BHP Group Limited

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Career chronology

• 2026-09-01 onward: BHP Group — Chief Enterprise Performance Officer. Edgar Basto (Edgar Basto 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)

• October 2022–August 2026: BHP — Chief Operating Officer. Edgar Basto (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

• Earlier BHP roles, exact dates unconfirmed: BHP — President Minerals Australia; Asset President Escondida and WA Iron Ore. Edgar Basto (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

Education and qualifications

Reported professional qualifications

Career background · issuer reported · low materiality

BSc Metallurgy and honorary engineering doctorates, issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Reported by the issuer; credentials and membership were not independently checked.

Relevance: Professional training relevant to the role.

Edgar Basto (Qualifications and experience)

Industrial safety

Two fatalities after FY2026

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)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current remit

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Joined BHP in 1989; COO from October 2022 to August 2026, and previously Minerals Australia president and asset president of Escondida and WA Iron Ore.

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 enterprise performance officer.

Edgar Basto (Edgar Basto 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.

Career chronology

• November 2020 onward: BHP Group — Chief Legal, Governance and External Affairs Officer. Caroline Cox (Caroline Cox 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)

• Before November 2020; exact dates disputed across issuer sources: BHP — Group General Counsel and Company Secretary. Caroline Cox (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

• Before BHP; 11 years, exact dates unconfirmed: Herbert Smith Freehills — Partner. Caroline Cox (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

• Earlier career; dates unconfirmed: Osler Hoskin & Harcourt — Solicitor. Caroline Cox (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

Education and qualifications

Reported professional qualifications

Career background · issuer reported · low materiality

BA (Hons), MA, LLB and BCL, issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Reported by the issuer; credentials and membership were not independently checked.

Relevance: Professional training relevant to the role.

Caroline Cox (Qualifications and experience)

Fraud and corruption

Historical corporate anti-corruption controls settlement

2008–2015 · documented · medium materiality

The SEC found deficiencies in BHP Billiton’s 2008 Olympic hospitality controls and in 2015 the company agreed a US$25 million civil penalty, without admitting or denying the findings. The record does not establish Cox’s involvement.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. No connection between the executive and the hospitality program has been established.

Relevance: Historical background to the current compliance remit.

SEC charges BHP Billiton over Olympics hospitality (settlement terms and findings)

Environmental record

Fundão dam litigation and continued remediation

2015–October 2026 · documented · high materiality

The 2015 Samarco Fundão dam collapse resulted in extensive harm. In 2025 the English High Court found BHP liable; in May 2026 the Court of Appeal refused permission on the substantive liability grounds. A separate October 2026 appeal concerned prejudgment interest on costs.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. BHP is a party and leadership responsibilities concern subsequent legal, remediation or Americas oversight; individual involvement in the 2015 collapse is not established.

Relevance: Material continuing group governance and remediation exposure.

Municipio Mariana v BHP [2026] EWCA Civ 502 (paragraphs 4–7 and 143, liability and refused appeal permission); Judgment explained: Mariana v BHP and pre-judgment interest on costs (16 October 2026 judgment entry); Caroline Cox (current responsibilities)

Governance and interests

Workplace discrimination litigation

December 2024–October 2026 · alleged · high materiality

BHP disclosed in December 2024 that a representative proceeding alleged sexual harassment and sex discrimination in its Australian workplaces. Separately, BHP reported 380 sexual-harassment reports in FY2026, and 113 sexual-harassment reports were established following investigation in FY2026, versus 102 established in FY2025; report and establishment periods may differ. The Federal Court largely rejected BHP’s strike-out application on 23 October 2026; this was interlocutory, not a merits finding. The allegations are not findings against this executive, and the final outcome remains unresolved.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The current legal or people remit overlaps the group-level proceedings; no personal misconduct is inferred.

Relevance: Relevant to workplace controls and culture oversight.

Federal Court of Australia representative proceedings (class action announcement and BHP response); KTM24 v Rio Tinto Limited (Strike Out) [2026] FCA 1579 (orders and reasons addressing BHP application); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.50, Reports of sexual and racial harassment); Caroline Cox (accountabilities)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current remit

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Chief legal and external affairs officer since November 2020, after general counsel roles; previously partner at Herbert Smith Freehills and Canadian legal work.

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 legal, governance and external affairs officer.

Caroline Cox (Caroline Cox 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.

• BHP sources conflict over whether she joined in 2014 or 2015; an independently verified commencement date was not located.

• Ongoing Mariana damages, remediation and proceedings require continued monitoring; post-cutoff developments are excluded.

