# Brandon Craig Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director ## Career chronology - **2026-07-01 onward: BHP Group** — Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director. [Brandon Craig]() (Brandon Craig biography); [Annual Report 2026]() (physical p.106, executive leadership; p.112, company secretary); [Annual Report 2026]() (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary) - **March 2024–June 2026: BHP** — President Americas. [Brandon Craig]() (Career and experience); [Annual Report 2026]() (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary) - **Before March 2024: BHP** — Asset President Western Australia Iron Ore. [Brandon Craig]() (Career and experience); [Annual Report 2026]() (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary) ## Education and qualifications ### Reported professional qualifications [craig_education] Career background · issuer reported · low materiality BSc Mechanical Engineering and Master of Business Leadership, both issuer-reported. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Reported by the issuer; credentials and membership were not independently checked. **Relevance:** Professional training relevant to the role. [Brandon Craig]() (Qualifications and experience) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### FY2026 production and financial results [craig_delivery] FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality BHP reported record WA iron ore output and approximately 2 million tonnes of copper, with underlying EBITDA about US$33 billion. It stated strong prices contributed; Craig led Americas for FY2026 and became CEO after the financial year. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Team, prices and operating conditions contributed; results are not a measured personal contribution. **Relevance:** Experience overseeing large operating assets. [BHP Results for the full year ended 30 June 2026]() (CEO discussion of FY2026 results); [Annual Report 2026]() (physical p.112, CEO commencement) ## Industrial safety ### Two fatalities after FY2026 [craig_fatal26] July–October 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality BHP reported zero fatalities during FY2026, then separately disclosed a contracting partner’s fatality at Peak Downs in July 2026 and an Escondida maintenance worker’s death in September 2026. The CEO discussed both at the 23 October AGM. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The current leadership responsibilities overlap the later incidents; the sources do not establish personal fault or investigation conclusions. **Relevance:** Material to safety oversight and controls. [Annual Report 2026]() (physical p.7, FY2026 safety); [Fatal incident at Peak Downs Mine, BMA Queensland]() (incident statement); [Brandon Craig at the 2026 BHP AGM]() (Safety section) ### 2023 rail-yard fatality during WA iron ore leadership [craig_rail] February 2023 · issuer reported · high materiality A BHP employee died at Port Hedland in February 2023 when Craig was WA Iron Ore asset president. The company suspended operations for a safety stop, and reported in August 2023 that its investigation was complete and findings had been shared with industry peers. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The issuer identifies Craig as the asset president; no personal causation is established. **Relevance:** Relevant to operational safety oversight. [Fatal incident at Port Hedland]() (8 February statement and Craig update); [BHP Annual Report 2023]() (printed p.3, chair review) ## Suitability for the current role ### Experience relevant to current remit [craig_fit] Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality BHP President Americas from March 2024; previously Asset President Western Australia Iron Ore, following maintenance, engineering, marketing and human resources roles. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. The chronology is issuer-reported; the role-fit conclusion is an analytical inference, not a measured individual contribution. **Relevance:** Relevant experience for chief executive officer and executive director. [Brandon Craig]() (Brandon Craig biography); [Annual Report 2026]() (physical p.106, executive leadership; p.112, company secretary) ## Evidence gaps - Independent verification of qualifications and some prior-job dates was not obtained. - Broader employer-specific, regulator and court searches are incomplete; absence of a finding is not a clearance. - Full investigation outcomes and individual causal responsibility for the 2026 incidents were not established. - A single combined named query was reused across the nine broad topics; individual topic, prior-employer and official-record searches remain incomplete.