About us

Chief executive

Cynthia Carroll joined Anglo American as chief executive in 2007. She chairs the Executive Committee and sits on the Safety and Sustainable Development Committee. Prior to this, she was president and chief executive officer of Alcan’s Primary Metal Group and a former director of AngloGold Ashanti Limited and the Sara Lee Corporation. She is a non-executive director of BP plc, Anglo Platinum Limited and De Beers.

Finance director

• Appointed finance director in September 2005.
• Holds a Doctorate in Economics and was formerly finance director of The BOC Group between 2000 and 2005, where he worked for more than 17 years, with postings in France, the US and the UK.
• Has brought enhanced strength and flexibility to the balance sheet through:
  • Continued non-core disposals at favourable market prices, including residual shareholding in and final exit from AngloGold Ashanti.
  • Two heavily over-subscribed bond offerings amounting to $3.7 billion, with $1 billion financing facility arranged for Minas-Rio project.
• Leads the team to secure financing and refinancing arrangements for the Group.
• He is a member of the Group Management and Executive Committees.

Group director Mining and Technology

• Appointed group director Mining and Technology in October 2009.
• Has more than 30 years of mining-industry experience in multiple commodities and geographies
• Spent 20 years at Anglo Platinum, including four years as operations director between 1996 and 1999.
• Has extensive experience in performance-improvement initiatives, change management and organisational design.
• Played a significant role in restructuring the portfolio and development of Anglo American’s Base Metals business unit into a more diverse and meaningful industry player in the period since its formation in 1999.
• Recent activities include the acquisition of the Michiquillay project in Peru and 50% of the Pebble project in Alaska as well as two of Anglo American’s major current growth projects; the Barro Alto nickel and Los Bronces copper development projects in Brazil and Chile, respectively.
• Held the position of chief executive of Base Metals between 2007 and 2009.
• He is a member of the Group Management and Executive Committees.

Group director of Human Resources and Communications

• Appointed group director of Human Resources and Communications in October 2009.
• Joined Anglo in 2008 as group head of Human Resources.
• A solicitor by training, has accumulated broad business experience in several disciplines and geographies.
• Spent 19 years at British Airways, 14 of them as a senior director, where roles included the director responsible for legal affairs, purchasing, human resources and UK airports, as well as chairman of the company’s pension schemes.
• Prior to joining Anglo, acquired significant experience of South Africa as Executive Committee member at Mondi.
• Has driven a recently completed initiative to:
  • Assess the role of the corporate centre and the business units in order to deliver competitive advantage and generate value.
  • Minimise duplication and bureaucracy across the business.
  • Empower people by clarifying roles, accountabilities and decision-making processes.
• Under his tenure, Anglo American now has a fit-for-purpose operating model that will help deliver on its ambition to be the leading global mining company.
• Holds the position of non-executive chairman of pension schemes for AMEC plc.
• He is a member of the Group Management and Executive Committees.

Group director business performance and projects

• Appointed group director business Performance and Projects in October 2009.
• Technical director between April 2009 and October 2009. 
• Holds the role of non-executive director of International Power plc.
• Held the position of chief executive of Industrial Minerals (Tarmac) between 2006 and 2009.
• Received an MBA from INSEAD and is a chartered mechanical engineer with a strong engineering and commercial background.
• Led Tarmac through a major restructuring to make the business more efficient, with sharp focus on cash generation, while maintaining its market-leading positions in the UK, continental Europe and the Middle East.
• Brings wide international experience to an important leadership role within Anglo American – having spent the first 25 years of his career with Shell, working in the UK, Hong Kong, Dubai, Pakistan and Canada.
• Is set to drive further value for the Anglo American Group through his role on the general management committee that focuses on business performance, safety and sustainable development, commercial co-ordination, energy, iron ore and coal.
• He is a member of the Group Management and Executive Committees.

Chief executive of Anglo Nickel

• Appointed chief executive of Anglo Nickel in October 2009.
• One of Anglo American’s longest serving CEOs, having joined the Group in 1978 as a mining engineer at Morro de Niquel, Brazil.
• Gained significant mining experience as he progressed to production manager, industrial manager and finally mine manager over a 20-year period at Morro de Niquel.
• Transferred to Loma de Niquel, Venezuela, in 2001 as operational director and later general manager, where he brought the operation to 100% capacity, implemented operation procedures to Anglo American standards and ensured it achieved ISO certifications in a short space of time.
• Significant experience developing community engagement projects, particularly at Loma de Niquel, where Anglo American has built health centres, established IT facilities for the local village, maintained roads and provided support for small business initiatives.
• Appointed president of Anglo Base Metals Brazil in 2005 and was integral in the merger of the company with Copebras (Anglo Industrial Minerals’ fertiliser and phosphate operations) to come under the control of Anglo American Brazil.
• Became Anglo American Brazil CEO in 2006, preceding a period of significant growth for the country with the development of the Barro Alto and Minas Rio projects.
• Recognised for a commitment to sustainable development, Anglo American Brazil has been awarded numerous accolades during his tenure, including being recognised as a model company for sustainability by Brazil’s Exame Magazine for 2008 and 2009.

