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2.2 Board of Directors and Executive Leadership Team

2.2.1 Board of Directors

Ken MacKenzie Mike Henry Terry Bowen
BEng, FIEA, FAICD, 56 BSc (Chemistry), 54 BAcct, FCPA, MAICD, 53
Chair and Independent Non-independent Director Independent Non-executive Director
Non-executive Director Director of BHP Group Limited and BHP Group Director of BHP Group Limited and
Director of BHP Group Limited and Plc since January 2020. He was appointed BHP Group Plc since October 2017.
BHP Group Plc since September 2016. Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2020. Skills and experience:
Chair of BHP Group Limited and Skills and experience: Mr Bowen has significant executive experience
BHP Group Plc from 1 September 2017. Mr Henry has over 30 years’ experience across a range of diversified industries.
Skills and experience: in the global mining and petroleum industry, He has deep financial expertise, and extensive
Mr MacKenzie has extensive global and spanning operational, commercial, safety, experience in capital allocation discipline,
technology and marketing roles.
commodity value chains and strategy.
executive experience and a deeply strategic
approach, with a focus on capital discipline Mike joined BHP in 2003, initially in business Terry is currently Chair of the Operations Group
and the creation of long-term shareholder development and then in marketing and at BGH Capital, and a Non-executive Director
value. He has insight and understanding in trading of a range of mineral and petroleum of Transurban Group.
relation to organisational culture, the external commodities based in The Hague, where Prior to this, Terry served as Managing Partner
environment, the diverse interests of our he was also accountable for BHP’s ocean and Head of Operations at BGH Capital. He also
stakeholders and emerging issues related freight operations. He went on to hold various previously served as an Executive Director and
to the creation of social value. positions in the Company, including President Finance Director of Wesfarmers Limited from
Ken was the Managing Director and Chief Operations Minerals Australia, President Coal, 2009 to 2017, which included chairing a number
Executive Officer of Amcor Limited, a global President HSE, Marketing and Technology, and of Wesfarmers’ operating divisions. Prior to this,
packaging company with operations in over Chief Marketing Officer. Mike was appointed Terry held various senior executive roles within
40 countries, from 2005 until 2015. During Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2020 Wesfarmers, including as Finance Director
his 23-year career with Amcor, Ken gained and has been a member of the Executive of Coles, Managing Director of Industrial and
extensive experience across all of Amcor’s Leadership Team since 2011. Safety and Finance Director of Wesfarmers
major business segments in developed and Prior to joining BHP, Mike worked in the Landmark. Terry is a former Director of Gresham
emerging markets in the Americas, Australia, resources industry in Canada, Japan Partners and past President of the National
Asia and Europe. and Australia. Executive of the Group of 100 Inc.
Other directorships and offices Other directorships and offices The Board is satisfied that Terry meets the
(current and recent): (current and recent): criteria for financial experience as outlined
• Advisory Board member of American • Council member and Treasurer of the in the 2018 UK Corporate Governance Code
Securities Capital Partners LLC International Council on Mining and (UK Code), competence in accounting and
(since January 2016) Metals (ICMM) (since 2020) auditing as required by the Financial Conduct
• Former Managing Director and Chief Authority (FCA) Disclosure and Transparency
Executive Officer of Amcor Limited Rules and the audit committee financial expert
(from July 2005 to April 2015) requirements under the US Securities and
• Former Advisory Board member of Exchange Commission Rules. In addition,
Adamantem Capital (from September 2016 he is the Board’s nominated ‘audit committee
to May 2019) financial expert’ for the purposes of the US
Securities and Exchange Commission Rules.
• Former Senior Adviser to McKinsey &
Company (from January 2016 to June 2017) Other directorships and offices
Board Committee membership: (current and recent):
• Non-executive Director of Transurban Group
• Chair of the Nomination and (since February 2020)
Governance Committee
• Director of Navitas Pty Limited (since July 2019)
• Chair (since 2020) and Former Head of the
Operations Group at BGH Capital (from
January 2018 to January 2020)
• Director of West Coast Eagles Football Club
(since May 2017)
• Former Executive Director and Finance
Director of Wesfarmers Limited (from April
2009 to November 2017)
• Former Chair of West Australian Opera
Company Incorporated (from July 2014
to December 2017)
• Former Director of Gresham Partners Holdings
Limited and Gresham Partners Group Limited
(from April 2009 to August 2017)
Board Committee membership:
• Chair of the Risk and Audit Committee

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