Vandita was appointed Chief Commercial Officer of BHP in July 2019 and is a member of the Executive Leadership Team reporting to the CEO. Based in Singapore, she has global accountability for Sales & Marketing, Procurement, Maritime as well as for developing the company’s view on global commodities markets and macro trends. Vandita is also an Executive Committee member for the Australian Japan Business Co-operation Committee and the Resource and Environmental Sustainability Cluster of The Future Economy Council in Singapore.

Vandita’s career with BHP started in 2016, when she took on the role of Group Treasurer and Head of Europe, overseeing BHP’s structural financial risk, liquidity investment portfolio and corporate finance. She has over 23 years of experience in the global corporate world, having worked in a variety of executive roles in banking across India, Singapore, Japan and the United Kingdom prior to joining BHP, including with ABN Amro and Royal Bank of Scotland.