Malcolm William Broomhead AO (born 11 September 1952) is an Australian businessman who has held various directorships and senior positions in the Australian engineering, industrial and resources sectors. As of 2018, he is a director of BHP[1] and Chairman of Orica. Journalist Andrew Crook wrote of Broomhead in 2012 that "nobody is more connected in Australian business".[2]
Career
editBroomhead attained a BE and an MBA at the University of Queensland in the 1980s.[3]
During his career in the engineering, industrial and resources sectors, Broomhead held senior management positions with Halcrow (UK), MIM Holdings, Peko-Wallsend, Industrial Equity and North Limited. At North Limited, he acted as managing director and chief executive officer.
Broomhead was appointed managing director and Chief Executive of Orica Limited in 2001; a position he held until September 2005.
He left Orica in 2005 to undertake treatment for cancer.[4][5]
In the late 2000s, he acted as Chairman of Asciano Limited (2009-2016) and a Director of Coates Group Holdings Pty. Ltd. (2008-2013) .
Broomhead joined BHP Billiton as a non-executive director in 2010, and was appointed chairman of the company's sustainability committee in 2017.[6]
In December 2015 he returned to Orica as a non-executive director and in 2016 was appointed chairman.[7][8]
Other roles
editBroomhead was appointed Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in July 2014, Chairman of the Australia China One Belt One Road Advisory Board in August 2016,[7] and is a council member of Opportunity International Australia.[9]
Broomhead made a $3 million philanthropic contribution to the University of Queensland to establish its first Chair of Finance.[3]
He is a member of Australia's "Greenhouse Mafia".
Awards and recognition
editIn the 2019 Australia Day Honours Broomhead was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "distinguished service to business and mining, and through financial support for education and medical research".[10][11]
Personal life
editBroomhead is a cancer survivor.[12]
References
edit- ^ "BHP Billiton | Malcolm Broomhead". BHP Billiton. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "The Power Index: it's who Malcolm Broomhead knows that counts". Crikey. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Passion, persistence and drive the keys to business success". UQ News. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Orica bombshell - Business - Business - theage.com.au". www.theage.com.au. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Final piece of Orica's transformation is complete". Australian Financial Review. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Malcolm Broomhead made BHP sustainability chairman - Australian Mining". Australian Mining. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Malcolm William Broomhead BE, FAICD, MBA: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Lynch, Jared (26 October 2015). "Orica appoints Malcolm Broomhead as chairman". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Orica Board, Executive & Committees". www.orica.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia" (PDF). Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Malcolm William Broomhead". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ Pennington, Sylvia (13 November 2012). "Dodging the big 'C'". Executive Style. Retrieved 8 May 2018.