April 4 (Reuters) - Glencore Xstrata Plc's interimchairman, former BP Plc chief executive Tony Hayward, isin the running to take the job permanently, the Wall StreetJournal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with thesituation.
Hayward is on a shortlist with Roger Agnelli, the formerchief executive of Brazil's Vale SA, and FrankChapman, former head of oil and gas producer BG Group Plc, according to the Journal, which said it is not clearwhether the shortlist is final, or who is the front runner.
Hayward, who resigned from the top job at BP in the wake ofthe 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, became interim chairman ofthe newly merged commodities group in May 2013.
Glencore said then he had been appointed "with the intentionthat he will step down once a new chairman takes up the role."
Glencore declined to comment on Friday. (Reporting by Allison Martell in Toronto; Additional reportingby Silvia Antonioli in London; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
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