Arnoud Balhuizen was appointed chief commercial officer of BHP Billiton on March 2017. Prior to this, he was its president of marketing and supply from 2016. Mr Balhuizen started his career with BHP Billiton in 1994, working for the marketing and trading division in the Netherlands. Since then, he has held various marketing roles including as general manager of marketing for copper cathodes, vice president of iron ore marketing, and vice president of petroleum marketing.