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2.4 Board meetings and attendance

The Board meets as often as required. Directors must allocate Members of the ELT and other members of senior management
sufficient time to BHP to perform their responsibilities effectively, attended meetings of the Board by invitation, with the CFO Strategic Report
including adequate time to prepare for Board meetings. During attending each meeting.
FY2020, the Board met 13 times. Twelve meetings were held in
Australia and one in the United Kingdom. The normal schedule,
which includes Board meetings in the UK and in another global
office location, was disrupted due to the travel impacts of
COVID-19 resulting in virtual board meetings, and additional
meetings were held regarding COVID-19. In total, four of the
meetings were ad hoc – scheduled during the year. 2

Board and Board Committee attendance in FY2020

Nomination Governance at BHP
Scheduled Ad hoc Risk and Audit and Governance Remuneration Sustainability Tenure as at
Board Board Committee Committee Committee Committee 30 June 2020 (1)
Terry Bowen 9/9 4/4 11/11 2 years 9 months
Malcolm Broomhead 9/9 4/4 4/4 5/5 10 years 3 months
Ian Cockerill 9/9 4/4 10/11 (2) 5/5 1 year 3 months
Anita Frew 9/9 4/4 11/11 6/6 4 years 10 months
Gary Goldberg 3/3 3/3 3/3 3/3 5 months Remuneration Report
Mike Henry 3/3 3/3 6 months
Carolyn Hewson 4/4 1/1 2/2 3/3 Retired on 7 November 2019
Susan Kilsby 9/9 2/4 (3) 1/1 6/6 1 year 3 months
Andrew Mackenzie 6/6 1/1 Retired on 31 December 2019
Ken MacKenzie 9/9 4/4 4/4 3 years 10 months
Lindsay Maxsted 9/9 4/4 11/11 9 years 3 months
John Mogford 9/9 4/4 5/5 2 years 9 months Directors’ Report
Shriti Vadera 9/9 4/4 4/4 6/6 9 years 5 months
Dion Weisler 1/1 1/1 1 month

Table indicates the number of scheduled and ad hoc meetings attended and held during the period the Director was a member of the Board and/or committee.
(1) See section 2.9 for further discussion about tenure.
(2) Ian Cockerill was unable to attend the Risk and Audit Committee meeting on 15 August 2019 due to pre-existing Board commitments in a transitional year. Ian provided
detailed comments to the Chair of the Committee ahead of the meeting.
(3) Susan Kilsby was unable to attend ad hoc Board calls which were scheduled at short notice, on 30 October 2019 and 17 March 2020, due to pre-existing Board
commitments and COVID-related travel disruptions. Ms Kilsby provided detailed comments to the Chair in advance of both meetings. Financial Statements

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