Anglo American plc names new non-executive director
10 December, 2003
Anglo American plc ("Anglo American") announces that Dr Maria Silvia Bastos Marques has joined its Board with immediate effect.
Anglo American plc ("Anglo American") announces that Dr Maria Silvia Bastos Marques has joined its Board with immediate effect.
Ms Marques (46) has been a partner of a corporate finance consultancy (MS & CR2 Finanças Corporativas Ltda.) since 2002. Prior to that she was both President of the Brazilian Steel Institute, from 2001 to 2002, and Chief Executive of Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN), Latin America's largest integrated steel company, from 1999 to 2002 (Head of Corporate Centre from 1996 to 1999). During her tenure at CSN, the former state owned business was transformed into a profitable and growing company. She has held non-executive directorships in Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobrás), Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) and Companhia Souza Cruz SA. She also chaired Galvasud, a joint venture between CSN and Thyssen-Krupp Stahl. From 1993 to 1996, she was the Secretary of Finance for the municipality of Rio de Janeiro where over that period she succeeded in balancing the city's budget and increasing reserves from US$5 million to US$1.2 billion.
Ms Marques, a Brazilian national, holds a BA in Public Administration from the Brazilian School of Public Administration, a Masters degree and a PhD in Economics from the Graduate School of Economics, Getulio Vargas Foundation in Rio de Janeiro
Commenting on the appointment, Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Chairman of Anglo American, said: We are delighted to welcome Maria Silvia to the Board and are confident that she will bring fresh insight to the Board with her commercial skills, experience in related businesses and extensive knowledge of Latin America."
Notes to Editors
Anglo American plc is one of the world's largest mining and natural resource groups. With its subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, it is a global leader in gold, platinum group metals and diamonds, with significant interests in coal, base and ferrous metals, industrial minerals and forest products. The group is geographically diverse, with operations in Africa, Europe, South and North America and Australia. (www.angloamerican.co.uk)