By bizn_fun 
Her surprise appointment came only three months after BP appointed a new chairman, Albert Manifold.
And she was handed the top job less than two years after Murray Auchincloss took over from Bernard Looney as chief executive.
Wednesday’s deal is the latest in a series of sales by the firm, which included offloading its US onshore wind energy business and its Dutch mobility and convenience arm.
Interim chief executive Carol Howle said the sale is a “very good outcome for all stakeholders”.
“We are reducing complexity, focusing the downstream on our leading integrated businesses, and accelerating delivery of our plan,” she added.