mexico, she has a feel for well-policed frontiers .

However, Mick Davis, chief executive of Xstrata, indicated that his company continued to eye Anglo.

BP might be reluctant to countenance Mr. Vekselberg in the role of TNK-BP chief executive, even on an interim basis.

He said preventing another terrorist attack will be the biggest challenge facing the new chief executive.

Next chief executive Simon Wolfson said the UK was suffering "a recession, not Armageddon" .

"It was a withdrawal that pretty much removed everything that went in a quarter earlier, " said Diana Mackay, chief executive at Lipper FMI.

Philadelphia School District Chief Executive Paul Vallas told students they would be scrutinized by other schools around the world.

Tom Enders, Airbus chief executive, said increasing A380 production "remains our biggest challenge for the next two years" .

Mr. Lockhart appointed a new chief executive officer for each company but said he hopes to keep most other employees in place.

Dilip Chenoy, the chief executive of the NSDC, calls it "a demand-led supply-side model" .

Steve Jobs, its chief executive, talks disdainfully about netbooks and is nothing if not obstinate.

Indeed Rex Tillerson, the firm's chief executive, once humorously referred to biofuels as "moonshine" .

At the same time, the company appointed Valery Golubev, the head of the investment division, to the post of deputy chief executive.

It was an important night for Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter, Marvel's chief executive and largest shareholder.

The Executive Council normally meets once a week. The Chief Executive presides over its meetings.

With the announcement of its new chief executive on Wednesday, Yahoo appears determined to chart its own course, rather than selling out.

Tony Hayward, BP's chief executive, said the industry was "adjusting from a $100 oil world to a $50 world" .

"The power plant build programme has accounted for a significant part of our production, " said Bill Whiteley, Rotork's chief executive.

Icahn had criticized Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang and others for blocking the sale of the company to Microsoft earlier this year.

if i had it to do over again , yes , " sumner redstone , the outspoken viacom chief executive , said simply" .

IT IS just as well that high-stakes industrial poker is a game familiar to Sergio Marchionne, the chief executive of Fiat Group.

It looks as if knowing a chief executive disrupts the ability to judge his performance.

Stephen Elop, Nokia's chief executive, said last week that the company needed to improve rapidly its position in the smartphone market.

'A chief executive needs to be responsive to what is going on around him but equally needs to embody a long-term vision, ' he says.

In 2008, the question of family vs. nonfamily management came to a head as Mr. Watanabe was preparing to retire as chief executive.

Meanwhile Lakshmi Mittal, chairman and chief executive and with a 45 per cent stake, might prefer not to fund a rights issue.

When a local bank is acquired, the chief executive typically gets a healthy pay-off and a one or two-year non-compete clause.

His first instinct as chief executive was to revive the company that he co-founded with David Filo at Stanford University in 1994.

Mr. Page, who will succeed Eric Schmidt as chief executive in April, has experience running the company in its early years.

Carol Bartz, Yahoo! 's chief executive, said that the tie-up "comes with boatloads of value" for her firm.

Last month, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the 400 million-person service was adding users at its fastest-ever rate.

Before issuing such a certificate, the Chief Executive shall obtain a certifying document from the Central People's Government.

"It's going to be a witch hunt, " says Dory Wiley, chief executive of boutique investment banking firm Commerce Street Capital.

In Mr Kozlowski's case, it's to put a chief executive in front of a jury, an important moment in corporate America after Enron.

'Then all of a sudden we were confronted with a brutal force, ' said Option chief executive Jan Callewaert.

" People don't generally admit to it , " says the chief executive of a second- tier investment bank .

Ms Wilkis Wilson says she was able to glean useful information from the cases, which were targeted at chief executive officers.

So far, the company's board, chaired by Mr Gates, has backed its chief executive.

"A quarter ago, we had no idea where the bottom was, " said Eric Schmidt, chief executive.

Many in the French government are pressuring the bank's chairman and chief executive Daniel Bouton to resign.

However, the chief executive said in a statement that the deal had been an excellent opportunity that was undone by the fall in markets.

BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley said he is 'rock steady' in his commitment to joint venture TNK-BP Ltd.