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BHP Billiton Plc
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ISIN: GB0000566504
NEWS RELEASE
Date 15 April 2014
Number 07/14
APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BHP Billiton Chairman, Jac Nasser, today announced the appointment of Malcolm Brinded to
the BHP Billiton Board as an independent Non-executive Director, and a member of the
Sustainability Committee, effective as of today.
Mr Brinded served on the Royal Dutch Shell plc Board of Directors between 2002 and 2012.
During his 37 year career with Shell he held leadership roles including Executive Director of
Exploration and Production, Executive Director of Upstream International and UK Country Chair
and Upstream Managing Director.
Mr Brinded is a Non-executive Director of the Network Rail Board in the UK, where he chairs the
Safety, Health and Environment Committee, and a Non-Executive Director with global
engineering consultancy CH2M Hill, where he chairs the Governance Committee.
Mr Brinded is also Chairman of the Shell Foundation, and Vice President of The Energy Institute
in the UK.
Mr Nasser said Mr Brinded’s appointment reflected the structured and rigorous approach to the
Company’s Board succession and planning.
“Malcolm’s deep experience in energy, governance and sustainability will make a significant
contribution to the Board as we identify and address the future needs of the business and the
communities in which we operate,” he said.
His appointment to the BHP Billiton Board takes the number of Non-executive Directors to 13.
Mr Nasser highlighted the size of the Board reflected overlapping tenures required to
successfully manage Board succession.
Malcolm Brinded
Mr Brinded, 61, served on the Royal Dutch Shell plc Board of Directors between 2002 and
2012. He had a 37 year career with the global oil and gas company working in the United
Kingdom, Brunei, the Netherlands, and Oman.
Between 2009 and 2012, Mr Brinded was the Executive Director of the Upstream International
business. Prior to this role he served as Executive Director in charge of Shell’s Exploration and
Production business unit; Managing Director responsible for Gas and Power, Trading and IT;
Shell UK Country Chairman and Upstream Managing Director of Shell UK.
He has served as Chairman of the Shell Foundation (an independent UK-registered charity)
since 2009, has been a Non-Executive Director of the Network Rail Board in the UK since 2010
and a Non-Executive Director of the global engineering company CH2M Hill since 2012.
Mr Brinded graduated from Cambridge University with a First Class degree in engineering. He is
a Fellow of the UK Institutions of Civil and Mechanical Engineers and the UK Royal Academy of
Engineering. He was formerly a UK Business Ambassador, and a member of the Nigerian
Presidential International Investment Council, the China Council for International Cooperation
on Environment and Development and the Shanghai International Business Leaders’ Advisory
Council.
In 2002, Mr Brinded was awarded the CBE for services to the UK Oil and Gas Industry.
Further information on BHP Billiton can be found at: www.bhpbilliton.com.
Media Relations Investor Relations
Australia Australia
Emily Perry Tara Dines
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email: Emily.Perry@bhpbilliton.com email: Tara.Dines@bhpbilliton.com
Fiona Hadley Jodie Phillips
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email: Fiona.Hadley@bhpbilliton.com email: Jodie.Phillips@bhpbilliton.com
Eleanor Nichols United Kingdom and South Africa
Tel: +61 3 9609 2360 Mobile: +61 407 064 748
email: Eleanor.Nichols@bhpbilliton.com Jonathan Price
Tel: +44 20 7802 4131 Mobile: +44 7990 527 726
United Kingdom email: Jonathan.H.Price@bhpbilliton.com
Ruban Yogarajah Dean Simon
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email: Ruban.Yogarajah@bhpbilliton.com email: Dean.Simon@bhpbilliton.com
Jennifer White Americas
Tel: +44 20 7802 7462 Mobile: +44 7827 253 764
email: Jennifer.White@bhpbilliton.com James Agar
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Americas email: James.Agar@bhpbilliton.com
Ruban Yogarajah Joseph Suarez
Tel: +44 20 7802 4033 Mobile: +44 7827 082 022 Tel: +1 212 310 1422 Mobile: +1 646 400 3803
email: Ruban.Yogarajah@bhpbilliton.com email: Joseph.Suarez@bhpbilliton.com
BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209
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Registered Office: Level 16, 171 Collins Street Registered Office: Neathouse Place
Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia London SW1V 1LH United Kingdom
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Members of the BHP Billiton Group which is headquartered in Australia
Sponsor: Absa Bank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking Division)
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