BG Group appoints new CEO

Chris Finlayson, the Managing Director of BG Advance and an Executive Director, is to succeed Sir Frank Chapman as BG Group's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the natural gas company announced on Thursday.

Chris Finlayson, the Managing Director of BG Advance and an Executive Director, is to succeed Sir Frank Chapman as BG Group's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the natural gas company announced on Thursday.

Chapman, who has been suffering from very early stage myeloma, is to step down from the board at the end of 2012 and will continue to work as an advisor to Finlayson until his retirement in June 2013.

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