Andrew Mackenzie

Early life Andrew Stewart Mackenzie was born in December 1956, grew up in Kirkintilloch, Scotland, and was educated at the University of St Andrews where he graduated with a first class bachelor's degree in geology in 1977. He went on to study at the University of Bristol where he was awarded a PhD in organic chemistry in 1981.

Career Mackenzie was a postdoctoral research fellow with the British Geological Society.

In 1983, Mackenzie joined BP's research division. He worked his way to BP Finance, and then as head of capital markets. After 22 years at BP, he left as group vice-president petrochemicals. Mackenzie became the chief executive of non-ferrous in BHP Billiton in November 2008. He succeeded Marius Kloppers as the CEO of BHP Billiton in May 2013. In 2014, he was paid $7,123,000 in total compensation.

In March 2021, Mackenzie was tapped to replace Chad Holliday as company chair of Shell starting May 2021.

In June 2021, Mackenzie was selected to be Chair of UK Research and Innovation to replace John Kingman.

Awards and honours Mackenzie was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 2014. His nomination reads centred Andrew Mackenzie is one of the world's most influential applied earth scientists. He made seminal contributions to geochemistry in his early career, especially in relation to the formation of oil. For most of his career he has been a leader in the energy and mining industries working within BP, Rio Tinto and most recently in BHP Billiton. He has made major innovations in both technical and business arenas within these companies, and is pre-eminent as an earth scientist in the commercial world. He has recently been appointed CEO of BHP Billiton.

Personal life Mackenzie speaks five languages. The couple have two daughters.