BHP BILLITON PLC - Appointment of Non-executive Director

Appointment of Non-executive Director

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Release Time       IMMEDIATE
Date               10 August 2016
Release Number     19/16




APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

BHP Billiton Chairman, Jac Nasser, today announced the appointment of Ken
MacKenzie to the BHP Billiton Board as an independent Non-executive Director,
effective as of 22 September 2016.

From 2005 until 2015, Mr MacKenzie served as the Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer of Amcor Limited, a global packaging company with operations in
over 40 countries.

Mr MacKenzie is currently a Senior Adviser with McKinsey & Company and serves
on the Advisory Boards of American Securities Capital Partners and Adamantem
Capital.

Mr Nasser said Mr MacKenzie’s appointment reflected the Board’s commitment to a
structured and rigorous approach to Board succession and planning, having regard
to the skills, experience and attributes required to effectively govern the business.

“Ken will be a great addition to the Board of BHP Billiton. He will bring extensive
global and executive experience, and a deeply strategic approach. He has a proven
track record, having led a successful company in a challenging sector for a decade,”
he said.

Mr MacKenzie’s appointment to the BHP Billiton Board takes the number of Non-
executive Directors to 11.


Ken MacKenzie

Mr MacKenzie, 52, served as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of
Amcor Limited from 2005 to 2015. He had a 23 year career with Amcor, gaining
extensive experience across all of Amcor’s major business segments in the
Americas, Australia, Asia and Europe.

During his tenure as Chief Executive Officer of Amcor Limited, Mr MacKenzie
successfully created and implemented a transformational company turnaround
program rationalising and focusing on segments with strong market positions. He
oversaw a period of industry consolidation, executing over 30 mergers and
acquisition transactions to further improve scale and industry structure.

Between 2001 and 2005, Mr MacKenzie served as Group Managing Director at
Amcor Rentsch. Prior to this, his roles with Amcor included Group General Manager,
Flexible Packaging and Group General Manager, Corporate Sales & Marketing at
Amcor Australasia, and Director of Finance and Director of Engineering & Information
Technology at Amcor Rigid Plastics.

Prior to joining Amcor, Mr MacKenzie worked in the Manufacturing Strategy Practice
of Accenture (from 1987 to 1992).

Mr MacKenzie has a Bachelor of Engineering from McGill University, Canada. He is a
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Australian
Institute of Engineers.


Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Limited




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