BHP has appointed Tim Day to run its iron ore division, as it prepares for Brandon Craig's transfer as announced by the major miner late last year.
Mr Day, who filled the role on an interim basis in 2019-20 prior to Mr Craig’s start in the role in October 2020, has worked at BHP since 2008 and served as a general manager at several of the company’s major WA iron ore assets – including Jimblebar and South Flank.
More recently, he led BHP’s global maintenance and engineering centre of excellence, resource centre of excellence and legacy assets teams, and supported the coal-focused BHP Mitsubishi Alliance as its interim asset president and vice president operations.
Mr Day will start in the role on February 19, after a handover period with Mr Craig ahead of his departure to the company’s Americas business.
BHP president Australia Geraldine Slattery said Mr Day was highly regarded within the organisation and knew the business well.
“WA Iron Ore is a significant business for BHP and for Western Australia, and we are thrilled to see someone with Tim’s strong operational experience and technical expertise leading our team here,” she said.
“Tim is a highly regarded leader with a strong track record who is passionate about safety of his people, creating a culture of collaboration, inclusiveness and high performance, and building on BHP’s strong contribution to the WA community and economy.”
“We are excited to see Tim step into the role and lead the WAIO team as we look to build on many years of consistent performance and grow our production of high-quality iron ore for our global customers.”
Perth-based Mr Day will assume the mantle of BHP’s most valuable and largest asset within its global operations.
BHP also revealed Anna Wiley will be its incoming Copper South Australia asset president, overseeing the company’s Olympic Dam, Carrapateena and Prominent Hill assets in the state’s copper province.
Ms Wiley, who was previously a general manager at Rio Tinto’s Tom Price and Marandoo iron ore mines in WA before joining BJP as head of asset management in the maintenance centre of excellence, will assume the role on February 5.
She will take over from Olympic Dam asset president Jenny Purdie, whose future in the organisation is to be determined.
Mr Day and Ms Wiley’s appointments come after BHP announced an executive level shake-up towards the end of last year.
