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BHP Billiton’s Jacqui McGill wins CEW Scholarship to Wharton

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BHP Billiton’s Jacqui McGill wins CEW Scholarship to Wharton
Jacqui McGill wins scholarship to Executive Development Program, The Wharton School
The Wharton School Scholarship winner Jacqui McGill

Sydney, July 26: Chief Executive Women (CEW) today announced Jacqui McGill is the winner of a scholarship to participate in the Executive Development Program at The Wharton School, at the University of Pennsylvania in this September.

Jacqui McGill runs BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine at Roxby Downs in South Australia. She leads a team of 3,000 people to safely produce over 200,000 tonnes of copper and over 2,000 kg of uranium annually.

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