BG Group Plc, the U.K.’s third-
largest natural gas producer, named Vivienne Cox, the former
chief of BP Plc’s alternative energy division, as a non-
executive director.
Cox will join BG immediately, the Reading, England-based
company said today in a statement. She also serves as a director
on Rio Tinto Plc (RIO)’s board.
Cox, who worked for BP from 1981 to 2009, oversaw about $3
billion in renewable-energy investment since Alternative Energy
was set up in November 2005 until she left the oil company.
London-based BP has since decided to exit its solar power
business after 40 years.
Under Cox’s management, BP decided to scale back wind-
energy ventures, focusing on land-based projects in the U.S. and
ending most of its projects in India, China and Turkey.
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