{"id":1155432,"date":"2019-12-13T05:43:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T11:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1009181"},"modified":"2019-12-13T05:43:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T11:43:40","slug":"bhps-transformation-boss-to-leave-as-part-of-internal-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1155432","title":{"rendered":"BHP\u2019s transformation boss to leave as part of internal overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BHP (ASX, LON, NYSE: BHP) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhp.com\/media-and-insights\/news-releases\/2019\/12\/bhp-to-embed-transformation-into-assets-and-functions\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">said Friday<\/a> that its chief transformation officer, Jonathan Price, would leave next year, as part of an ongoing internal shake-up ahead of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/bhps-incoming-ceo-a-much-needed-breeze-of-fresh-air-for-the-mining-industry\/\" >Mike Henry\u2019s ascension to the top job<\/a> at the miner, the world\u2019s largest.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Price was appointed to the position<br \/>\n18 months ago by outgoing chief executive officer, Andrew Mackenzie. He joined<br \/>\nthe BHP\u2019s executive leadership team early this year.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of his departure after 14 years in BHP surprised the market. He was seen by some as a future chief financial officer or even CEO candidate. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jonathan-price-ex-bhp.jpeg\" alt=\"BHP\u2019s transformation boss to leave as part of internal overhaul\" class=\"wp-image-1009187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jonathan-price-ex-bhp.jpeg 340w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jonathan-price-ex-bhp-288x300.jpeg 288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><figcaption>Jonathan Price. (<em>Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jonathan-price-a2404b2\/detail\/photo\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> LinkedIn.<\/a><\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe created the Transformation Office to accelerate change at BHP and bring focus to our activity and our processes on value creation,\u201d Mackenzie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhp.com\/media-and-insights\/news-releases\/2019\/12\/bhp-to-embed-transformation-into-assets-and-functions\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">said in the statement<\/a>. \u201cThe foundation of this mindset is now in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price is the second major exit announced this week and is part of BHP\u2019s new strategy to shift certain responsibilities away from the executive leadership team. On Monday, the company announced that its chief technology officer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhp.com\/media-and-insights\/news-releases\/2019\/12\/bhp-management-update-diane-jurgens\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Diane Jurgens, would leave early next year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Transformation Office laid the<br \/>\nfoundations for BHP to accelerate performance through better safety, lower<br \/>\ncosts, greater reliability and higher returns, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Price will oversee the transition<br \/>\nof the transformation programs over the first half of 2020, after which he will<br \/>\nmove back to the United Kingdom with his family, BHP said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Price is the second major exit announced this week and is part of BHP&rsquo;s strategy to shift certain responsibilities away from the executive leadership team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[369,2640],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1155432"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1155574,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155432\/revisions\/1155574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1155432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1155432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1155432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}