Press Release Archive - 2019

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Following the changes set out above, the Anglo American plc Board of Directors will comprise:

Hixonia Nyasulu, age 64, is the founder of Ayavuna Women’s Investments (Pty) Ltd, a women-controlled investment vehicle focused on the health and education sectors, and the Senior independent Director of Vivo Energy Plc, a London listed company behind the Shell and Engen fuel brands in Africa. A highly experienced non-executive director, Hixonia has previously served on the boards of Sasol, including five years as chairman, Nedbank, including as deputy chairman, Unilever PLC, Unilever NV and Anglo American Platinum. She has also served as a member of the South Africa advisory board of JPMorgan and on the board of the Development Bank of Southern Africa. Before founding Ayavuna in 2004, she ran (for 20 years) T.H. Nyasulu & Associates, a strategy, marketing and research company after starting her career at Unilever. Hixonia was a founder member of the Advisory Group formed by the World Economic Forum to set up a community of global chairmen. She has a BA in Social Work and an Honours Degree in Psychology, both from the University of Zululand, South Africa.

Nonkululeko Nyembezi, age 59, is chairman of JSE Limited and Alexander Forbes Group. She also serves as chief executive officer of Ichor Coal N.V., an international thermal coal mining company. Ms Nyembezi has previously served as a non-executive director on the boards of Old Mutual plc, Exxaro Resources, Universal Coal plc and Denel, and as CEO of ArcelorMittal South Africa. In her earlier career, she was chief officer of M&A for the Vodacom group and chief executive officer of Alliance Capital, the then local subsidiary of a New York-based global investment management company. Nonkululeko has a MSc in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology, USA, a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology, UK, and an MBA from the Open University, UK.

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