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Andrew McKenzie

June

 Andrew Mackenzie’s perspective on the global carbon challenge revealed in an exclusive interview with The Australian Financial Review’s Tech Zero podcast underlines the challenges in the pathway to the net zero future.

Mackenzie’s climate change

It shouldn’t surprise to hear the head of a global oil company talking his own book. But it’s no use pretending that the decarbonisation transition is more difficult and more costly than many imagined.

  • The AFR View

September 2022

Shell CEO to leave at end of year, replaced by gas chief Sawan

Shell chief executive officer Ben van Beurden will step down at the end of this year after almost 40 years at the company.

  • James Herron

December 2021

How Mike Henry guided BHP’s big year of reinvention

The mining giant’s chief executive made more change in an action-packed 2021 than most manage in an entire term – and more’s on the way.

  • Peter Ker and James Thomson

August 2021

BHP boss Mike Henry has unleashed a string of transformative moves.

Mike Henry just changed BHP forever

BHP’s operational excellence and the riches of the iron ore boom have allowed Mike Henry to make three big, bold moves.

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  • James Thomson

February 2020

Rio's remuneration committee  highlighted Jean-Sebastien Jacques'  role in lifting staff morale.

Rio gives Jacques a 27pc pay rise

Big profits, bumper dividends and improved safety saw the Rio chief earn a big pay rise despite operational stumbles in WA and Mongolia.

  • Peter Ker
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Mike Henry is hunting incremental change, not a radical shake-up.

Henry's plan to reshape BHP from the ground up

BHP doesn’t need radical surgery. What new CEO Mike Henry wants to bring is a fresh focus, energy and nimbleness in a rapidly changing world.

  • James Thomson

January 2020

Glencore is accelerating CEO  Ivan Glasenberg's retirement.

As Glasenberg leaves, what next for Glencore?

With the firm under investigation in the US and UK, Glencore's chief Ivan Glasenberg is relinquishing his crown.

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  • Ed Clowes

December 2019

Australian shares dropped on Monday.

Miners, banks sink ASX ahead of Christmas

Australian shares fell on Monday as modest losses from the major banks and miners dragged the market lower.

  • William McInnes
Outgoing BHP CEO Andrew Mackenzie

BHP's Andrew Mackenzie to retire earlier than expected

BHP's outgoing chief executive Andrew Mackenzie will leave the mining giant on March 31 next year, three months earlier than expected.

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  • Elouise Fowler

November 2019

Macquarie Group's Shemara Wikramanayake is the first woman to top the highest-paid CEO rankings.

A woman tops CEO pay ranks for the first time

Just five CEOs cracked the $10 million mark and 20 of the top 50 CEOs reported a pay cut in The Australian Financial Review's annual pay survey.

  • Patrick Durkin
Mike Henry's data-driven precision making makes him a perfect fit for BHP chairman Ken MacKenzie's view of what a modern CEO needs to be

Henry promises continuity with a twist

BHP's next boss has offered an opening narrative that echoes the contrasting strategies of both current and past chief executives.

  • Matthew Stevens

The big worry for the new BHP boss is China

BHP's new chief executive, Mike Henry, is hostage to the performance of his company's biggest customer, China.

  • Tony Boyd
Mike Henry has pledged to "accelerate" the miner's cost-cutting and productivity push.

'The job is not done': Henry to make BHP leaner

Mike Henry has vowed to 'accelerate' the resource giant's cost cutting and productivity campaign after winning the race for CEO.

  • James Thomson and Angela Macdonald-Smith
Mike Henry will be BHP's new chief executive.

'Social value' not optional for new BHP boss

New BHP chief executive Mike Henry is passionate about the company's history – but also about the need for change.

  • Jennifer Hewett
New BHP CEO MIke Henry

Mackenzie leaves with $37m in shares, Henry gets 'modest' $11m

BHP's new CEO Mike Henry had good reason to be smiling from ear to ear at a press conference to announce his appointment on Thursday.

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  • Patrick Durkin
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Fund managers are welcoming a familiar face to the BHP top job.

Investors see China, climate as challenges for BHP 'veteran'

Fund managers say an internal candidate is a strong appointment, but not necessarily the boldest choice for BHP.

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  • William McInnes and Vesna Poljak

Mike Henry's 30-year journey to BHP's top job

Mike Henry knew he wanted to work for BHP a decade before he joined the company. But as CEO, he will face some tough calls.

  • James Thomson
Mike Henry, president of Minerals Australia operations at BHP Billiton Ltd., pauses as he speaks at an event hosted by the Melbourne Mining Club in Melbourne, Australia, on Thursday, April 21, 2016. Henry said the long-term outlook for commodities remains positive and iron ore will continue to see low-cost output come to market. Photographer: Mark Dadswell/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Mike Henry

BHP names Mike Henry as new CEO

BHP's Australian mining boss Mike Henry has won the race to replace chief executive Andrew Mackenzie, who will retire at the end of the year.

  • James Thomson and Angela Macdonald-Smith

September 2019

BHP chief financial officer Peter Beaven was born in Portugal.

BHP moves to avoid super-sized bonuses

The miner has changed its long-term incentive structure to avoid a repeat of the $16 million payout to former chief executive Marius Kloppers earlier this decade.

  • Peter Ker

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