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BHP picks Slattery to lead Aust operations

By AAP Newswire

Aug 16, 2022

Geraldine Slattery will head up BHP's Australian operations. — Geraldine Slattery has been appointed to head up BHP's Australian operations. -PR Handout Image

Resources giant BHP has appointed company insider Geraldine Slattery to head up its Australian operations.

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The former BHP petroleum president will take on the new role from October 1 after offloading the oil business to Woodside, in changes to the leadership team announced on Tuesday.

"Geraldine has navigated the petroleum business through the intensity of the successful merger and integration with Woodside, while delivering outstanding performance," BHP CEO Mike Henry said in a statement filed with the ASX.

Edgar Basto has been appointed chief operating officer, also from October 1, after more than three decades with BHP, most recently as president of the Minerals Australia division.

He has also led BHP's two largest assets - Western Australia Iron Ore and Escondida - and headed up the global health, safety and environment team.

Mr Henry said the two appointments put safety and operational reliability at the heart of value creation at BHP.

Ms Slattery joined BHP in 1994 and has led the oil and gas development programs in the United States, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Algeria, Mexico, and Canada.