Appointment of Non-executive Director

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Release Time      IMMEDIATE
Date              4 September 2020
Release Number    11/20



Appointment of Non-executive Director

BHP Chair, Ken MacKenzie, today announced the appointment of Christine O’Reilly
to the BHP Board as an independent Non-executive Director, effective 12 October
2020.

Ms O’Reilly has broad strategic, financial and operational experience from her
extensive executive and non-executive roles across diverse industries. Ms O’Reilly is
currently a Non-executive Director of Stockland Limited, Medibank Private Limited,
Transurban Group and CSL Limited. She will retire from the Boards of Transurban
Group and CSL Limited at the conclusion of each of their 2020 Annual General
Meetings. She was previously a Non-executive Director of Energy Australia Holdings
Limited.

Ms O’Reilly’s executive career included 30 years’ experience in both financial and
operational entities, including as the Chief Executive Officer of the GasNet Australia
Group and as Co-Head of Unlisted Infrastructure Investments at Colonial First State
Global Asset Management.

Mr MacKenzie said Ms O’Reilly’s appointment reflected the Board’s commitment to a
continuous, structured and rigorous approach to Board succession and planning and
this appointment is based on the balance of attributes, skills, experience, diversity
and tenure necessary for the Board to govern BHP effectively.

“We are delighted that Christine will be joining our Board. Christine’s extensive
executive and non-executive experience in financial and operational roles, and her
wide range of skills will help to strengthen the Board’s experience and expertise. She
will bring deep financial and public policy expertise, as well as valuable insight and
experience in large scale capital projects and transformational strategy.”

Ms O’Reilly will also become a member of the Risk and Audit Committee and the
Remuneration Committee, effective 12 October 2020.

After the BHP Annual General Meetings, the BHP Board will comprise 12 Directors –
11 Non-executive Directors and one Executive Director.
Christine O’Reilly

Ms O’Reilly, 59, has extensive executive and non-executive experience across
diverse industries. Her executive career included 30 years’ experience in both
financial and operational entities.

Following an early career in chartered accounting and eight years of experience in
investment banking, Ms O’Reilly held operational leadership roles, before being
appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the GasNet Australia
Group, from 2001 to 2006. From 2007 until 2012, Ms O’Reilly was Co-Head of
Unlisted Infrastructure Investments at Colonial First State Global Asset Management.

Ms O’Reilly has non-executive experience in a number of sectors including
infrastructure, property, private health insurance, energy and medical research. She
is a Non-executive Director of CSL Limited, Stockland Limited, Medibank Private
Limited, Transurban Group and Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, and was
previously a Non-executive Director of Energy Australia Holdings Limited (from 2012
to 2018). Ms O’Reilly will retire from the Boards of Transurban Group and CSL
Limited at the conclusion of each of their 2020 Annual General Meetings.

Ms O’Reilly qualified as a Chartered Accountant and has a Bachelor of Business
from the Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University).


Further information on BHP can be found at: bhp.com

Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Limited


Authorised for lodgement by:
Caroline Cox
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary



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