British Petroleum and friends: The face of the enemy » peoplesworld
The Chairman of the Board of British Petroleum is a Swede, Carl-Henric Svanberg,
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article6579474.ece
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/may/13/bp-chairman-svanberg-comment
Forbes ranks Ms. Carroll as the fifth richest woman on the planet, sh has four children
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Carroll
http://cms.skidmore.edu/ctw/participants.cfm?passID=128
and is currently Executive Director of Anglo American PLC, as well as sitting of the board of DeBeers and BP.
For those who don't following mining matters, Anglo-American and DeBeers are the two ugly twins of South African mining. Both companies are heavily implicated in oppressive labor conditions in South Africa and its neighbors. Historically, Anglo-American ran the gold mines of the Transvaal, while DeBeers is of course world famous for its diamonds. Ms. Carroll became Executive Director of Anglo-American in March 2007, and has been sharply criticized in South Africa because of her company's labor practices. She was also formerly associated with the aluminum mining giant, Alcan, and other corporate behemoths. Her salary at BP is said to be about $2 million per year
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