Tall, blondish Robert Dudley even looks kind of like his namesake hero from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, though with none of the bombast.

FORBES: With Hayward Out, Can Dudley Do-Right Rescue BP?

Tony Hayward, the company's hapless chief executive, turned over day-to-day leadership of the clean-up effort to Robert Dudley, who used to head BP's operations in Russia.

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