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AGL - Anglo American Plc - News Release - Appoints Sir John Parker as Chairman
Anglo American Plc
Incorporated in the United Kingdom
(Registration number: 3564138)
Short name: Anglo
Share code: AGL
ISIN number: GB00B1XZS820
News Release - Anglo American plc appoints Sir John Parker as Chairman
Anglo American plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Sir John Parker as
Chairman. Sir John will join the Board of Anglo American plc as a non-executive
director with immediate effect and will become Chairman on 1 August, succeeding
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, who will be retiring from the Board after seven years as
Chairman.
Sir John is Chairman of National Grid plc and is also Joint Chairman of the
Mondi Group with Cyril Ramaphosa. As he takes up his position at Anglo American,
Sir John will step down from several of his board and other commitments, having
recently stepped down as Chair of the Court of the Bank of England.
Anglo American's Board appointed a search committee of independent directors
chaired by Peter Woicke, former CEO of the International Finance Corporation,
with members Dr Mamphela Ramphele, former Vice Chancellor of the University of
Cape Town and former Managing Director of the World Bank, Sir C K Chow, Chief
Executive of the Hong Kong MTR, and the late Karel van Miert, former European
Commissioner and Member of the European Parliament. After a global search of
several months, the committee made a unanimous recommendation to the board,
which in turn unanimously agreed to appoint Sir John Parker.
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Chairman of Anglo American plc, said: "I am very pleased
to welcome Sir John Parker to Anglo American following the Board's unanimous
decision to appoint him as Chairman. Sir John is recognised as a highly
experienced and independent chairman, has chaired four FTSE 100 companies and
brings a wealth of leadership experience across a range of industries in many
countries, including in South Africa. The Group is now well positioned to
capitalise on its considerable growth prospects as a focused and responsible
global mining company and to deliver on its cost saving and efficiency
commitments."
Sir John Parker said: "Anglo American has many great strengths, including a
portfolio of high quality mining assets, an impressive growth profile,
substantial and well advanced efficiency programmes and a unique position in
precious commodities. With deep roots in South Africa, a country I know very
well through my years at Babcock International and my more recent role at Mondi
working jointly with Cyril Ramaphosa, this global company has an opportunity to
deliver considerable further growth and value in the coming years. I look
forward to working with the board and the excellent management team led by
Cynthia Carroll to deliver those prospects to shareholders. Anglo has undergone
a major transformation in recent years and I look forward to my new role,
leading the Board through the next stage of the company's development."
Cynthia Carroll, Chief Executive of Anglo American plc, said: "I welcome Sir
John as our new Chairman and look forward to working with him. He will bring
significant insight and experience to the Board as we deliver value for all our
stakeholders through the Group's growth and efficiency strategies embedded
across our portfolio of world class mining assets. Sir Mark Moody-Stuart has
led the Group through a period of significant change, introducing a strong
stakeholder focus and reinforcing our position as a modern and responsible
mining company. On behalf of the Board and all our employees around the world, I
would like to thank Sir Mark for his invaluable leadership and tireless
contribution over the past seven years and we wish him well."
For further information, please contact:
Anglo American
Nick Von Schirnding, Head of Investor and Corporate Affairs
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8540
James Wyatt-Tilby, Media Relations
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759
Pranill Ramchander, Media Relations
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592
Caroline Metcalfe, Investor Relations
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 2192
Anna Poulter, Investor Relations
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2079
Financial Dynamics
Jon Simmons
Tel: +44 (0)20 7269 7278
Brunswick
Rob Pinker
Tel: +27 (0)11 502 7402
Notes to Editors:
Sir John Parker FREng DSc (Eng), ScD (Hon), DSc (Hon), D.Univ (Hon), Hon Fellow
IMAREST, FRINA
Current Appointments
Sir John Parker is Chairman of National Grid plc (October 2002), Vice Chairman
of DP World (Dubai) (2006) and Joint Chairman of Mondi plc (May 2007).
He has recently stepped down (June 09) as Senior Non-executive Director (Chair)
of the Court of the Bank of England (June 2004), is a Member of the Prime
Minister's Business Council for Britain (June 2007) and a Non-executive Director
of Carnival Corporation (2003) and EADS Airbus (October 2007). He is Non-
executive Chairman of the BVT Joint Venture, Vice President of The Royal Navy
and Marines Charity and Chancellor of the University of Southampton (August
2006).
Background
Sir John Parker studied Naval Architecture and Mechanical Engineering at the
College of Technology and Queens University, Belfast and joined the ship design
team at Harland & Wolff in 1964. After extensive ship design and research
experience he held a number of senior management positions in technical,
production and ship sales.
He was appointed Managing Director of Austin & Pickersgill (Shipbuilders)
Sunderland in 1974. Following nationalisation of the shipbuilding industry, he
was appointed to the Board of the British Shipbuilders Corporation in 1978,
later becoming Deputy Chief Executive. He returned to Harland & Wolff (1983-93)
as Chairman and Chief Executive.
Sir John joined Babcock International plc as CEO in 1993, becoming Chairman and
CEO in 1994. In 1997, he became a Non-executive Director of British Gas, which
led to his becoming Chairman of the Lattice Group on its demerger from BG Group
in 2000. Lattice merged with National Grid in 2002, with Sir John becoming
Chairman of the combined company, National Grid Transco.
Sir John has also been Non-executive Director of the Industrial Development
Board of Northern Ireland (1983-1986), British Coal Corporation (1986-1993), GKN
plc (1993-2002), BG plc (1997-2000) and Brambles Industries plc (2001-2003). He
was Chairman of Firth Rixson plc (1999-2003) and Non-executive Director and
subsequently Deputy Chairman of P&O Princess Cruises plc (2000-2003). He was
Chairman RMC Group from 2002 and led the Group's transformation and agreed sale
to Cemex of Mexico in 2005. He was appointed Deputy Chairman of P&O in February
2005 and Chairman May 2005. He led the Group's agreed sale to DP World (Dubai)
in early 2006.
Sir John is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Younger Brother
of Trinity House and a Visiting Fellow of University of Oxford. He is a
recipient of honorary doctorates from a number of universities in the UK and
Ireland. He was President of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (1996-
1999) and Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights (2000-2001) and
an Honorary Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Fuellers. He is a governor of
the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Deputy Chairman of the White Ensign
Association and a member of the General Committee of Lloyds Register of
Shipping. He leads `Young Offenders into Work' program, serves on the Defence
Academy Advisory Board, was a Member of the Government's Asia Task Force and is
a member of the International Advisory Board of Citi Group. He was knighted in
2001 for Services to the Defence and Shipbuilding Industries. Sir John's
recreational pursuits include sailing, reading and music.
He and his wife Emma have two children and two grandsons.
Anglo American plc is one of the world's largest mining groups. With its
subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, it is a global leader in platinum
group metals and diamonds, with significant interests in coal, base and ferrous
metals, as well as an industrial minerals business. The Group is geographically
diverse, with operations in Africa, Europe, South and North America, Australia
and Asia.
(www.angloamerican.co.uk)
10 July 2009
Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd
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