April 2000
Ref: 32/00
BHP MINERALS ADVISES LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) today advises the details
of key leadership appointments for the new BHP Minerals' business model.
President BHP Minerals Ron McNeilly said the new model had been designed to
deliver alignment with the BHP Charter, achieve optimal business outcomes and
grow the value of the business.
The new model includes a Portfolio Leadership Team of Mr McNeilly; Chief
Operating Officer BHP Minerals Bob Kirkby; Chief Strategic Officer BHP Minerals
Marcus Randolph and BHP Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel John Fast.
Additionally it differentiates between Asset Leaders whose role is to extract
value from existing assets and Business Leaders whose role is to grow the
business. Support is provided by Strategic Advisory Leaders (some of whom
report to corporate functional heads).
All leadership positions were declared open and have been filled from within
BHP following an extensive interview and review process.
The Business Leaders, the Minerals and Corporate Strategic Advisory Leaders,
and the Strategic Marketing Managers will be located in Melbourne. The Asset
Leaders will be located at or close to operational sites.
Key appointments in BHP Minerals are as follows (with some appointments still
to be made):
Portfolio Leadership Team
President BHP Minerals Ron McNeilly
Chief Operating Officer BHP Minerals Bob Kirkby
Chief Strategy Officer BHP Minerals Marcus Randolph,
BHP Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel John Fast
Chief Financial Officer BHP Minerals To be appointed
Business Leaders
President, BHP Base Metals Peter Monkhouse
President, BHP Coal Mike Oppenheimer
President, BHP Copper Ken Pickering
President, BHP Iron Ore Stefano Giorgini
President, BHP Minerals Special Projects Gary Evans
President, BHP Diamonds and Industrial Materials TBA
President, BHP HBI TBA
Asset Leaders
President, Cannington Mark Adams
President, Escondida Bruce Turner
President, Ekati Jim Excell
President, Illawarra Coal Wayne Isaacs
President, Indonesian Coal Ken Farrell
President, New Mexico Coal John Grubb
Managing Director, Ok Tedi Roger Higgins
President, Orinoco HBI Dave Webster
President, Queensland Coal Rick Gazzard
President, US Southwest Copper John Perry
President, Tintaya Jaap Zwaan
President, Western Australia Iron Ore Graeme Hunt
President, Western Australia HBI John McKirdy, Interim Asset
Manager (External Appointment)
President, Samarco TBA
Minerals Strategic Advisory Leaders
Vice President, Asset Development Ian Ashby
Vice President, Discovery Tom Whiting
Vice President, Operational Excellence Mike Anglin
Strategic Marketing Managers
Coal, Iron Ore and HBI Simon Wandke
Copper and Base Metals John Crofts
Diamonds and Industrial Materials TBA
Commercial Managers TBA
Corporate Strategic Advisory Leaders
Environment Nick Allen
Human Resources Steve Keogh
Safety and Occupational Health Steve Pickett
Business Analysis and Evaluation TBA
Controller Mark Williams
External Affairs Tony Wells
Legal Gerard Heath
Minerals Strategy TBA
There are some other changes following the appointments.
President BHP Diamonds Jim Rothwell will not continue with BHP in the longer
term but has agreed to remain with BHP for some months to ensure a smooth
transition for the diamonds business. BHP will be conducting a worldwide
search for his replacement.
Bill Zimmerman will continue as Vice President of Marketing, BHP Diamonds. An
appointment to the position of Marketing Manager for Diamonds and Industrial
Materials will be made once the new Business Leader is in place.
Vice President Coal and Iron Ore Marketing Len Dean will be leaving BHP but
has agreed to remain with the Company to facilitate the transition period.
Ed Pettigrew will remain at New Mexico Coal to assist John Grubb with the
transition at that operation, after which he will consider options for
ongoing employment within Minerals.
Ross James will transfer to a new role in BHP as Vice President Human
Resources Projects, reporting to Tom Brown pending the implementation of the
portfolio model in other BHP businesses and the selection for the human
resources roles therein.
For further details etc.
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Note:-
BHP Managing Director and CEO Paul Anderson discussed the new Minerals
organisation in his address to the Securities Institute of Australia on 28th
February 2000. His presentation, including a briefing paper 'strategic
framework and performance pmeasures' is available at:
www.bhp.com.au/financials/brief/default.htm
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Pierre Hirsch
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