Why Obama Hasn't Met with the CEO of BP

... maybe Obama is afraid of him. It's just a wild thought that popped into my head this morning. Here's the biography of Tony Hayward, the CEO.

Job title: Group Chief Executive

Education: University of Edinburgh PH.D Geology 1982. He holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Edinburgh, Aston University and the University of Birmingham.

Career: Tony joined BP in 1982 and began his career as a rig geologist in the North Sea. Following a series of technical and commercial roles in Europe, Asia and South America, he returned to London in 1997 as member of the Upstream Executive Committee. He became Group Treasurer in 2000, Chief Executive for BP’s upstream activities and member of the Main Board of BP in 2003. In May 2007, Tony was appointed Group Chief Executive of BP p.l.c.

External roles: He is a Member of the Business Council of Britain, a Member of Tsinghua Advisory Board, a Member of MIT Energy Advisory Board, Chair of GLOBE CEO Forum for Climate Change and a Trustee of the Emirates Foundation. He is a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

He looks like a smart and experienced guy. More than a match for Obama. Any meeting with Tony would have to end with a joint statement to the press where the comparison would be side-by-side and unavoidable. After that, there would be interviews with Hayward where he'd be asked about Obama. That would probably not end well for the president who has shown no ability to speak extemporaneously.