Anglo American PLC Anglo American appoints Ian Ashby to the Board (8487F)
May 23 2017 - 4:00AM
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Anglo American PLC
23 May 2017
23 May 2017
Anglo American appoints Ian Ashby to the Board
Anglo American plc ("Anglo American") announces that Ian Ashby
will join the Board as a non-executive director, with effect 25
July 2017.
Mr Ashby has 37 years of experience in the mining industry,
including 25 years in a wide variety of roles with BHP Billiton,
ultimately leading the company's iron ore business. Since retiring
from BHP Billiton in 2012, Mr Ashby has taken on a number of
advisory and non-executive roles with other mining and related
organisations.
Sir John Parker, Chairman of Anglo American, said: "I look
forward to welcoming Ian Ashby to Anglo American's Board. Ian's
leadership in major new mining projects and his depth of
operational and commercial experience across numerous commodities
and mining jurisdictions will further enrich our board
discussions."
Notes to editors:
Ian Ashby, age 59, served as President of Iron Ore for BHP
Billiton between 2006 and 2012, when he retired from the company.
During his 25-year tenure with BHP Billiton, Ian held numerous
roles in its iron ore, base metals and gold businesses in
Australia, the USA, and Chile, as well as projects roles in the
corporate office.
He began his career as an underground miner at the Mount Isa
Mines base metals operations in Queensland, Australia. He has
served as a non-executive director of New World Resources PLC and
Genco Shipping & Trading, and has served in an advisory
capacity with Apollo Global Management and Temasek. He is currently
a non-executive director of Nevsun Resources Ltd. and Alderon Iron
Ore Corp. Mr Ashby holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) degree
from the University of Melbourne in Australia.
There are no additional details to disclose under Listing Rule
9.6.13R in respect of the appointment of Ian Ashby.
Board of Directors
Following Mr Ashby's appointment, the Anglo American plc Board
of Directors will be comprised as follows:
Chairman Executive directors Non-executive
directors
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Sir John Parker Mark Cutifani - Sir Philip Hampton
chief executive Ian Ashby (from
Stephen Pearce 25 July 2017)
- finance director Nolitha Fakude
Tony O'Neill - Byron Grote
technical director Mphu Ramatlapeng
Jim Rutherford
Anne Stevens
Jack Thompson
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Anglo American is a globally diversified mining business. Our
portfolio of world-class competitive mining operations and
undeveloped resources provides the raw materials to meet the
growing consumer-driven demands of the world's developed and
maturing economies. Our people are at the heart of our business. It
is our people who use the latest technologies to find new
resources, plan and build our mines and who mine, process and move
and market our products to our customers around the world.
As a responsible miner - of diamonds (through De Beers),
platinum and other precious metals, copper, nickel, iron ore and
coal - we are the custodians of what are precious natural
resources. We work together with our key partners and stakeholders
to unlock the long-term value that those resources represent for
our shareholders and for the communities and countries in which we
operate - creating sustainable value and making a real
difference.
www.angloamerican.com
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ann.farndell@angloamerican.com 8680
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