BP Amoco executive named Modine CFO
Bradley Richardson has been appointed vice president of finance and chief financial officer for Modine Manufacturing Co., Racine.
Modine's previous chief financial officer, Ernest Thomas, resigned in October 2002 to become CFO of automotive supplier Tower Automotive Inc. R. Steven Bullmore, Modine's corporate controller, served as interim chief financial officer.
Richardson most recently served as chief financial officer and vice president of performance management and control for BP Amoco's Worldwide Exploration and Production division. In that position, he was responsible for group forecasting, long-term planning, investor relations and financial control.
He was previously the president for BP Amoco's business in Venezuela where he led the combination of the BP Amoco and Arco businesses. In the mid-1990's, Mr. Richardson served as BP Amoco's vice president of finance and CFO for Amoco Energy Group, North America.
BP Amoco is a unit of BP plc, the London-based petroleum company formerly called British Petroleum.
Richardson now resides in the United Kingdom with his wife and three children and will be relocating to Racine.
Modine manufactures thermal management products for automotive, HVAC, industrial, refrigeration, fuel cell and electronics applications.