BHP boss's salary sacrifice shows party's over for miners SCOTSMAN Andrew Mackenzie apparently got on the front foot to suggest that when he takes over from Marius Kloppers as BHP Billiton's new chief executive on May 10 his pay packet should be 25 per cent below what the chief executive of the world's biggest mining company would normally receive. For the average worker, Mackenzie's willingness to overturn the normal practice that the new bloke gets more than the last bloke might not seem much of a gesture, given that Mackenzie can still expect to take home about $US7.63 million ($7.4m) in an average year, and up to $US13m if BHP greatly outperforms its peers.