Andrew Mackenzie (businessman)

Andrew Mackenzie
Born Andrew Stewart Mackenzie
20 December 1956[1]
Fields Petroleum
Institutions
Alma mater
Thesis Applications of biological marker compounds to subsurface geological processes (1981)
Known for CEO, BHP Billiton
Notable awards FRS (2014)[2]
Spouse Liz Allan[1][3]
Children two daughters[1][3]

Andrew Stewart Mackenzie (born 1956)[1] FRS[2] is a Scottish businessman, currently CEO of BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company. He succeeded Marius Kloppers on 10 May 2013.[3][4] In 2014, he was paid $7,123,000 in total compensation.[5]

Early life

Mackenzie grew up in Kirkintilloch, Scotland and was educated at the University of St Andrews where he graduated with a first class Bachelor of Science 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.[6]

Career

Mackenzie was a postdoctoral research fellow with the British Geological Survey. He was a Humboldt Fellow and worked at the Nuclear Research Centre in Julich, Germany. He published over 50 research papers as a scientist.[3][7][8][9][10][11][12]

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 Industrial Minerals Division. In June 2007, he served as the Chief Executive Officer, Diamonds & Minerals.[3][5]

He served as Trustee of a think tank, Demos from 2005 until June 2008.[5]

Mackenzie became the Chief Executive of Non Ferrous in BHP Billiton in November 2007. He succeeded Marius Kloppers as the CEO of BHP Billiton on 10 May 2013.[3][5]

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.[2] ”

Personal life

Mackenzie speaks five languages.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 MACKENZIE, Andrew Stewart. Who's Who 2014 (online edition via Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription required)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dr Andrew Mackenzie FRS Chief Executive Officer, BHP Billiton Ltd
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 "MARIUS KLOPPERS TO RETIRE, ANDREW MACKENZIE TO BECOME CEO" (PDF). BHP Billiton. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "BHP Billiton web site".
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Executive Profile". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  6. ↑ Mackenzie, Andrew Stewart (1981). Applications of biological marker compounds to subsurface geological processes (PhD thesis). University of Bristol.(subscription required)
  7. ↑ Andrew Mackenzie's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database, a service provided by Elsevier.
  8. ↑ England, W. A.; MacKenzie, A. S. (1989). "Some aspects of the organic geochemistry of petroleum fluids". Geologische Rundschau 78: 291. doi:10.1007/BF01988365.
  9. ↑ Quigley, T. M.; MacKenzie, A. S. (1988). "The temperatures of oil and gas formation in the sub-surface". Nature 333 (6173): 549. doi:10.1038/333549a0.
  10. ↑ Mann, D. M.; MacKenzie, A. S. (1990). "Prediction of pore fluid pressures in sedimentary basins". Marine and Petroleum Geology 7: 55. doi:10.1016/0264-8172(90)90056-M.
  11. ↑ MacKenzie, A. S.; Brassell, S. C.; Eglinton, G.; Maxwell, J. R. (1982). "Chemical Fossils: The Geological Fate of Steroids". Science 217 (4559): 491–504. doi:10.1126/science.217.4559.491. PMID 17820518.
  12. ↑ Mackenzie, Andrew Stewart (1984). Applications of Biological Markers in Petroleum Goechemistry. London: Academic Press. ISBN 0120320010.
Business positions
Preceded by
Marius Kloppers		 CEO of BHP Billiton
2013–present 		Incumbent