He is likely to oversee the process of finding a replacement for chief executive Mike Henry, who is entering his fifth year leading BHP, where tenure in the top job averages six years.
The New Zealand-born banker has been a non-executive director at BHP since April 2024 after five years running National Australia Bank following his RBS stint.
Mining job: Ross McEwan (pictured with former chancellor George Osborne) ran RBS between 2013 and 2019.
Ross McEwan, who ran the troubled lender from 2013 to 2019, will succeed Ken MacKenzie at BHP in April.
The former boss of Royal Bank of Scotland has been named chairman of the world’s biggest listed mining firm.
