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1.6.2 Employees and contractors 1

The data in this section are averages. We take the number of employees and contractors (where applicable) at the last day of each
calendar month for a 10-month period to calculate an average for the year. This does not necessarily reflect the number of employees
and contractors at the end of each financial year.

Average number of employees and contractors Average number of employees by geographic region Strategic Report
for the year ended 30 June 2020 (1) for the year ended 30 June 2020 (1)

2020 Europe 57
Total 80,121 North America 1,296 < 1%
Employees 31,589 4% Asia 1,939 Governance at BHP
Contractors 48,532 61% 39% 6%

South America 7,330 Australia 20,967
23% 66%

2019 Europe 59
Total 72,414 North America 1,999 < 1% Remuneration Report
Employees 28,926 7% Asia 1,743
Contractors 43,488 60% 40% 6%

South America 6,979 Australia 18,146
24% 63%

2018 Europe 70 Directors’ Report
Total 62,476 North America 2,490 < 1%
Employees 27,161 9% Asia 1,368
Contractors 35,315 57% 43% 5%

South America 6,729 Australia 16,504
25% 61% Financial Statements

The table below shows the gender composition of our employees, senior leaders and the Board over the last three financial years.
2020 2019 2018
Female employees (1) 8,072 6,874 5,907
Male employees (1) 23,517 22,052 21,254
Female senior managers (2) (3) 67 70 70
Male senior managers (2) (3) 185 227 235
Female Board members (2) 3 4 3 Additional information
Male Board members (2) 9 7 7
(1) Based on the average of the number of employees at the last day of each calendar month for a 10-month period from July 2019 to April 2020 and in accordance with
our reporting requirement under the UK Companies Act 2006, which is then used to calculate a weighted average for the year to 30 June based on BHP ownership.
Data includes Continuing and Discontinued operations (Onshore US assets) for the financial years being reported. These numbers differ from the
‘point in time’ snapshot used in internal management reporting for the purposes of monitoring progress against our goals, which are reported in section 1.6.1.
(2) Based on actual numbers as at 30 June 2020, not rolling averages. FY2018 data includes Continuing operations and Discontinued operations (Onshore US assets)
for the financial years being reported. FY2020 and FY2019 data do not include Discontinued operations (Onshore US assets).
(3) For the purposes of the UK Companies Act 2006, we are required to show information for ‘senior managers’, which are defined to include both senior leaders and
any persons who are directors of any subsidiary company, even if they are not senior leaders. In FY2020, there were 252 senior leaders at BHP. There were 16 Directors
of subsidiary companies who are not senior leaders, comprising 12 men and four women. Therefore, for UK law purposes, the total number of senior managers was
197 men and 71 women (26 per cent women) in FY2020. Shareholder information

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