OSLO, April 15 (Reuters) - Statoil board memberCatherine Hughes has resigned to avoid potential conflict ofinterest after "a recent change of circumstances", the companysaid on Wednesday.
The Norwegian company did not elaborate on thecircumstances, but business newspaper Dagens Naeringslivreported that she recently married BG Group ChairmanAndrew Gould.
BG Group's chief executive is Helge Lund, a former CEO atStatoil.
(Reporting By Ole Petter Skonnord; Editing by Nerijus Adomaitisand David Goodman)