Mike Henry is a Canadian-born businessman, and the CEO of

BHP BHP Group Limited (formerly known as BHP Billiton) is an Australian multinational mining, metals, natural gas petroleum public company that is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Broken Hill Proprietary Company was founded ...

since 1 January 2020.

Career

Henry graduated with a Bachelors of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of British Columbia. In 1999, Henry came to Australia as an employee of

Mitsubishi The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries. Founded by Yatarō Iwasaki in 1870, the Mitsubishi Group historically descended from the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company which existed from 1870 ...

to help with the joint venture, the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA), formed by the Japanese company and

. In 2001, Henry was seconded to BMA. By 2003, Henry had permanently joined BHP. In 2016, Henry took responsibility of BHP's Minerals Australia operation, of which its Iron Ore assets are a part of. On 14 November 2019, it was announced that Henry will take over as CEO of BHP from the incumbent, Andrew Mackenzie.

Personal life

Henry has Japanese heritage from his mother. Henry and his wife have two adult daughters, who both live in Canada.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:MacKenzie, Ken Canadian businesspeople Living people University of British Columbia alumni BHP people 1966 births