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2026-11-06

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Full background report

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

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.