Anglo American appoints third new non-executive director to its Board
11 December, 2009
Anglo American plc (“Anglo American” or “the Group”) announces the appointment to its Board of Ray O’Rourke as a non-executive director, with immediate effect.
Ray O’Rourke is the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive of Laing O’Rourke, Europe’s largest privately owned construction company, employing 30,000 people across Europe, the Middle East and Australia. Since the acquisition of John Laing Construction in 2001, Laing O’Rourke has delivered a fivefold increase in revenue to £4.2 billion in 2008, driven primarily by broadening the focus of the company from building and contracting to include fully integrated construction project management services to its global clients.
Sir John Parker, Chairman of Anglo American, said: "I am delighted to welcome Ray O’Rourke to the Anglo American Board. Ray has a proven track record in delivering complex and large scale projects around the world, mobilising large numbers of people with great success and applying leading project management practices. His entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to safety, engineering, innovation and the development of people will add considerable strength to our Board."