BHP chief executive Andrew Mackenzie to be replaced by Mike Henry
Mackenzie retires after a six-and-a-half year tenure that oversaw the spin-off of South32 and the sale of BHP’s US shale gas assets
The BHP chief executive, Andrew Mackenzie, will retire as boss of the world’s biggest miner at the end of 2019, when Mike Henry will take the reins.
The president of BHP’s Australian mining operations for the past three years, 16-year BHP veteran Henry will become chief executive on 1 January.