Chief executive of Metallurgical Coal

• Appointed chief executive of Metallurgical Coal in October 2009.
• Has a Chemical Engineering degree and began his career as a technology development engineer in Germany.
• Moved to WMC Resources in Australia in 1994 initially in a strategic planning and business development role.
• Progressed to operational management roles in WMC with extensive experience and achievements in the gold, and nickel businesses before advancing to the position of Executive General Manager Copper-Uranium Division.
• Joined BHP Billiton as global vice-president Business Excellence following its takeover of WMC in 2005.
• Appointed Regional CEO of Anglo Coal Australia in 2007, bringing strong skills in operational, safety and business improvement to the role.
• Provides strong leadership and has seen dramatic improvements in safety, operational performance and business profitability during his tenure. 

Chief executive of Kumba Iron Ore

• Appointed chief executive of Kumba Iron Ore in May 2008
• Has been with Anglo American for almost two decades since completing a degree in mining engineering and training with Gold Fields.
• Joined Anglo Platinum where he progressed from shift supervisor to become one of the youngest general managers in the company at that time, overseeing the Amandelbult platinum mine.
• Developed the Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine joint venture from start-up to full production in four years.
• Recognised ability for relationship building and consolidation having managed Anglo Platinum’s joint venture portfolio – taking this from one joint venture to six, and 30-40% of that company’s ounce production.
• Was Anglo Platinum’s head of operations for joint ventures before being appointed CEO of Kumba Iron Ore in 2008.
• Saw Kumba achieve its best-ever safety performance in the first year of his tenure, as well as witness attributable profits more than double from $320 million to $720 million.

Chief executive of Copper

• Appointed chief executive of Copper in October 2009.
• Graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering, and in 1993 attained a Masters in Engineering at the same university.
• Received a Masters in Business Leadership from the University of South Africa in 2000 and completed the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School in 2004.
• Joined Anglo American Gold and Uranium Division in January 1990 at the Elandsrand and Western Deep Levels Gold Mines.
• Awarded Anglo Gold Mining Engineer of the Year 1993.
• Moved to Anglo American Industrial Corporation, Johannesburg, in 1995 where he was involved in business development, finance and strategy development.
• Promoted to vice president of Anglo Coal, South American Operations in 1999.
• In this role, was involved in the acquisition of Australian coal assets and responsible for the acquisition by Anglo Coal of the Colombian coal assets.
• In 2004, became general manager of the Minera Loma de Niquel Mine and processing plant in Venezuela, within the Anglo Base Metals business unit.
• Appointed CEO of Anglo Base Metals’ Zinc Operations – based in London – in November 2006.
  

Chief executive of Thermal Coal

• Appointed chief executive of Thermal Coal in October 2009.
• Joined the Anglo American Group in May, 2001, after more than two decades of considerable exposure to the mining industry, particularly in his home country of Zambia where he began his career at Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM).
• Spent four years on the privatisation of ZCCM, concentrating on the commercial and financial aspects of negotiations.
• Spent 17 years at Deloitte & Touche, the last eight as an equity partner.
• Was chief financial officer at Konkola Copper Mines plc between 2001 and 2003 and, following Anglo American's disposal of this asset, moved to the Johannesburg office as deputy finance director of Anglo South Africa before being appointed global chief financial officer for Anglo Coal.
• Became executive director of finance at Anglo Platinum in June 2006, and later stepped in as joint acting chief executive.
• Played a pivotal role in the major broad-based black economic empowerment transactions that were to create, among others, the world’s number three and number five platinum companies: Anooraq Resources and Northam Platinum, respectively.
• Key figure in the establishment and implementation of Anglo Platinum employee shareholder plan, and played an active part in aligning the company’s procurement strategies.
• Appointed CEO of Scaw Metals in May 2008.
• Is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and of the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants.
  

