Andrew Mackenzie (businessman)

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Sir Andrew Mackenzie

FRS
Born
Andrew Stewart Mackenzie

(1956-12-20) 20 December 1956 (age 67)[1]
North of London,[2] England, United Kingdom
Alma mater
Occupation
Chairman Shell plc
Employers
  • BP
  • Rio Tinto Group
  • BHP Billiton
SpouseLiz Allan[1][3]
Academic background
ThesisApplications of biological marker compounds to subsurface geological processes (1981)

Sir Andrew Stewart Mackenzie

BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company.[6] He succeeded Marius Kloppers, on 10 May 2013,[3][7]
and was succeeded by Mike Henry, at the start of 2020.

Early life

Andrew Stewart Mackenzie was born in December 1956,[8] grew up in Kirkintilloch, Scotland, and was educated at the University of St Andrews where he graduated with a first class bachelor's degree in geology in 1977. He went on to study at the University of Bristol where he was awarded a PhD in organic chemistry in 1981.[9]

Career

Mackenzie was a

Geological Society.[3] He was a Humboldt fellow and worked at the Nuclear Research Centre in Jülich, Germany. He published over 50 research papers as a scientist.[3][10][11][12][13][14][15]

In 1983, Mackenzie joined

BP's research division. He worked his way to BP Finance, and then as head of capital markets. After 22 years at BP, he left as group vice-president petrochemicals.[3]

In April 2004, Mackenzie joined

Rio Tinto as chief executive of the industrial minerals division. In June 2007, he was the chief executive officer, diamonds & minerals.[3][16]

He was a trustee of a think tank, Demos, from 2005 until June 2008.[16]

Mackenzie was poached from Rio Tinto in 2007 by then CEO of BHP Billiton Marius Kloppers, ahead of a failed takeover bid of Rio Tinto.[17] Mackenzie became the chief executive of non-ferrous in BHP Billiton in November 2008. He succeeded Marius Kloppers as the CEO of BHP Billiton in May 2013.[3][16] In 2014, he was paid $7,123,000 in total compensation.[16] Australia mining head Mike Henry succeeded Mackenzie as BHP CEO on 1 January 2020.[18]

In March 2021, Mackenzie was tapped to replace Chad Holliday as company chair of

Royal Dutch Shell starting May 2021.[19]

In June 2021, Mackenzie was selected to be Chair of UK Research and Innovation to replace Sir John Kingman.[20]

Awards and honours

Mackenzie was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 2014. His nomination reads

Andrew Mackenzie is one of the world's most influential applied earth scientists. He made seminal contributions to geochemistry in his early career, especially in relation to the formation of oil. For most of his career he has been a leader in the energy and mining industries working within BP, Rio Tinto and most recently in BHP Billiton. He has made major innovations in both technical and business arenas within these companies, and is pre-eminent as an earth scientist in the commercial world. He has recently been appointed CEO of BHP Billiton.[4]

Mackenzie was knighted in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to business, science, technology and UK/Australia relations.[21]

Personal life

Mackenzie speaks five languages.[3] He met his wife, Liz Allan, when they were students at Saint Andrews.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b c "MACKENZIE, Andrew Stewart". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Andrew Mackenzie – biography". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  3. ^
    BHP Billiton. 20 February 2013. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Andrew Mackenzie". RoyalSociety.org. London: Royal Society. 2014.
  5. ^ "The International Council On Mining And Metals Limited: Filing History". Companies House. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Top 10 mining companies in the world". www.miningglobal.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Leadership Team". BHP.com. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  8. ^ "BHP Billiton plc". Companies House. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  9. ^ Mackenzie, Andrew Stewart (1981). Applications of biological marker compounds to subsurface geological processes (PhD thesis). University of Bristol.
  10. ^ Andrew Mackenzie's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  11. S2CID 140703724
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  12. S2CID 4253164
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  13. doi:10.1016/0264-8172(90)90056-M
    .
  14. S2CID 19720232
    .
  15. ISBN 0120320010
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  16. ^ a b c d "Andrew Mackenzie BSc (Geology), Ph.D.(Chemistry)". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  17. ^ Staff, Telegraph (20 February 2013). "BHP Billiton shares fall as Marius Kloppers retires" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  18. ^ "Mike Henry's 30-year journey to BHP's top job". Australian Financial Review. 14 November 2019.
  19. ^ "Shell appoints former BHP CEO Andrew Mackenzie as new chair | S&P Global Platts". www.spglobal.com. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  20. ^ Business Secretary selects Sir Andrew Mackenzie for new UKRI Chair
  21. ^ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B2.
  22. ^ "Scottish businessman lands top mining job in Australia which will see him earn £6m each year". Daily Record. 25 February 2013.
Business positions
Preceded by CEO of
BHP Billiton

2013–2020 		Incumbent
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