New BHP boss has work cut out for him to deliver copper future
Mike Henry’s appetite for change defied initial perceptions. Now Brandon Craig must prepare for gathering storms.
After six-and-a-half years in the top job and almost a quarter of a century at the world’s biggest mining company, Mike Henry leaves on a high note. As he prepares to pass the torch to Brandon Craig – the company’s Minerals Americas president for the past two years – Henry has maintained BHP as one of the best miners in the world.
Henry’s legacy will be transitioning BHP to a major global producer of “future-facing” commodities such as copper, nickel and potash in a lower-carbon world and pivoting the company away from its reliance on iron ore and thermal coal.
