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BHP Billiton Appoints President Marketing
BHP Billiton Plc
Code: BIL
Isin: GB0000566504
NEWS RELEASE
8 December 2005
BHP BILLITON APPOINTS PRESIDENT MARKETING
Following the appointment of Mr Marius Kloppers to Group President with
responsibility for the non-ferrous materials businesses, Mr Tom Schutte,
previously Vice President Finance for Marketing, will become President Marketing
and will have direct responsibility for all BHP Billiton"s marketing activities,
reporting to Mike Salamon who was today appointed Executive President of BHP
Billiton (see related announcement).
Biographical details:
Tom Schutte
CA (SA) (CAISA), B.Com (Hons), Accountancy, 40
Chief Financial Officer Commercial. From 1 January 2006 President Marketing.
Joined the group in 1990 and appointed Chief Financial Officer Commercial in
January 2002. He was previously Marketing Director for Billiton Manganese, held
various marketing positions with Samancor Manganese and Manganese Metal Company
(MMC) and held previous finance positions with Gencor and Genmin.
He is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and a
Member of the European CFO Roundtable
Photograph available on request.
Further information on BHP Billiton can be found on our Internet site:
www.bhpbilliton.com
Australia United Kingdom
Jane Belcher, Investor Relations Mark Lidiard, Investor &
Tel: +61 3 9609 3952 Mobile: +61 417 031 653 Media Relations
email: Jane.H.Belcher@bhpbilliton.com Tel: +44 20 7802 4156
Mobile: +44 7769 934 942
email:
Mark.Lidiard@bhpbilliton.com
Tania Price, Media Relations Ariane Gentil, Media
Tel: +61 3 9609 3815 Mobile: +61 419 152 780 Relations
email: Tania.Price@bhpbilliton.com Tel: +44 20 7802 4177
Mobile: +44 7881 518 715
United States email:
Tracey Whitehead, Investor & Media Relations Ariane.Gentil@bhpbilliton.com
Tel: US +1 713 599 6100 or UK +44 20 7802 4031
Mobile: +44 7917 648 093 South Africa
email: Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.com Alison Gilbert, Investor
Relations
Tel: SA +27 11 376 2121 or UK
+44 20 7802 4183
email:
Alison.Gilbert@bhpbilliton.co
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Date: 08/12/2005 07:57:33 AM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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