• The workplace class action final outcome was not located in the reviewed source set.

• A single combined named query was reused across the nine broad topics; individual topic, prior-employer and official-record searches remain incomplete.

Career chronology

• 2026-07-01 onward: BHP Group — President North America and Acting President South America. Jessica Farrell (Jessica Farrell 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)

• Before July 2026; exact start/end dates unconfirmed: BHP — Vice President Innovation; Asset President Western Australia Nickel. Jessica Farrell (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

• Before joining BHP in 2019; exact titles and dates unconfirmed: Rio Tinto — Senior operations and commercial roles. Jessica Farrell (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

Education and qualifications

Reported professional qualifications

Career background · issuer reported · low materiality

Bachelor degrees in business and arts, issuer-reported; independent verification unavailable.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Reported by the issuer; credentials and membership were not independently checked.

Relevance: Professional training relevant to the role.

Jessica Farrell (Qualifications and experience)

Business failures and setbacks

Nickel West suspension and workforce impact

2024 · documented · medium materiality

BHP suspended Western Australia nickel operations in 2024 due to market oversupply. During the suspension Farrell was Nickel West asset president; ABC reported that about 35% of the 3,500 workforce accepted redundancy.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The executive managed the affected asset; broad nickel market conditions also drove the decision and individual fault is not established.

Relevance: Shows management of a significant operating transition.

BHP nickel closure in Kalgoorlie (Farrell interview and workforce consequences)

Industrial safety

Escondida fatality after FY2026

July–October 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

BHP reported zero fatalities during FY2026, then its CEO reported that an Escondida maintenance worker died in September 2026. He discussed the incident at the 23 October AGM.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Farrell’s Americas operating remit overlaps Escondida. 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); Brandon Craig at the 2026 BHP AGM (Safety section); BHP Executive leadership team update (President South America interim responsibilities)

Environmental record

Fundão dam litigation and continued remediation

2015–October 2026 · documented · high materiality

The 2015 Samarco Fundão dam collapse resulted in extensive harm. In 2025 the English High Court found BHP liable; in May 2026 the Court of Appeal refused permission on the substantive liability grounds. A separate October 2026 appeal concerned prejudgment interest on costs.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. BHP is a party and leadership responsibilities concern subsequent legal, remediation or Americas oversight; individual involvement in the 2015 collapse is not established.

Relevance: Material continuing group governance and remediation exposure.

Municipio Mariana v BHP [2026] EWCA Civ 502 (paragraphs 4–7 and 143, liability and refused appeal permission); Judgment explained: Mariana v BHP and pre-judgment interest on costs (16 October 2026 judgment entry); Jessica Farrell (current responsibilities)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current remit

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Joined BHP in 2019; formerly Vice President Innovation and Asset President Western Australia Nickel, after operational and commercial work at Rio Tinto.

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 north america and acting president south america.

Jessica Farrell (Jessica Farrell biography); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive leadership; p.112, company secretary); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, Jessica Farrell career)

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.

• Ongoing Mariana damages, remediation and proceedings require continued monitoring; post-cutoff developments are excluded.

• A single combined named query was reused across the nine broad topics; individual topic, prior-employer and official-record searches remain incomplete.

Career chronology

• 2024-03-01 onward: BHP Group — Chief Financial Officer. Vandita Pant (Vandita Pant 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)

• July 2019–February 2024: BHP — Chief Commercial Officer. Vandita Pant (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

• 2016 to before July 2019: BHP — Group Treasurer and Head of Europe. Vandita Pant (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

• Before 2016; exact dates unconfirmed: ABN Amro and Royal Bank of Scotland — Executive banking roles. Vandita Pant (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary); BHP Annual Report 2023 (Corporate Governance Statement 6.1, Executive Leadership Team, Vandita Pant biography)

Education and qualifications

Reported professional qualifications

Career background · issuer reported · low materiality

BCom (Hons) and MBA, issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Reported by the issuer; credentials and membership were not independently checked.

Relevance: Professional training relevant to the role.

Vandita Pant (Qualifications and experience)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current remit

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

CFO from March 2024; BHP Chief Commercial Officer July 2019–February 2024, previously group treasurer and banking roles with ABN Amro and RBS.

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 financial officer.

Vandita Pant (Vandita Pant biography); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive leadership; p.112, company secretary); BHP Annual Report 2023 (Corporate Governance Statement 6.1, Executive Leadership Team, Vandita Pant biography)

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.

• A single combined named query was reused across the nine broad topics; individual topic, prior-employer and official-record searches remain incomplete.

