Management Announcement

BHP Billiton Limited
05 February 2004

     BHP Billiton Limited is issuing this announcement to fulfil disclosure
  obligations arising from its secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange.

    The text of this release is identical to that issued by BHP Billiton Plc
                                    earlier.


Date                 5 February 2004
Number               08/04


                     BHP BILLITON - MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT



BHP Billiton today announced the resignation of Mr Brad Mills following his
decision to join Lonmin Plc as Chief Executive.  Mr Mills is the President and
Chief Executive Officer of BHP Billiton's Base Metals Customer Sector Group.

BHP Billiton Chief Executive Officer Chip Goodyear said 'Brad was central to the
integration of BHP and Billiton in June 2001 and since that time has
successfully led our Base Metals division through some challenging market
conditions. We wish him every success at Lonmin.'

Further information on BHP Billiton can be found on our Internet site: http://
www.bhpbilliton.com

Australia                                                     United Kingdom
Andrew Nairn, Investor Relations                              Mark Lidiard, Investor & Media Relations
Tel: [phone]                                          Tel: [phone]
email: [e-mail]                         email: [e-mail]

Tania Price, Media Relations                                  Ariane Gentil, Media Relations
Tel: [phone] Mobile: [phone]                  Tel: [phone] Mobile: [phone]
email: [e-mail]                            email: [e-mail]

United States                                                 South Africa
Francis McAllister, Investor Relations                        Michael Campbell, Investor & Media Relations
Tel: [phone] Mobile: [phone]                  Tel: [phone] Mobile: [phone]
email: [e-mail]                   email: [e-mail]



BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077                     BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209
Registered in Australia                                     Registered in England and Wales
Registered Office: Level 27, 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne  Registered Office: Neathouse Place London SW1V 1BH 
Victoria 3000                                               United Kingdom
Telephone [phone] Facsimile [phone]        Telephone [phone] Facsimile [phone]

                           The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange