BHP likely to appoint Geraldine Slattery as first female CEO, Financial Times reports

(Reuters) – BHP is likely to appoint Geraldine Slattery, the miner’s current head of Australia, as its first female chief executive to replace current CEO Mike Henry, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

Henry is expected to step down by the middle of 2026 after five years as CEO, the report said, citing unnamed people “familiar with the board’s thinking”, the Financial Times said.

However, the company said the board was “not in a rush” to make a change, the report added.

BHP did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.

(Reporting by Shivangi Lahiri in Bengaluru; Editing by Leroy Leo)