BHP chief Mike Henry to stand down after six years in charge

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Simon Johanson

Brandon Craig will take over from Mike Henry as chief executive of Australia’s largest mining company, BHP, who will step down in July after six years in the top job.

BHP chair Ross McEwan said Craig’s appointment followed a formal succession process.

Mike Henry will step down from the top job at BHP.Eamon Gallagher

“I am confident that his [Craig’s] discipline and focus will continue to drive BHP’s high-performance culture and advance the company’s unrivalled pipeline of growth options to maximise shareholder returns,” McEwan said in a statement on Wednesday.

Craig is currently BHP’s Americas president running the miner’s Canadian, US and South American operations. Before that, he headed up its Pilbara iron ore business.

Simon Johanson is a business journalist at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via X or email.