this role in 2008 consisted of £1,081,588 base salary and a £1,944,000 bonus. Chapman stood down at the end of 2012 after 12 years as CEO, and was replaced by Chris Finlayson, previously managing director for 'BG Advance', a business function within the Group. Chapman continued as an advisor to BG Group until he retired in June 2013. Finlayson lost the confidence of the Board in 2014 and resigned, replaced by Andrew Gould. On 15 October 2014, the company announced that Helge Lund, former CEO of Statoil, would become CEO. Lund left the company on 15 February 2016, following successful completion of the Shell acquisition and was replaced by a Shell appointed transition CEO. Controversies RepRisk listed the BG Group as seventh in its top ten of "Most Environmentally and Socially Controversial Companies of 2010". Reasons for the company's inclusion are as follows. The BG Group were associated with deep-sea drilling plans in the Sicilian Strait. Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO) consortium that includes BG was reportedly fined US$21 million for environmental violations at the onshore Karachaganak Oil and Gas Field. BG subsidiary Queensland Gas Company's Queensland Curtis LNG Project had caused controversy in Australia. The exploitation of the Tarija natural gas reserves in Bolivia where another BG subsidiary operated. The report also criticized the remuneration given to its chief executive who had received GBP 28 million in cash, shares and pension contributions in 2009. References External links Official Profile on Forbes Non-renewable resource companies established in 1997 Energy companies established in 1997 Oil and gas companies of the United Kingdom Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange Companies based in Reading, Berkshire British companies established in 1997 2016 mergers and acquisitions Former Shell plc subsidiaries