BHP appoints Mike Henry as new chief executive
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BHP said it had appointed Mike Henry as its next chief executive, succeeding Andrew Mackenzie who is retiring at the end of the year.
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Henry, who was currently in charge of the mining giant's iron ore, coal and copper mines in Australia, and would start his new job in January, BHP said in a statement on Thursday.
Henry refused to say whether the company would resign its membership of the Minerals Council of Australia over its position on global warming after a third of shareholders voted in favour of such a move this week.
“Our position on climate change doesn’t change, I am fully committed to the goals that we’ve put out there,” he told a news conference.
“In terms of my approach to engagement, I believe that social value is not an elective for the company.”