Malcolm Broomhead
Malcolm Broomhead | |
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| Born | September 11, 1952 |
| Occupation | Business executive |
| Known for | Chairman of Orica, Director at BHP |
Malcolm William Broomhead AO (born 11 September 1952) is a prominent Australian executive with extensive leadership experience in the engineering, industrial, and resource industries. As of 2018, he holds board positions as a director at BHP and serves as Chairman of Orica. In 2012, journalist Andrew Crook characterized him as a well-connected figure within the Australian corporate landscape.
Career
During the 1980s, Broomhead completed both a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master of Business Administration at the University of Queensland.
His professional journey includes senior leadership roles at several organizations such as Halcrow in the United Kingdom, MIM Holdings, Peko-Wallsend, Industrial Equity, and North Limited, where he fulfilled the roles of managing director and CEO.
In 2001, he assumed the position of managing director and CEO at Orica Limited, a role he maintained until September 2005 when he resigned to undergo treatment for cancer.
Throughout the late 2000s, Broomhead served as Chairman of Asciano Limited from 2009 to 2016 and was a Director at Coates Group Holdings Pty. Ltd. between 2008 and 2013.
He joined BHP Billiton's board as a non-executive director in 2010 and was appointed chair of its sustainability committee in 2017.
Broomhead rejoined Orica's board as a non-executive director in December 2015 and was elevated to chairman in 2016.
Other roles
In July 2014, Broomhead was named Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. He took on the role of Chairman for the Australia China One Belt One Road Advisory Board in August 2016 and participates as a council member of Opportunity International Australia.
He made a philanthropic contribution of $3 million to establish the inaugural Chair of Finance at the University of Queensland.
Additionally, Broomhead is identified as part of Australia's "Greenhouse Mafia".
Awards and recognition
Broomhead received the honor of Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2019 Australia Day Honours for his "distinguished service to business and mining, and through financial support for education and medical research."
Personal life
He is a survivor of cancer.