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 CNN boss asks workers not to 'jump to conclusions' about deal. Bill Clinton: 'I Saw Nothing, and I Did Nothing Wrong' Back to the Future star is at the center of a shocking suit. NC mom found 24 years after vanishing has been arrested. Report an error