Career chronology

• 2024-04-29 onward: BHP Group — Chief Development Officer. Catherine Raw (Catherine Raw 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)

• April 2022 to before April 2024: SSE Thermal — Managing Director. Catherine Raw (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary); Catherine Raw appointed to SSE Executive Committee (13 December 2022 appointment announcement)

• Before SSE; exact dates unconfirmed: Barrick Gold — Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer North America. Catherine Raw (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

• Before Barrick; exact dates unconfirmed: BlackRock — Managing Director, Natural Resources Team. Catherine Raw (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

Education and qualifications

Reported professional qualifications

Career background · issuer reported · low materiality

MA Natural Sciences, MSc Mineral Project Appraisal and CFA charterholder, issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Reported by the issuer; credentials and membership were not independently checked.

Relevance: Professional training relevant to the role.

Catherine Raw (Qualifications and experience)

Contributions and company outcomes

Barrick North America regional results

2020 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Barrick’s 2021 circular reported 2020 North American gold production within guidance, record regional cash flow and no fatalities for the region during Raw’s COO tenure. The numbers are corporate-reported and not a measurement of her individual contribution.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Her regional operating remit overlaps the reported outcome; the report does not isolate her causal contribution.

Relevance: Relevant operating and project oversight experience.

2021 management information circular (printed p.70, Chief Operating Officer North America accomplishments); Catherine Raw appointed to SSE Executive Committee (appointment and former Barrick positions)

Industrial safety

Fatal Hemlo incident and later charges

July 2021–August 2022 · documented · high materiality

A contractor died at Barrick’s Hemlo mine in July 2021 while Raw was North America COO. Barrick suspended operations and announced an investigation. In 2022 Ontario’s labour ministry brought safety charges against the operator and contractor; the final disposition was not located.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Raw held the regional COO role at the time. Charges concerned companies and the sources do not establish her personal fault.

Relevance: Relevant to operating safety oversight.

Fatality at Hemlo Mine in Ontario (fatality, suspension and named regional COO); Charges laid in Hemlo mining fatality (2022 Ontario charges and allegations)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current remit

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Joined BHP as Chief Development Officer April 2024; previously SSE Thermal managing director and Barrick Gold CFO and North American COO, and BlackRock.

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 development officer.

Catherine Raw (Catherine Raw 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.

• The final Ontario outcome of the 2022 Hemlo company charges was not located after targeted searches.

• A single combined named query was reused across the nine broad topics; individual topic, prior-employer and official-record searches remain incomplete.

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

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

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

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.

Career chronology

• 2024-03-01 onward: BHP Group — Chief Commercial Officer. Ragnar Udd (Ragnar Udd 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)

• November 2020–February 2024: BHP — President Americas. Ragnar Udd (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

• Before Americas presidency; dates unconfirmed: BHP — Acting Chief Technology Officer; BHP Mitsubishi Alliance Asset President. Ragnar Udd (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

Education and qualifications

Reported professional qualifications

Career background · issuer reported · low materiality

BAppSc Mining Engineering, MEng and MBA, issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Reported by the issuer; credentials and membership were not independently checked.

Relevance: Professional training relevant to the role.

Ragnar Udd (Qualifications and experience)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current remit

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Joined BHP in 1997; President Americas November 2020–February 2024, previously acting Chief Technology Officer and BHP Mitsubishi Alliance asset president.

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 commercial officer.

Ragnar Udd (Ragnar Udd 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.

• A single combined named query was reused across the nine broad topics; individual topic, prior-employer and official-record searches remain incomplete.

Career chronology

• 2024-03-01 onward: BHP Group — Chief Technical Officer. Johan van Jaarsveld (Johan van Jaarsveld 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)

• September 2020–April 2024: BHP — Chief Development Officer. Johan van Jaarsveld (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

• Before joining BHP in 2016; dates unconfirmed: Barrick Gold — Executive role. Johan van Jaarsveld (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

• Before BHP; dates unconfirmed: Goldman Sachs and Blackstone Group — Executive roles. Johan van Jaarsveld (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

Education and qualifications

Reported professional qualifications

Career background · issuer reported · low materiality

Chemical engineering degree, applied finance master and doctorate in extractive metallurgy, issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Reported by the issuer; credentials and membership were not independently checked.

Relevance: Professional training relevant to the role.

Johan van Jaarsveld (Qualifications and experience)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current remit

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

BHP Chief Technical Officer since March 2024 after Chief Development Officer 2020–2024; previous resource and finance roles at Barrick, Goldman Sachs and Blackstone.

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 technical officer.

