James Agar

Over 25 years in executive roles across Finance, Commercial, Investor Relations and External Affairs functions. James is currently BHP's Group Corporate Affairs Officer leading a global team managing BHP’s corporate affairs and communications strategy and execution. Prior to this he was BHP’s Group Procurement Officer, responsible for procurement activities across the enterprise and developing strategic procurement plans and supplier partnerships to create value through productivity, innovation and decarbonisation. James had also served as BHP’s Vice President, Global Communications and BHP’s Vice President Investor Relations for Australasia and the Americas, based in Melbourne and New York. He also spent five years in various Marketing roles in The Hague and in Singapore, including leading BHP’s global copper metal sales book. James joined BHP in 2002 in the Finance team as part of Group Reporting and is a Chartered Accountant.