BHP 

Andrew Mackenzie, CEO

Free Trade - The Driving Force of Global Economy 

 
International trade and investment are drivers of growth in many countries. Whilst Australia and Germany have benefited greatly from open trade and international competition, the international developments in the free trade sphere are complex and some countries even threatening the future of free trade. Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have helped to reduce barriers to trade and investment, especially for Australia.

In times when many of us thought that the case for FTAs has been made, it’s become evident that we need to engage further into a dialogue between the Indo-Pacific Region and other nations.

AmCham is pleased to partner with the German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Australia China Business Council  for a unique opportunity to hear from the German Chamber’s President and CEO of the world's largest mining company at this exclusive business dinner with Andrew Mackenzie on his stance on the current global, regional and bilateral developments, including the Trump administration's recent announcements on tariffs and opportunities from the upcoming Aus-tralia-EU FTA.

About Andrew Mackenzie

Andrew was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of BHP effective from 10 May 2013. He joined in 2008 as Chief Executive Non-Ferrous with responsibil-ity for over half of BHP’s 100,000 strong workforce across four continents. His portfolio included Escondida in Chile, the world’s largest single source of cop-per.

He has over thirty years’ experience in oil and gas, petrochemicals and miner-als and has held senior positions in BP and Rio Tinto. He has been a non-executive Director of Centrica and has served on the Audit, Remuneration and Corporate & Social Responsibility committees. He has also chaired De-mos, one of the UK’s most influential think-tanks.

About BHP

BHP is among the world’s top producers of major commodities including iron ore, metallurgical coal, copper and uranium. They also have substantial inter-est in oil, gas and energy coal.

BHP extracts and process minerals, oil and gas from their production opera-tions located primarily in Australia and the Americas. Their products are sold worldwide, with sales and marketing led through Singapore and Houston, United States.

BHP’s global headquarters are in Melbourne.

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