Chief executive, Anglo Platinum

• Appointed chief executive of Anglo Platinum in June 2008.
• Has had 30 years’ experience in the Anglo American Group, where he worked in all of the major operating areas of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) in South Africa:
  • former general manager of Great Noligwa mine
  • regional general manager of Western Deep Levels (the world’s deepest mine)
  • AGA’s technical director in South America
  • executive officer of the company’s South African mines
• Was appointed COO and executive director of AGA in 2005.
• Chosen for his extensive hands-on mining experience and track-record of focusing on safety, production and costs, he is the first mining engineer to run Anglo Platinum.
• Under his leadership, Anglo Platinum is progressing a values-based organisational culture change programme.
• Introduced an appropriate safety management system and is in the process of putting in place a professional business-planning process that includes optimum mine planning and a cost-management system.
• Has overseen production and productivity rates are in line with 2009 full-year target and significantly better than for H1 2008.
• During his tenure, Anglo Platinum has been named the 2009 BEE dealmaker (University of the Witwatersrand/Barloworld Empowerment Awards) for its Mvelaphanda Resources empowerment venture.
• Won a number of sustainable development awards which include the award for most Improved Business at South Africa's Greening the Future awards and achieved top honors in the Ernst and Young Excellence in Sustainability Reporting (ESR) Awards 2008.

Group director Non-Core Assets

• Appointed group director Non-Core Assets in October 2009.
• Holds the qualifications of BSc (Eng) Mech and GDE (Eng Management) from Witwatersrand University, South Africa.
• Joined Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Limited (Johnnies) in 1990 and held various projects and engineering positions at different mines and divisions of the company.
• Appointed general manager: process projects, within the projects division in 2001, during which time he was responsible for the development, implementation and execution of all major projects within Anglo Platinum’s process division in support of the company’s major expansion programme.
• Anglo Platinum’s process division remains one of the biggest in world mining, with a current value of nearly $9 billion.
• During his time at Johnnies and Anglo Platinum, he has been directly involved in most of the major process projects, and has driven the creation and maintenance of a world-class safety, health and environment culture regarding the implementation of projects.
• Appointed to the board of Anglo Platinum and various company subsidiaries in 2004 – becoming the executive director in charge of projects and engineering.
• While in charge of projects and engineering, he was tasked with the formulation of a business unit strategy and aligning business structures and process architectures to achieve both Anglo Platinum’s objectives as well as Anglo American’s broader strategic outcomes.
• Appointed joint acting chief executive of Anglo Platinum in August 2007, before taking over as CEO copper operations in May 2008.

Chief executive of Iron Ore Brazil

• Appointed chief executive of Iron Ore Brazil in October 2009.
• Graduated in 1986 from the Escola de Minas e Metalurgia of the Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil, with a degree in metallurgical engineering.
• Earned a master’s degree in metallurgical engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 1990.
• Formerly part of the Rio Tinto Iron Ore Executive Committee and the managing director of HIsmelt Corporation in Western Australia, with responsibility for the ramp up and operation of the HIsmelt Kwinana Joint Venture Facility.
• In 2003, was made responsible for the HIsmelt plant operation as general manager technology and operations. Helped to recruit, train and establish the operations team for the commissioning and operation of the plant.
• Joined Anglo American in January 2009 from Rio Tinto, as chief technical officer within Anglo Ferrous Metals and Industries.
• Promoted to CEO of Anglo American Ferrous Brazil in August 2009.
• A published author, he has been involved in the development of technologies such as new iron and steelmaking process, oxygen blowing systems, water cooling systems, waste incinerators and heat recovery steam generators.

Group director Strategy and Business Development

• Appointed group director Strategy and Business Development in October 2009.
• A Chartered Accountant with a BCom and a MBA from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Has attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in the US.
• Joined Anglo American in 1990 within the Corporate Finance division.
• Has extensive mergers and acquisitions (M&A) experience. Played a key role in the development of group strategy and the key transactions associated with Anglo American's evolution from diversified South African conglomerate to focused global miner starting with the merger of Minorco, the listing of Anglo American in 1999 and subsequent unwinding of crossholding with De Beers.
• Played a key role in the Group's major M&A and disposal activities since the listing of Anglo American plc in 1999.
• In July 2003, assumed a wider finance role, taking on responsibility for Central Finance in London, Johannesburg and the Luxembourg office.
• Led the introduction of Value Based Management methodology; a philosophy, framework and set of tools focused on helping maximise Anglo American’s value by ensuring that the most attractive strategic options across the Group’s businesses are identified, prioritised, resourced and implemented.
• Appointed chief financial officer of Base Metals in August 2008.