SAO PAULO, July 9 (Reuters) - A consulting firm hired by

Vale to help it with its CEO succession process has

presented the Brazilian miner's board of directors with 15

potential candidates, local newspaper O Globo reported on

Tuesday.

Among those suggested by Russell Reynolds for Vale's top job

are the heads of big Brazilian firms, the report said, naming

Embraer's ( ERJ ) Francisco Gomes Neto, Gerdau's ( GGB ) Gustavo Werneck and

Klabin's Cristiano Teixeira, among others.