Tony Hayward Will Exit in October

Still no official word from BP
Posted Jul 26, 2010 1:57 PM CDT
Tony Hayward's Last Day: October
In a Monday, May 24, 2010 photo, BP PLC CEO Tony Hayward walks along Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La. Hayward will step down as chief executive in October.   (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Tony Hayward's impending exit, long grist for the rumor mill, will take place in October, a BP source tells the BBC. There's still been no official announcement from BP, but the source says Hayward will be reassigned to the oil giant's joint venture in Russia; his compensation package is unknown. The White House, meanwhile, is unimpressed: Robert Gibbs said today that regardless of who's in charge, the company had better clean up the Gulf.

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