Date 24 May 2000
Number 45/00
BHP BOARD APPOINTMENT
The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) today announced the
appointment of Dr John Schubert to the BHP Board, effective 1 June 2000.
Dr Schubert was formerly Chairman and Managing Director of Esso Australia
Limited from 1988 to 1993 and Managing Director and Chief Executive
of Pioneer International Limited from 1993 to May this year.
Announcing the appointment, BHP Chairman Don Argus said the Board
was pleased to have secured the services of Dr Schubert with his depth of
experience in the petroleum and manufacturing industries.
"This is a further step towards meeting our commitment to continually
broaden the capabilities of the Board and strengthen the quality of
the Company's corporate decision making," Mr Argus said.
Dr Schubert is currently a director of Commonwealth Bank of Australia
and Hanson PLC.
Contact:
Media Relations Mandy Frostick, Manager Media Relations
Ph: +61 3 9609 4157 Mob: +61 419 546 245
Investor Relations
Dr Robert Porter, Vice President Investor Relations
Ph: +61 3 9609 3540 Mob: +61 419 587 456
Pierre Hirsch
BHP Investor Relations - San Francisco
Tel: +1 415 774 2030
SCHUBERT, John Michael
Director BHP 2000
Career
Managing Director and Chief Executive Pioneer International Limited
1993-2000; Chairman & Managing Director Esso Australia Limited 1988-
1993;Deputy Managing Director Esso Australia Limited 1985-1988;
Director Esso Australia Limited 1983-1985; Executive Assistant to
the President, Exxon Corporation New York 1982-1983; Production
Divisional Manager , Exxon Corporation New York 1981-1982; Assistant
Treasurer, Esso Eastern Inc Houston Texas 1979-1981.
Current Directorships
Director, Commonwealth Bank of Australia Limited (1991 - present).
Director, Hanson PLC (2000 - present).
Previous Directorships
Chairman, Esso Australia Limited (1988 - 1993).
Director, Australian Petroleum Pty Limited (1994 -1998).
Director Pioneer International (1993 - 2000).
Committees, industry bodies & professional associations
Fellow, Australian Institute of Engineers.
Chartered Professional Engineer.
Fellow, Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.
Community Involvement
Former Vice President, Business Council of Australia;
Board Member and Director, Australian Graduate School of Management;
Central Region Salvation Army - Advisory Council Director -
Great Barrier Reef Research Foundation.
Personal
Born: Sydney, Australia, 1942.
Education: Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (Honours) University
of Melbourne.
Doctor of Philosophy (Chemical Engineering).
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