Johan van Jaarsveld (Johan van Jaarsveld 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.

• A single combined named query was reused across the nine broad topics; individual topic, prior-employer and official-record searches remain incomplete.

Career chronology

• 2022-07-01 onward: BHP Group — Chief People Officer. Jad Vodopija (Jad Vodopija 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)

• 2016 to before rejoining BHP in 2019: Orica — Vice President Human Resources, Australia Pacific Asia. Jad Vodopija (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

• From 2000 to 2016: BHP — Human resources roles. Jad Vodopija (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

• Dates and role unconfirmed: Ford Motor Company — Earlier career. Jad Vodopija (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

Education and qualifications

Reported professional qualifications

Career background · issuer reported · low materiality

BA, postgraduate industrial relations and HR diploma, and Master of Commerce, issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Reported by the issuer; credentials and membership were not independently checked.

Relevance: Professional training relevant to the role.

Jad Vodopija (Qualifications and experience)

Governance and interests

Workplace discrimination litigation

December 2024–October 2026 · alleged · high materiality

BHP disclosed in December 2024 that a representative proceeding alleged sexual harassment and sex discrimination in its Australian workplaces. Separately, BHP reported 380 sexual-harassment reports in FY2026, and 113 sexual-harassment reports were established following investigation in FY2026, versus 102 established in FY2025; report and establishment periods may differ. The Federal Court largely rejected BHP’s strike-out application on 23 October 2026; this was interlocutory, not a merits finding. The allegations are not findings against this executive, and the final outcome remains unresolved.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The current legal or people remit overlaps the group-level proceedings; no personal misconduct is inferred.

Relevance: Relevant to workplace controls and culture oversight.

Federal Court of Australia representative proceedings (class action announcement and BHP response); KTM24 v Rio Tinto Limited (Strike Out) [2026] FCA 1579 (orders and reasons addressing BHP application); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.50, Reports of sexual and racial harassment); Jad Vodopija (accountabilities)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current remit

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Rejoined BHP in 2019 and became Chief People Officer in July 2022; held HR vice president role at Orica from 2016 and earlier worked at Ford.

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 people officer.

Jad Vodopija (Jad Vodopija 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.

• The workplace class action final outcome was not located in the reviewed source set.

• A single combined named query was reused across the nine broad topics; individual topic, prior-employer and official-record searches remain incomplete.

Career chronology

• 2024-04-02 onward: BHP Group — Group General Counsel and Group Company Secretary. Stefanie Wilkinson (Stefanie Wilkinson 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 2021 onward: BHP — Group Company Secretary. Stefanie Wilkinson (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

• Before joining BHP; 15 years, dates unconfirmed: Herbert Smith Freehills — Partner. Stefanie Wilkinson (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

• Earlier career; dates unconfirmed: Allen & Overy — Solicitor. Stefanie Wilkinson (Career and experience); Annual Report 2026 (physical p.106, executive roster, or p.101 for company secretary)

Education and qualifications

Reported professional qualifications

Career background · issuer reported · low materiality

BA, LLB and LLM and Governance Institute fellowship, issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Reported by the issuer; credentials and membership were not independently checked.

Relevance: Professional training relevant to the role.

Stefanie Wilkinson (Qualifications and experience)

Environmental record

Fundão dam litigation and continued remediation

2015–October 2026 · documented · high materiality

The 2015 Samarco Fundão dam collapse resulted in extensive harm. In 2025 the English High Court found BHP liable; in May 2026 the Court of Appeal refused permission on the substantive liability grounds. A separate October 2026 appeal concerned prejudgment interest on costs.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. BHP is a party and leadership responsibilities concern subsequent legal, remediation or Americas oversight; individual involvement in the 2015 collapse is not established.

Relevance: Material continuing group governance and remediation exposure.

Municipio Mariana v BHP [2026] EWCA Civ 502 (paragraphs 4–7 and 143, liability and refused appeal permission); Judgment explained: Mariana v BHP and pre-judgment interest on costs (16 October 2026 judgment entry); Stefanie Wilkinson (current responsibilities)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current remit

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Group Company Secretary since March 2021 and General Counsel since 2 April 2024; formerly partner at Herbert Smith Freehills and solicitor at Allen & Overy.

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 group general counsel and group company secretary.

Stefanie Wilkinson (Stefanie Wilkinson 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.

• Ongoing Mariana damages, remediation and proceedings require continued monitoring; post-cutoff developments are excluded.

• A single combined named query was reused across the nine broad topics; individual topic, prior-employer and official-record searches remain incomplete.