Money | Tony Hayward Tony Hayward Will Exit in October Still no official word from BP By Polly Davis Doig Posted Jul 26, 2010 1:57 PM CDT Copied 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. Read These Next Pentagon reports first US casualties of attack. Khamenei didn't expect strike, especially in daylight. Woman, 64, is in hot water over her singing of a national anthem. Baby born deep in Amazon rainforest is 'a source of hope.' Report an error