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BHP Billiton Appoints New President Corporate Affairs

BHP Billiton Plc
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Date            15 January 2014
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       BHP BILLITON APPOINTS NEW PRESIDENT CORPORATE AFFAIRS

BHP Billiton today announced the appointment of Mr Tony Cudmore as President, Corporate
Affairs. Tony will join the Group Management Committee (GMC) and commence in his role
on 3 March 2014. He will report to the Chief Executive Officer Andrew Mackenzie and will
be based at the Company’s headquarters in Melbourne, Australia.

Tony joins BHP Billiton from Exxon Mobil Corporation where he most recently led
International Corporate Brand Communications and Asia Pacific Government Relations. He
joined ExxonMobil in 2001 and has held various senior public and government affairs roles.

Between 2006 and 2012, Tony was based at ExxonMobil’s head office in Dallas, Texas, with
roles including Manager, Corporate Public Affairs, and Manager, Media Relations. Before
relocating to the United States in 2006, he was based in Melbourne with responsibility for
Communications as well as Government Relations for ExxonMobil’s upstream business.

Tony has been based in Melbourne since November 2012 with global management
accountability for ExxonMobil’s corporate reputation advertising and brand communications
for markets outside the United States. He also played an important role in ExxonMobil’s US-
based corporate advertising program supporting the company’s brand communications,
public policy advocacy and corporate social responsibility programs.

Before joining ExxonMobil Tony was the Assistant Director of the Australian Institute of
Petroleum and prior to that, the Principal Adviser to the then Premier of Victoria, The
Honourable Jeff Kennett MP.

Tony assumes direct responsibility for BHP Billiton Corporate Affairs from Karen Wood, who
has been the acting head of Corporate Affairs since mid-2013 and led the search for the new
function head.

Karen is currently the longest-serving member of the BHP Billiton GMC. She will remain a
key member of the GMC and will continue her work on a range of significant corporate and
Board issues with Andrew Mackenzie, including GMC development and succession planning
and executive remuneration. She will also retain accountability for the Company’s office in
London.

Further information on BHP Billiton can be found at: www.bhpbilliton.com.


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Australia                                                              Australia

Emily Perry                                                            Tara Dines
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Tony Cudmore
President, Corporate Affairs

Tony was announced as President, Corporate Affairs on 15 January 2014 and takes up the
role with BHP Billiton on 3 March 2014, based in Melbourne. Tony, 44, joins BHP Billiton
from ExxonMobil where he most recently led the company’s International Corporate Brand
Communications and Asia Pacific Government Relations from Australia.

In his 13-year career with ExxonMobil, Tony held a wide range of senior and global
Corporate Affairs roles in Australia and Dallas, Texas, in the United States. His
responsibilities have included integrating corporate and business unit communication
strategies, programs and communications; employee communications; government
relations; media relations; digital and social media programs; corporate advertising and
branding and speech writing.

Before joining ExxonMobil, Tony was a Media Relations and Policy Adviser before becoming
Principal Adviser to then Premier of Victoria, The Hon Jeff Kennett MP, followed by his role
as Assistant Director of the Australian Institute of Petroleum.

Tony was born in Griffith, New South Wales, and raised in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. He
holds a Bachelor of Arts (Politics and Economics) and a Graduate Certificate of International
Relations from Deakin University. He is married and has two sons.

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