27th Oct 2006 07:00
BHP Billiton PLC27 October 2006 27 October 2006Number 29/06 BHP BILLITON ANNOUNCES NEW STAINLESS STEEL MATERIALS PRESIDENT BHP Billiton announced today the appointment of Jimmy Wilson as President of itsStainless Steel Materials Customer Sector Group. In this role Mr. Wilson willhave responsibility for all aspects of BHP Billiton's Stainless Steel Materialsbusinesses, including strategy, operations, and delivering growth within ourstrategic framework. Mr. Wilson will replace Mr. Chris Pointon, who has announced his retirement fromthe company. Mr. Wilson will be located in Perth, Australia, and will join BHPBilliton's Executive Committee. Mr Wilson has extensive experience in the metals and mining industry and priorto this appointment was President and COO of Nickel West. In this role, hesuccessfully managed the integration of the former WMC nickel assets into BHPBilliton. Roles held prior to this include President and COO, Samancor Chromeand General Manager Bayside Aluminium. Mr Wilson holds a BSc MechanicalEngineering degree from the University of Natal, South Africa and has been withBHP Billiton for over 14 years. Mr Wilson will be replaced as President and COO for Nickel West by MarceloBastos. Mr Bastos was previously President and COO, Cerro Matoso based inColombia. He will have overall responsibility for BHP Billiton's Nickel Westbusiness and will report to Mr Wilson. Mr Bastos holds a Mechanical Engineeringdegree from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) and an MBA from FundacaoDom Cabral (INSEAD associated). In taking up his new role, Mr Bastos willrelocate from Colombia to Perth, Australia. Commenting on the changes, Marius Kloppers, Group President of Non-FerrousMaterials for BHP Billiton said, "Chris Pointon has done an outstanding jobbuilding our nickel business over the past nine years. The highlight was lastyear's completion of the acquisition of WMC and the successful integration oftheir nickel business into BHP Billiton. With Chris' retirement, the promotionof Jimmy and Marcelo represents the appointment of the next tier of ourStainless Steel Materials management team and indicates the depth of managementtalent within BHP Billiton." The changes will be effective 1 January 2007. Biographical details of Jimmy Wilson and Marcelo Bastos attached. Further information on BHP Billiton can be found on our Internet site:www.bhpbilliton.com Australia United KingdomSamantha Evans, Media Relations Mark Lidiard, Investor & Media RelationsTel: +61 3 9609 2898 Mobile: +61 400 693 915 Tel: +44 20 7802 4156 Mobile: +44 7769 934 942email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Jane Belcher, Investor Relations Illtud Harri, Media RelationsTel: +61 3 9609 3952 Mobile: +61 417 031 653 Tel: +44 20 7802 4195 Mobile: +44 7920 237 246email: [email protected] email: [email protected] United States South AfricaTracey Whitehead, Investor & Media Relations Alison Gilbert, Investor RelationsTel: US +1 713 599 6100 or UK +44 20 7802 4031 Tel: SA +27 11 376 2121 or UK +44 20 7802 4183Mobile: +44 7917 648 093 email: [email protected]: [email protected] BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS - JIMMY WILSON BACKGROUND INFORMATION Mr. Jimmy Wilson (44) has been appointed President of Stainless Steel Materialseffective 1 January 2007. Jimmy has extensive experience in the metals and mining industry and prior tothis appointment was President and COO of Nickel West. He was appointed to thisrole in June 2005. Jimmy successfully managed the integration of the former WMC nickel assets intoBHP Billiton. Roles held prior to this include President and COO, SamancorChrome and General Manager Bayside Aluminium. Jimmy holds a BSc MechanicalEngineering degree from the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa and hasbeen with BHP Billiton for over 14 years. Prior to the General Manager role at Bayside Jimmy held a number of operationalroles. He has also worked in the gold industry in South Africa for AngloAmerican. CAREERPresident and COO, Nickel West, BHP Billiton 2005-2006; President, SamancorChrome, BHP Billiton 2001-2005; General Manager, Bayside Aluminium, Billiton1996-2001; HR Manager, Bayside, Billiton 1996-1996; Reduction Manager, BaysideAluminium, Billiton 1995-1996; Reduction Services Manager, Bayside Aluminium,Billiton 1992-1995; Earlier Career History included the following rolesAssistant Engineer, Relief Section Engineer, Maintenance Trainee for AngloAmerican. PERSONALBSc Mechanical Engineering, University of Natal, Durban, South AfricaGovernment Certificate of Competency Mines and Works ActInternational Consortium (Boeing, ABB, ABNAmro, BHP Billiton)Jimmy is South African, married with two children and fluent in English andAfrikaans. BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS - MARCELO BASTOS BACKGROUND INFORMATIONMr. Marcelo Bastos (43) has been appointed President and COO for Nickel West,BHP Billiton, effective 1 January 2007 and will have overall responsibility forBHP Billiton's Nickel West business. Marcelo was previously President and COO, Cerro Matoso and Nickel Americas forBHP Billiton, based in Colombia. Before that he was Non Ferrous OperationsDirector for CVRD. Marcelo has extensive experience in the development and operations of majorprojects (Iron Ore, Gold, Copper and Nickel) and company management experiencein the metals and mining industry in Latin America. Marcelo holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Universidade Federal de MinasGerais (UFMG) specialising in Thermal Engineering and an MBA from Fundacao DomCabral (INSEAD associated). CAREERPresident and COO, Nickel Americas, Cerro Matoso, BHP Billiton 2004-2006;Director Non Ferrous Operations for Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) 2002-2004;General Manager Iron Ore, Carajas Mines Brazil 1999-2002; Production Manager ofIron Ore Plant, Caue Mine Brazil 1996-1999; Gold Operations Manager, MinasGerais State Brazil (1994-1995); Maintenance and Operations Manager, Iron Ore,Conceicao Mine Brazil (1990-1994); Maintenance Engineer, Iron Ore, ConceicaoMine Brazil 1986-1990; Maintenance Assistant, Iron Ore, Conceicao Mine Brazil1985-1986. PERSONALMechanical Engineering degree from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG),Brazil MBA from Fundacao Dom Cabral (INSEAD associated) Senior executive trainings in Columbia University and Kellogg Business School -USA Marcelo is Brazilian, married and fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish. 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