Appointment of Non-executive Director

RNS Number : 0130Y
BHP Group PLC
04 September 2020
 

NEWS RELEASE

 

Release Time

IMMEDIATE

Date

4 September 2020

Release Number

11/20

 

 

 

Appointment of Non-executive Director

 

BHP Chair, Ken MacKenzie, today announced the appointment of Christine O'Reilly  to the BHP Board as an independent Non-executive Director, effective 12 October 2020.

 

Ms O'Reilly has broad strategic, financial and operational experience from her extensive executive and non-executive roles across diverse industries. Ms O'Reilly is currently a Non-executive Director of Stockland Limited, Medibank Private Limited, Transurban Group and CSL Limited. She will retire from the Boards of Transurban Group and CSL Limited at the conclusion of each of their 2020 Annual General Meetings. She was previously a Non-executive Director of Energy Australia Holdings Limited.

 

Ms O'Reilly's executive career included 30 years' experience in both financial and operational entities, including as the Chief Executive Officer of the GasNet Australia Group and as Co-Head of Unlisted Infrastructure Investments at Colonial First State Global Asset Management.

 

Mr MacKenzie said Ms O'Reilly's appointment reflected the Board's commitment to a continuous, structured and rigorous approach to Board succession and planning and this appointment is based on the balance of attributes, skills, experience, diversity and tenure necessary for the Board to govern BHP effectively.

 

"We are delighted that Christine will be joining our Board. Christine's extensive executive and non-executive experience in financial and operational roles, and her wide range of skills will help to strengthen the Board's experience and expertise. She will bring deep financial and public policy expertise, as well as valuable insight and experience in large scale capital projects and transformational strategy."

 

Ms O'Reilly will also become a member of the Risk and Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee, effective 12 October 2020.

 

After the BHP Annual General Meetings, the BHP Board will comprise 12 Directors - 11 Non-executive Directors and one Executive Director.

 

Christine O ' Reilly

 

Ms O'Reilly, 59, has extensive executive and non-executive experience across diverse industries. Her executive career included 30 years'   experience in both financial and operational entities.

 

Following an early career in chartered accounting and eight years   of experience in investment banking, Ms O'Reilly held operational leadership roles, before being appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the GasNet Australia Group, from 2001 to 2006. From 2007 until 2012, Ms O'Reilly was Co-Head of Unlisted Infrastructure Investments at Colonial First State Global Asset Management.

 

Ms O'Reilly has non-executive experience in a number of sectors including infrastructure, property, private health insurance, energy and medical research. She is a Non-executive Director of CSL Limited, Stockland Limited, Medibank Private Limited, Transurban Group and Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, and was previously a Non-executive Director of Energy Australia Holdings Limited (from 2012 to 2018). Ms O'Reilly will retire from the Boards of Transurban Group and CSL Limited at the conclusion of each of their 2020 Annual General Meetings.

 

Ms O'Reilly qualified as a Chartered Accountant and has a Bachelor of Business from the Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University).

 

 

Further information on BHP can be found at: bhp.com

 

 

Authorised for lodgement by:

Caroline Cox

Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

 

 

 

 

Media Relations

 

Email: media.relations@bhp.com

 

Investor Relations

 

Email: investor.relations@bhp.com

 

 

 

Australia and Asia

 

Gabrielle Notley

Tel: +61 3 9609 3830  Mobile: +61 411 071 715

 

Europe, Middle East and Africa

 

Neil Burrows

Tel: +44 20 7802 7484  Mobile: +44 7786 661 683

 

Americas

 

Judy Dane

Tel: +1 713 961 8283  Mobile: +1 713 299 5342

 

Australia and Asia

 

Tara Dines

Tel: +61 3 9609 2222  Mobile: + 61 499 249 005

 

Europe, Middle East and Africa

 

Elisa Morniroli

Tel: +44 20 7802 7611  Mobile: +44 7825 926 646

 

Americas

 

Brian Massey

Tel: +1 713 296 7919   Mobile: +1 832 870 7677

 

 

 

BHP Group Limited ABN 49 004 028 077

LEI WZE1WSENV6JSZFK0JC28

Registered in Australia

Registered Office: Level 18, 171 Collins Street

Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia

Tel +61 1300 55 4757 Fax +61 3 9609 3015

 

BHP Group plc Registration number 3196209

LEI 549300C116EOWV835768

Registered in England and Wales

Registered Office: Nova South, 160 Victoria Street

London SW1E 5LB United Kingdom

Tel +44 20 7802 4000 Fax +44 20 7802 4111

 

 

 

Members of the BHP Group which is

headquartered in Australia

F ollow us on social media

 

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.
 
END
 
 
BOALJMJTMTMMTIM
UK 100

Latest directors dealings