BHP’s new CEO will shift the Big Australian’s centre of gravity
Brandon Craig is a miner’s miner and an ideal candidate to bridge the gap to the company’s copper-tinged future. But he faces a steep learning curve in one vital respect.
The bolter just won the race to be the next boss of BHP.
The appointment of Brandon Craig to succeed Mike Henry will surprise many in the market, who had BHP’s Australian mining boss Geraldine Slattery as the clear favourite, with chief financial officer Vandita Pant the next most likely internal candidate.
