# Geraldine Slattery President Australia ## Career chronology - **October 2022 onward: BHP Group** — President Australia. [Geraldine Slattery]() (Geraldine Slattery 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) - **2019–2022, through demerger: BHP** — President Petroleum. [Geraldine Slattery]() (Career and experience); [Annual Report 2026]() (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary) ## Education and qualifications ### Reported professional qualifications [slattery_education] Career background · issuer reported · low materiality BSc Physics and MSc International Management, issuer-reported. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Reported by the issuer; credentials and membership were not independently checked. **Relevance:** Professional training relevant to the role. [Geraldine Slattery]() (Qualifications and experience) ## Industrial safety ### Peak Downs fatality after FY2026 [slattery_fatal26] July–October 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality BHP reported zero fatalities during FY2026, then disclosed a contracting partner’s fatality and another worker’s injury at its Peak Downs mine in Queensland in July 2026. The CEO discussed the incident at the 23 October AGM. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Slattery’s Australian operating remit overlaps Peak Downs. The sources do not establish personal fault or a completed investigation outcome. **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) ## Suitability for the current role ### Experience relevant to current remit [slattery_fit] Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality Joined BHP in 1994 and has led Australian operations since October 2022; previously president of Petroleum and held engineering, operational and commercial 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 president australia. [Geraldine Slattery]() (Geraldine Slattery 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.