LONDON--Coalminer Bumi PLC (BUMI.LN) has lined up a former BP PLC (BP.LN) executive to be its new chairman, the Sunday Times newspaper reports.

John Manzoni, who spent 24 years at BP before coming chief executive of Canada's Talisman Energy (TLM) in 2007, has informally agreed to join Bumi, the paper said without citing sources.

Bumi didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

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