Ex-safety chief Castell to step down from board

The Independent Saturday 4th February, 2012

Sir William became chairman of BP's safety, ethics and environment committee in April 2008 - two years before the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion that resulted in 11 deaths.He relinquished that role last month - 15 months after the disaster claimed the scalp of chief executive, Tony Hayward - but remained as senior board director. He was paid 147,0...

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