MOSCOW, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Former BP chief Tony Hayward told the board of directors at joint venture TNK-BP he was stepping down from his post to pursue other opportunities.
Hayward joined the board at TNK-BP after a corporate reshuffling last October moved Bob Dudley to the top position of BP following the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico. Hayward had led BP during the response to one of the worst offshore oil spills in the history of the industry.