BHP Chairman, Ken MacKenzie, announced the appointment of Dion Weisler and Xiaoqun Clever to the BHP Board as independent Non-executive Directors. Mr. Weisler's appointment is effective 1 June 2020, and Ms. Clever's appointment is effective 1 October 2020. Mr. Weisler has extensive global executive experience, including in chief executive officer and operational roles. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of HP Inc. from 2015 to 2019. Prior to this, Mr. Weisler held senior executive roles at HP Co., Lenovo Group, Telstra Corporation and Acer Inc. In his executive roles with HP Co. and Lenovo Group he was responsible for various operations in Asia Pacific and globally. He has public company board experience, as a director on the boards of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. since 2017, and HP Inc. since 2015. Ms. Clever has over 20 years' global experience in technology with a focus on software engineering, data and analytics, cyber security and digitalisation. Ms. Clever held various roles with SAP SE from 1997 to 2013, including Chief Operating Officer of Technology and Innovation, Senior Vice President of Design and New Applications and Executive Vice President and President of Labs in China. Since 2014, Ms. Clever has held senior roles at Ringier AG and ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE as Chief Technology Officer. She currently serves on the board of Capgemini SE and Infineon Technologies AG.