BHP Billiton names Marius Kloppers as new CEO

Global resources house BHP Billiton announced that Marius Kloppers will succeed Chip Goodyear as Chief Executive Officer from 1 October 2007.

In February the company announced that Goodyear would retire by the end of the year and that a search was underway for a new Chief Executive Officer.

Kloppers is currently Group President Non-Ferrous Materials and an Executive Director of BHP Billiton. Since the formation of the BHP Billiton Group in 2001 he has also held the positions of Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Commercial Officer.