Ken MacKenzie (businessman)

Last updated

Ken MacKenzie
Born
Kenneth Norman MacKenzie

March 1964 (age 59)
NationalityCanadian
Education McGill University
OccupationBusinessman
Known forFormer CEO, Amcor
TitleChairman, BHP

Kenneth Norman MacKenzie (born March 1964) [1] is a Canadian-born businessman, and the chairman of BHP since September 2017, and the former CEO of Amcor. [2]

MacKenzie earned a bachelor's degree from McGill University in Canada. [3]

MacKenzie worked for Amcor for 23 years, and was CEO from July 2005 to April 2015. [3]

In June 2017, it was announced that MacKenzie would succeed Jac Nasser as chairman of BHP Billiton in September. [4] [5] [6]

In 2021, MacKenzie joined Barrenjoey Capital Partners as a Strategic Advisor. [7]

It was reported on 1 November 2023 that Mackenzie had defended BHP's A$2m donation in support of the Voice to Parliament referendum, arguing that there were "clear business reasons" for the support. [8] (In October 2023, the Voice to Parliament proposal was rejected nationally and by a majority in every state. [9] )

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BHP</span> Australian multinational mining and petroleum company

BHP Group Limited is an Australian multinational mining and metals public company headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Kenneth Mackenzie, Kenneth MacKenzie, or Kenneth McKenzie may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amcor</span> Packaging company

Amcor plc is a global packaging company. It develops and produces flexible packaging, rigid containers, specialty cartons, closures and services for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical-device, home and personal-care, and other products.

Jacques Albert Nasser is a Lebanese Australian American business executive and philanthropist. Known for a management career at Ford Motor Company spanning several decades and continents, from 1999 to 2001 he served as Ford's CEO and president. He subsequently was a partner at One Equity Partners (JPMorgan), as well as on the boards of British Sky Broadcasting and Brambles. Also previously on the international advisory council of Allianz and Chairman of the Australian mining company BHP Billiton from 2010 to 2017, Smart Company named Nasser No. 6 on a 2012 list of the "most powerful people in Australian boardrooms."

Christopher James Lynch is an Australian businessman who is currently a director of Westpac. He is a former chief financial officer and board member of Anglo-Australian resources companies Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, and a CEO of Transurban. Lynch was a member of the AFL Commission between 2008 and 2014. He played five matches for Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League.

Kenneth Ivo Brownley Langwell Mackenzie was an Australian poet and novelist. His first and best-known novel, The Young Desire It (1937), was published under the pen name Seaforth Mackenzie.

Paladin Energy Ltd is a Western Australian based uranium production company.

Marius Jacques Kloppers is a South African-born Australian businessman and former CEO of BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company. He was also Executive Director and Chairman of the Group Management Committee from 2007 to 2013. He was asked to retire as CEO on 1 October 2013, and was succeeded by Andrew Mackenzie.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MacKenzie Art Gallery</span> Art museum in Saskatchewan, Canada

The MacKenzie Art Gallery is an art museum located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The museum occupies the multipurpose T. C. Douglas Building, situated at the edge of the Wascana Centre. The building holds eight galleries totaling to 2,200 square metres (24,000 sq ft) of exhibition space.

Mackenzie, MacKenzie and McKenzie are alternative spellings of a Scottish surname relating to Clan Mackenzie. It was originally written MacKenȝie and pronounced in Scots, with the "z" representing the old Middle Scots letter, "ȝ" yogh. This is an anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich, which is a patronymic form of the personal name Coinneach, anglicized as Kenneth. The personal name means "handsome".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ken Wyatt</span> Indigenous Australian politician (born 1952)

Kenneth George Wyatt is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2022, representing the Division of Hasluck for the Liberal Party. He is the first Indigenous Australian elected to the House of Representatives, the first to serve as a government minister, and the first appointed to cabinet.

The Jimblebar mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 41 kilometres east of Newman.

Philip S. Aiken is an Australian business executive.

Sir Michael Lawrence Davis is a British politician and former South African businessman, former chief executive and treasurer of the Conservative Party and the chief executive (CEO) of Xstrata plc, an Anglo-Swiss multinational mining company, until its merger with Glencore in 2013. After leaving Xstrata, he formed the mining venture X2 Resources and, after making substantial donations, became the CEO and treasurer of the British Conservative Party – a post he held until July 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrew Mackenzie (businessman)</span> Scottish businessman (born 1956)

Sir Andrew Stewart Mackenzie is a Scottish businessman, who is the chairman of Shell plc and formerly CEO of BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company. He succeeded Marius Kloppers, on 10 May 2013, and was succeeded by Mike Henry, at the start of 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Olympic Dam mine</span> Poly-metallic underground mine in South Australia

The Olympic Dam mine is a large poly-metallic underground mine located in South Australia, 550 km (340 mi) NNW of Adelaide. It is the fourth largest copper deposit and the largest known single deposit of uranium in the world. Copper is the largest contributor to total revenue, accounting for approximately 70% of the mine's revenue, with the remaining 25% from uranium, and around 5% from silver and gold. BHP has owned and operated the mine since 2005. The mine was previously owned by Western Mining Corporation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mariana dam disaster</span> 2015 environmental disaster near Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil

The Mariana dam disaster, also known as the Bento Rodrigues or Samarco dam disaster, occurred on 5 November 2015, when the Fundão tailings dam at the Germano iron ore mine of the Samarco Mariana Mining Complex near Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil, suffered a catastrophic failure, resulting in flooding that devastated the downstream villages of Bento Rodrigues and Paracatu de Baixo, killing 19 people. The extent of the damage caused by the tailings dam collapse is the largest ever recorded with pollutants spread along 668 kilometres (415 mi) of watercourses.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John MacKenzie (mountain guide)</span> Gaelic mountain guide

John Morton MacKenzie (1856–1933) was a Gaelic speaking crofter from Sconser on the Island of Skye and Britain’s first professional mountain guide.

Ken McKenzie (1923–2003) was a Canadian newspaper publisher and sports journalist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barrenjoey Capital Partners</span> Australian Investment Bank

Barrenjoey Capital Partners (Barrenjoey) is an Australian investment banking firm that is headquartered in Sydney with additional offices in Melbourne and Perth.

References

  1. "Kenneth Norman MACKENZIE - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. "BHP names packaging guru MacKenzie as new chairman". 16 June 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017 via Reuters.
  3. 1 2 "Stocks". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. Yeomans, Jon (16 June 2017). "BHP Billiton names Ken MacKenzie as chairman" . Retrieved 25 October 2017 via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  5. "Subscribe - theaustralian". www.theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  6. Knight, Elizabeth (16 June 2017). "Cleanskin king Ken MacKenzie represents new face of BHP" . Retrieved 25 October 2017 via The Sydney Morning Herald.
  7. "BHP says management wanted Barrenjoey despite chairman link". Australian Financial Review. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  8. Evans, Duncan (1 November 2023). "BHP chair Ken MacKenzie defends $2m donation in support of the Voice". News.com.au. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  9. "As it happened: Referendum overwhelmingly rejected". www.9news.com.au. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.