Alice England

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ABOUT ALICE ENGLAND

Alice joined as Head of Group Governance of BHP Group Limited in June 2024. Prior to this, Alice worked as General Counsel at Ecora Resources PLC. She has over 17 years’ experience in the natural resources sector. Alice has a track record in leading on transactions across various jurisdictions and delivering on complex, global projects. Alice has lived and worked in Australia, Oman and Dubai and has extensive experience implementing best practice corporate governance within a multi-listed company environment. During her time at Ecora, Alice advised Ecora on its obligations and responsibilities as a listed company on both the London Stock Exchange, the Toronto Stock Exchange, as well as its investor activities on the OTCQX in New York. Alice also played a key part in the successful completion of two of the largest deals in Ecora Resources’ history, totalling nearly $400 million. The transactions successfully pivoted the Company away from its coal heritage towards the commodities required to support a more sustainable future. Alice was a member of Ecora’s Executive Committee and an adviser on the Sustainability Committee. Now heading up the BHP Group Governance UK team, Alice promotes and encourages the governance function to act as a facilitator in executing on BHP\'s strategy and upholding the highest standards of corporate governance.Alice is a director and on the Advisory Counsel of World Association of Mining Lawyers and is a member of the GC100.Alice began her legal career at Herbert Smith Freehills. She qualified as a lawyer at Dentons and during that time worked in the Middle East on hydropower and carbon capture storage projects. Subsequentially Alice worked as a senior legal and commercial adviser at a FTSE 250 oil and gas company, where she provided advice on a wide range of transactional and operational matters with a particular focus on exploration and new country entry, corporate M&A, fundraising, acquisitions and disposals, corporate governance and dispute resolution.