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BHP BILLITON APPOINTS PRESIDENT OF METALLURGICAL COAL
BHP Billiton Plc
SHARE CODE: BPL
ISIN: GB000056650
Date 27 January 2005
Number 05/05
BHP BILLITON APPOINTS PRESIDENT OF METALLURGICAL COAL
BHP Billiton today announced the appointment of Dave Murray to a new position of
President Metallurgical Coal, effective immediately.
Announcing the appointment, Carbon Steel Materials Group President, Bob Kirkby,
said that the new position would provide a global focus for the coking coal
business, with responsibility for all BHP Billiton`s metallurgical coal
operations and interests including Queensland Coal and Illawarra Coal in
Australia and the Maruwai project in Indonesia, as well as marketing, strategy
and business development.
Mr Murray will move from his current role as Chief Executive Officer of BHP
Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance based in Brisbane, to Melbourne, and will join BHP
Billiton`s Executive Committee.
The announcement follows the recent appointments of Graeme Hunt to President BHP
Billiton Iron Ore, with responsibility for the company`s global iron ore
operations, and Ian Ashby to President and Chief Operating Officer, Western
Australian Iron Ore, reporting to
Mr Hunt.
Further information on BHP Billiton can be found on our Internet site:
http://www.bhpbilliton.com
Australia United Kingdom
Jane Belcher, Investor Relations Mark Lidiard, Investor & Media
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email: Tania.Price@bhpbilliton.com
South AfricaMichael Campbell,
United States Investor & Media Relations
Francis McAllister, Investor Relations Tel: +27 11 376 3360 Mobile: +27 82
Tel: +1 713 961 8625 Mobile: +1 713 480 458 2587
3699 email:
email: Michael.J.Campbell@bhpbilliton.com
Francis.R.McAllister@bhpbilliton.com
Background information
David Murray
Prior to his appointment as President Metallurgical Coal, Mr Murray was Chief
Executive Officer, BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance Coal from August 2001.
From 1999 to 2001, Mr Murray was Chief Executive Billiton Coal and from 1993 to
1999, he was Managing Director of Trans-Natal Coal Corporation/Ingwe Coal Corp.
Mr Murray started his career in 1978 as a Trainee Mining Engineer with Gencor
Limited and has worked in the coal industry throughout. He serves as a director
of the World Coal Institute and of the Queensland Mining Council.
Career
Chief Executive Officer, BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance Coal 2001-2005; Chief
Executive Billiton Coal, 1999-2001; Managing Director, Trans-Natal Coal
Corporation/Ingwe Coal Corp. 1993-1999; Senior Manager Projects and Technical,
Trans-Natal Coal Corporation, 1991-1993; Group Manager Projects, Trans-Natal
Coal Corporation; Group Manager Technical, Trans-Natal Coal Corporation 1988-
1989; Area Manager Operations, Trans-Natal 1988; Mine Manager/Acting General
Manager, Optimum Colliery 1986-1987; Project Engineer, Trans-Natal 1984;
Underground Manager, Matla Coal Limited 1982- 1984; Senior Technical Assistant,
Matla Coal Limited 1982; Technical Assistant, Optimum Colliery 1980-1981;
Miner/Shiftboss, Hlobane Colliery 1979-1980; Student/Trainee Mining Engineer,
Gencor Limited 1978-1979.
Personal
BSc Civil Engineering, Natal University, South Africa, 1978
Post Graduate Diploma in Engineering, Pretoria University, South Africa, 1979
Advanced Executive Program, UNISA, 1985
Married with two children |
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