Ex-BP executive lands $6.2m payout at US firm despite death of offshore worker

Andy Inglis left BP in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

The executive who oversaw BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster has landed a $6.2m (£5m) payout at his new employer despite the death of a worker on an offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

Andy Inglis ran BP’s exploration and production division before leaving in the wake of the spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, one of the worst ever environmental disasters, in which 11 workers died.