Terry Janes Retiring as BHP Billiton Diamonds Marketing Director

Terry Janes will retire as BHP Billiton's marketing director diamonds, on July 1. According to a joint announcement by BHP's President of Marketing Tom Schutte and President of Diamonds & Specialty Products Alberto Calderon,   he will be succeeded by Chris Ryder.

Janes joined BHP Billiton in December 1976 and has held a number of senior jobs, most recently within Diamonds. He played a key role in bringing the Ekati Diamond Mine to production in 1998. As marketing manager Europe, he set up the Diamonds Marketing office in Antwerp and led in the development of the initial BHP Billiton Diamonds marketing strategy. Since December 2005, he has been a member of the marketing executive committee.

Ryder joined Dia Met Minerals, a Canadian publicly listed company as CFO in September 1999 and became a member of BHP Billiton in September 2001 upon the acquisition of Dia Met. After Dia Met was wound up in 2001, Ryder headed up Ekati Rough Marketing in Antwerp. In May 2005, Ryder joined BHP Billiton Marketing in The Hague as finance manager, with main key responsibilities for product risk, operational risk and compliance, and statutory financial reporting.

Janes will stay on until the end of the year. Ryder will be based in Antwerp and will report directly to Tom Schutte and Alberto Calderon. He will also become part of the marketing executive committee.