Melbourne, Australia - April 19, 2013, Melbourne, Australia - BHP Billiton, a mining company, announced new senior management team which will take effect from May 10, 2013.
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The Group Management Committee (GMC) will comprise:
Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Mackenzie
President, Copper, Peter Beaven
President, Petroleum and Potash, Tim Cutt, effective July 2, 2013
President, Coal, Dean Dalla Valle
Chief Legal Counsel, Geoff Healy, effective June 3, 2013)
President, HSEC, Marketing and Technology, Mike Henry
Chief Financial Officer, Graham Kerr
President, Aluminium, Manganese and Nickel, Daniel Malchuk
President, Governance and Group Company Secretary, Jane McAloon
President, Iron Ore, Jimmy Wilson
President, People and Public Affairs, Karen Wood
Mr. Mackenzie is Group Executive and Chief Executive Non-Ferrous. He joined BHP Billiton in November 2008 in his current position as Chief Executive Non-Ferrous. His prior career included time with Rio Tinto, where he was Chief Executive of Diamonds and Minerals, and with BP, where he held a number of senior roles, including Group Vice President for Technology and Engineering, and Group Vice President for Chemicals. He is a non-executive Director of Centrica plc.
Mr. Beaven is the President of Base Metals, a position he has held since November 2010. He was previously President of BHP Billiton’s Manganese business, and Vice President and Chief Development Officer for Carbon Steel Materials. He has wide experience across a range of regions and businesses in BHP Billiton and UBS Warburg. He holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa and is a Chartered Accountant.
Mr. Cutt was appointed President, Diamonds and Specialty Products in June 2011. Prior to this role, Tim was the President, Production in BHP Billiton's Petroleum business, a position he held since joining the company in 2007. His career in the resources industry began with Mobil Oil Corporation where he held positions in engineering, operations and senior management. He served almost 25 years with Mobil and then ExxonMobil, including as President of ExxonMobil de Venezuela.
Mr. Valle is the President of BHP Billiton's Energy Coal Customer Sector Group (CSG), a role he commenced in January 2013. He has 36 years’ experience in BHP Billiton. Before joining Energy Coal, he was the President of the Uranium CSG for three years. Prior to that role he held the positions of Asset President Olympic Dam, Asset President of the Cannington silver mine and Vice President Ports for Iron Ore.
Mr. Valle was also the General Manager of the Appin, Tower and Westcliff Collieries for Illawarra Coal. He has an Electrical Engineering background and holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Wollongong, NSW.
Mr. Healy is company's general counsel. He is Herbert Smith Freehills senior partner. At his firm, where has been a partner since 1997, he had been the relationship partner for BHP. He specializes in regulatory matters and disputes.
Mr. Henry is Group Executive and Chief Marketing Officer and a Member of the Group Management Committee. He joined the Group in 2003 and was appointed Chief Marketing Officer in November 2011. Prior to this, he was President, Marketing.
Mr. Henry’s earlier career with BHP Billiton included various business development and marketing roles, including Marketing Director for Petroleum, Marketing Director for Energy Coal & Freight and Vice President Business Development for the Energy Coal Customer Sector Group. Prior to joining BHP Billiton, he worked for Mitsubishi Corporation where he held a number of commercial roles.
Mr. Kerr is Group Executive and Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Group Management Committee and Chairman of the Investment Committee and Financial Risk Management Committee. He joined the Group in 1994 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in November 2011. Prior to this, he was President of Diamonds and Specialty Products.
Mr. Kerr has worked in a wide range of finance, treasury and operational roles across the Group, and has held the positions of Chief Financial Officer of Stainless Steel Materials, Vice President Finance – BHP Billiton Diamonds and Finance Director for EKATI. In 2004, he left BHP Billiton for a two year period when he was General Manager Commercial for Iluka Resources Ltd.
Mr. Malchuk is the President of Minerals Exploration, a position he has held since July 2012. He joined the Group in 1996 and has held a number of roles in the Base Metals business including BHP Copper between 1996 and 1998 and business development roles between 2002 and 2006.
In 2006 Mr. Malchuk took responsibility for the Operations division of Base Metals as Asset Leader Joint Ventures and was most recently Vice President Strategy and Development. He has a Civil Industrial Engineering degree from the University of Chile and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
Ms. McAloon is Group Company Secretary.
Mr. Wilson was appointed President, Iron Ore in March 2012. He has had an extensive career in the mining industry and held key managerial and operating roles throughout BHP Billiton including President, Energy Coal (2009 – 2012) and President, Stainless Steel Materials (2007 – 2009). Prior to these roles, he was President and Chief Operating Officer Nickel West, President and Chief Operating Officer Samancor Chrome, and General Manager of Billiton's Bayside Aluminium.
Ms. Wood is Group Executive and Chief People & Public Affairs Officer and Member of the Group Management Committee. She joined BHP Billiton in 2001. Her previous positions were Chief Governance Officer, Special Adviser and Head of Group Secretariat and Group Company Secretary. ■