BHP’s Simon Corrigan joins Cannings Purple in director role

Corporate communications agency Cannings Purple has appointed Simon Corrigan as a director. Corrigan has more than 15 years’ experience in corporate consulting.

Prior to Cannings Purple, Corrigan spent the past four years at BHP, the last two of which as head of community and Indigenous affairs.

He was previously government relations manager and then head of corporate affairs at BHP’s Olympic Dam operation, has held senior roles with Atlas Iron and CITIC Pacific Mining. He also as political experience as a campaign manager and chief-of-staff for state government ministers and federal MPs.