Anglo American appoints Magali Anderson as non-executive director
28 February, 2023
Anglo American plc (“Anglo American”) announces that Magali Anderson will join its Board as a non-executive director and a member of its Board Sustainability Committee, with effect from 1 April 2023.
Magali Anderson is Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer of Holcim Group, the Switzerland-based global building materials company, and a member of its executive committee. A mechanical engineer, Magali has spent the majority of her career in the oil and gas industry in a number of operational, commercial and business transformation leadership roles, prior to joining Holcim in 2016 to lead safety and health.
Commenting on the appointment, Stuart Chambers, Chairman of Anglo American, said: “Magali brings highly relevant experience from her career in capital intensive industries and a deep understanding of sustainability in its broadest sense. As a champion for responsible business practices and the opportunities for innovation to solve the greatest sustainability challenges, we look forward to welcoming Magali to the Board.”
Magali Anderson serves on the advisory boards of Business for Nature, the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium, the World Green Building Council and the 50L Home Coalition on water efficiency.
This announcement satisfies Anglo American’s disclosure obligations in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.13.
Notes to editors:
The Anglo American plc Board of Directors will comprise, from 1 April 2023:
Chairman | Executive directors | Non-executive directors |
---|---|---|
Stuart Chambers |
Duncan Wanblad – chief executive |
Magali Anderson |
Magali Anderson is Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer of Holcim Group, the Switzerland-based global building materials company, and a member of its executive committee. Magali started her career as a field engineer on offshore oil rigs in Nigeria, beginning a 27-year career in oil and gas. She spent the majority of her career with Schlumberger, holding operational line management positions including CEO, Angola and Region Head, Europe. She has also held several functional roles, including Vice President, Marketing, Vice President, Shared Services for Europe and Africa, and Vice President, Maintenance. She joined Holcim as Group Head of Health & Safety in 2016, before becoming Chief Sustainability Officer in 2019 and taking on her current role in 2021. Magali graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from INSA Lyon.
Anglo American is a leading global mining company and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive operations, with a broad range of future development options, provides many of the future-enabling metals and minerals for a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast growing every day demands of billions of consumers. With our people at the heart of our business, we use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and to mine, process, move and market our products to our customers – safely and sustainably.
As a responsible producer of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum group metals, premium quality iron ore and steelmaking coal, and nickel – with crop nutrients in development – we are committed to being carbon neutral across our operations by 2040. More broadly, our Sustainable Mining Plan commits us to a series of stretching goals to ensure we work towards a healthy environment, creating thriving communities and building trust as a corporate leader. We work together with our business partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock enduring value from precious natural resources for the benefit of the communities and countries in which we operate, for society as a whole, and for our shareholders. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.
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