Leadership team

Stuart brings to Anglo American significant global executive and boardroom experience across the industrial, logistics and consumer sectors. He is also Chairman and a non-executive director at Travis Perkins PLC. Stuart previously served as chairman of ARM Holdings plc and Rexam plc until 2016; and as a non-executive director on the boards of Tesco plc (2010-15), Manchester Airport Group plc (2010-13), Smiths Group plc (2006-2012) and Associated British Ports Holdings plc (2002-06). His executive career included 13 years at Pilkington plc and its subsequent parent company Nippon Sheet Glass until 2010, in a number of executive roles and ultimately as chief executive of both companies. Prior to that, Stuart gained 10 years of sales and marketing experience at Mars Corporation, following 10 years at Shell. Stuart is a member of the UK Takeover Panel, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Physics from University College London and is a qualified chemical engineer.

Mark is a member of the Board, Sustainability Committee and Group Management Committee (GMC), is a non-executive director of Anglo American Platinum, chairman of Anglo American South Africa (AASA) and chairman of De Beers. He was appointed as an independent director of Total S.A. on 26 May 2017.

Mark was previously CEO of AngloGold Ashanti Limited, a position he held since 2007. Before joining AngloGold Ashanti, Mark was COO at Vale Inco where he was responsible for Vale’s global nickel business. Prior to this he held senior executive positions with the Normandy Group, Sons of Gwalia, Western Mining Corporation, Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines and CRA (Rio Tinto).

Mark graduated from Wollongong University, New South Wales, with a BSc in Engineering and holds two honorary doctorates awarded by Wollongong and the Laurentian University in Canada.

Stephen became a member of the Group Management Committee in January 2017 and was appointed to the Board as Finance Director in April 2017. He is also a non-executive director of Kumba Iron Ore and Anglo American Platinum.

Stephen has more than 16 years of public company director experience and 30 years’ experience in the mining, oil and gas, and utilities industries.  Before joining Anglo American, Stephen served as CFO and an executive director of Fortescue Metals Group from 2010 to 2016.  Prior to that, he held the positions of managing director and CEO of Southern Cross Electrical Engineering Ltd and was CFO of Alinta Ltd.  Until January 2017 he served as a non-executive director of Cedar Woods Properties Ltd.

Stephen has a Bachelor of Business from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and a Graduate Diploma in Company Secretarial Practice. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Member of the Governance Institute of Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Tony is a member of the Group Management Committee (GMC) and a member of the Sustainability and Investment Committees. He joined Anglo American in September 2013 as Group director for technical and sustainability, being appointed to the Board as technical director in July 2015, with responsibility for the Technical and Sustainability function. He is also a non-executive director of Anglo American Platinum and De Beers.

Tony joined AngloGold Ashanti in July 2008 as executive vice president – Business and Technical Development and served as joint acting CEO until July 2013.

His extensive career in the mining industry has spanned iron ore, copper, nickel and gold and includes his roles as operations executive at Newcrest Mining and as the head of the gold business at Western Mining Corporation.

Tony is a mining engineer with an MBA from the University of Melbourne.

Sir Philip was appointed as the senior independent director in April 2014. He is chairman of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit Committee. He is chairman of GlaxoSmithKline and brings to Anglo American significant financial, strategic and boardroom experience across a number of industries. His previous appointments include chairman of The Royal Bank of Scotland and J Sainsbury plc, finance director of Lloyds TSB Group plc, BT Group plc, BG Group plc, British Gas plc, British Steel plc, an executive director of Lazards and a non-executive director of RMC Group plc and Belgacom SA.

Anne is a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees. She brings a wealth of experience and wide-ranging commercial acumen from a number of global industries. She has experience gained across North, Central and South America.

Anne is interim chief executive of GKN plc and a non-executive director of XL Catlin. She is a former non-executive director of Lockheed Martin Corporation. Anne served as chairman and CEO of SA IT Services from 2011 until her retirement in December 2014. From 2006 to 2009, Anne was chairman and CEO of Carpenter Technology Corporation. Prior to this, she was COO for the Americas at Ford Motor Company until 2006, the culmination of her 16-year career with the company. Her early career was spent at Exxon Corporation, where she held roles in engineering, product development, and sales and marketing.

Byron is chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees.  He contributes broad business, financial and board experience in numerous geographies.

Byron is Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel and a non-executive director of Standard Chartered PLC and Tesco PLC.  He is a member of the European Audit Committee Leadership Network and an emeritus member of the Cornell University Johnson Advisory Council. Byron has extensive management experience across the oil and gas industry.  He served on the BP plc board from 2000 until 2013. He was previously a non-executive director of Unilever NV and Unilever PLC.

Ian is a member of the Sustainability Committee. He 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 37-year mining career as an underground miner at the Mount Isa Mines base metals operations in Queensland, Australia.

Ian is chairman of Petropavlovsk PLC and a non-executive director of Nevsun Resources Ltd and Alderon Iron Ore Corp. He has previously served as a non-executive director of New World Resources PLC and Genco Shipping & Trading, and in an advisory capacity with Apollo Global Management and Temasek. Ian holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) degree from the University of Melbourne in Australia.

Jack is Chairman of the Sustainability Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. He brings experience gained at all levels of the mining industry and has received wide recognition as a mining executive. He also has extensive boardroom experience in both executive and non executive roles. He was previously chairman and CEO of Homestake Mining Co., vice chairman of Barrick Gold Corp. and has served on the boards of Tidewater Inc., Molycorp Inc., Centerra Gold Inc., Century Aluminum Co., Phelps Dodge Corp., Rinker Group Ltd and Stillwater Mining.

Jim is a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Sustainability Committees. He has extensive experience in investment banking and investment management, and brings to the Board considerable financial insight from the perspective of the capital markets and a deep understanding of the mining industry.

In 2016, Jim was appointed as chairman of Dalradian Resources Inc, having served as a non-executive director since 2015, and as chairman of the Queen’s University Belfast Foundation Board.  Between 1997 and 2013, he was a senior vice president of Capital International Investors, a division of Capital Group, and had responsibility for investments in the mining and metals industry. Prior to joining Capital Group, Jim was an investment analyst covering the South American mining and metals industry for HSBC James Capel in New York. He also held analyst roles with Credit Lyonnais, covering diversified industrial companies, and CRU International, covering the copper industry. 

Dr Mphu Ramatlapeng is a member of the Sustainability Committee.  She is a highly experienced leader who brings to Anglo American a broad range of global health expertise at board level across both the public and private sectors.

Mphu is the executive vice president of HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis programmes for the Clinton Health Access Initiative and also the vice chair of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. She served as Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Lesotho between 2007 and 2012.  In this role, she championed Lesotho’s significant achievements in reducing the transmission of HIV from mother to child. Across her career, she has been a leading advocate for women in business, including serving as founding board member of Women in Business in Lesotho.

Nolitha is a member of the Audit and Sustainability Committees. She previously served as an executive director at Sasol Limited, on the board and Executive Vice President of Strategy and Sustainability, until her decision to leave the company at the end of 2016. She also served as Chairman of Sasol’s Sustainability, HR and Stakeholder Relations committees and was Chairman of the Sasol Mining Board.

Nolitha is deputy chairperson of South African Airways, a non-executive director of the JSE Limited and African Oxygen Limited (AFROX), and a trustee of the Women’s Development Bank. She has previously served as deputy chairman and lead independent director of Datacentrix Holdings Limited, and as a non executive director of Harmony Gold and Woolworths Holdings.