Since his early thirties, Tony Hayward has been one of BP and Lord Browne’s “turtles” – or golden boys.
And since the company’s succession battle began in earnest last year he has dominated the top of the list of five candidates that also included Andrew Inglis, his deputy head of exploration and production, John Manzoni, head of refining and marketing, Robert Dudley, head of TNK-BP, the Russian partnership, and Iain Conn, who oversees BP’s internal functions.
