BP General Council Bondy to leave at year end

BP's General Council Rupert Bondy will step down at the end of the year after eight years in office during which he oversaw the legal battles surrounding the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a company spokesman said on Monday. Bondy, an executive team member, will join health and home products manufacturer Reckitt Benckiser as senior vice-president general council and company secretary.