Malcolm Broomhead

Malcolm William Broomhead is an Australian businessman who has held various directorships and senior positions in the Australian engineering, industrial and resources sectors. As of 2018, he is a director of BHP Ltd and BHP Plc[1] and Chairman of Orica Limited. Journalist Andrew Crook wrote of Broomhead in 2012 that "nobody is more connected in Australian business".[2]

Career

Broomhead attained a BE and an MBA at the University of Queensland in the 1980s.[3]

During his career in the engineering, industrial and resources sectors, Broomheld held senior management positions with Halcrow (UK), MIM Holdings, Peko Wallsend, Industrial Equity and North Limited. At North Limited, he acted as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.

Broomhead was appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive of Orica Limited in 2001; a position he held until September 2005.

He left Orica in 2005 to undertake treatment for cancer.[4][5]

In the late 2000s, he acted as Chairman of Asciano Limited (2009-2016) and a Director of Coates Group Holdings Pty. Ltd. (2008-2013) .

Broomhead joined BHP Billiton as a non-executive director in 2010, and was appointed chairman of the company's sustainability committee in 2017.[6][7]

In December 2015 he returned to Orica as a non-executive director and in 2016 was appointed Chairman.[8][9]

Other roles

Broomhead was appointed Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in July 2014, Chairman of the Australia China One Belt One Road Advisory Board in August 2016, [8] and is a council member of Opportunity International Australia.[10]

Broomhead made a $3 million philanthropic contribution to the University of Queensland to establish its first Chair of Finance.[3]

He is a member of Australia's "Greenhouse Mafia".

Personal life

Broomhead is a cancer survivor.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "BHP Billiton | Malcolm Broomhead". BHP Billiton. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  2. ↑ "The Power Index: it's who Malcolm Broomhead knows that counts". Crikey. 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  3. 1 2 "Passion, persistence and drive the keys to business success". UQ News. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  4. ↑ "Orica bombshell - Business - Business - theage.com.au". www.theage.com.au. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  5. ↑ "Final piece of Orica's transformation is complete". Financial Review. 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  6. ↑ "Malcolm Broomhead made BHP sustainability chairman - Australian Mining". Australian Mining. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  7. ↑ "Malcolm Broomhead made BHP sustainability chairman - Australian Mining". Australian Mining. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  8. 1 2 "Malcolm William Broomhead BE, FAICD, MBA: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  9. ↑ Lynch, Jared (2015-10-26). "Orica appoints Malcolm Broomhead as chairman". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  10. ↑ "Orica Board, Executive & Committees". www.orica.com. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  11. ↑ Pennington, Sylvia (2012-11-13). "Dodging the big 'C'". Executive Style. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
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