BHP names new chairperson

BHP Billiton named former packaging company head Ken MacKenzie to chair its board, a move supported by the most vocal critic of the mining giant as it grapples with restive investors and slowing growth in top customer China.

MacKenzie, 53, who will take up the role on Sepember 1, replaces the outgoing Jacques Nasser, 69, the mining company said on Friday. – Bloomberg