Leadership team

Skills and experience

Stuart contributes to Anglo American significant global executive and boardroom experience across the industrial, logistics and consumer sectors.

Stuart served as chair of Travis Perkins plc from 2017 to 2021, and previously chaired ARM Holdings plc and Rexam plc until 2016. In his non-executive career, Stuart has served on the boards of Tesco PLC, Manchester Airport Group plc, Smiths Group plc and Associated British Ports Holdings plc. Stuart’s 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, he gained 10 years of sales and marketing experience at Mars Corporation, following 10 years at Shell as a chemical engineer.

Current external appointments

Visiting Fellow of Saïd Business School, Oxford University.

Skills and experience

John brings to Anglo American proven financial, strategic and commercial expertise, coupled with hands-on operational experience of supporting sustainable mining through technology. John is a member of the ELT and is a director of De Beers. Prior to joining Anglo American in 2023, he was chief financial officer and an executive director at The Weir Group PLC, the FTSE 100 listed global engineering company providing engineering technologies to the global mining industry, a role held since 2016. Prior to joining Weir in 2008, John served as group financial controller of Scottish Power plc, following his early career in professional services firms in audit, mergers & acquisitions, and corporate finance roles. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

Key external appointments

None

Skills and experience

Anne contributes to Anglo American a wealth of buy-side insights from her career as a global asset manager, with a particular focus on infrastructure and raw materials, and extensive experience as a non-executive director across a number of relevant industries, with emphasis on sustainability and responsible investing.

Anne spent the majority of her executive career in the asset management industry, largely with Capital Group focused on infrastructure investment. During her 17-year career with Capital, she served as senior vice president and director. In her non-executive career, Anne has served on the boards of Holcim Ltd from 2013 to 2015, John Laing Group plc from 2015 to 2021, and Summit Materials, Inc from 2016 until February 2025.

Current external appointments

Chair of Man Group plc

Skills and experience

Hixonia contributes to Anglo American significant global board experience drawn from the natural resources, financial services and consumer industries.

Hixonia has previously served as senior independent director of Vivo Energy plc, and a non-executive director on the boards of Sasol Ltd, including five years as chair, Nedbank Ltd, and Unilever plc. She is a former member of the board of AGRA and chaired the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund, both not-for-profit organisations. Hixonia 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. In 2004, Hixonia founded Ayavuna Women’s Investments (Pty) Ltd, a female-controlled investment holding company. Prior to that, she ran T.H. Nyasulu & Associates, a strategy, marketing and research company, after starting her career at Unilever in South Africa. Hixonia was a founder member of the Advisory Group formed by the World Economic Forum to set up a community of global chairs.

Hixonia will step down as a non-executive director of the Board with effect from 31 December 2025.

Current external appointments

Independent non-executive director and vice chair of Olam Agri Holdings Pte. Ltd, and a non-executive director and senior independent director of SSE plc.

Skills and experience

Magali brings to Anglo American highly relevant experience in capital intensive industries from an international executive career in operational, commercial and business transformation leadership roles, and a deep understanding of sustainability in its broadest sense.

Until September 2023, Magali was Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer and a member of the executive committee of Holcim Group, the Switzerland-based global building materials company. She joined Holcim in 2016, becoming Chief Sustainability Officer in 2019 and adding Innovation to her remit in 2021. During her Holcim tenure, Magali was a member of the advisory boards of industry organisations: Business for Nature, the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium, the World Green Building Council and the 50L Home Coalition on water efficiency; and Co-chair of the 2050 net-zero work for the Global Cement and Concrete Association. Prior to joining Holcim, Magali spent the majority of her career with Schlumberger, holding operational line management positions including CEO, Angola and Region Head, Europe. Magali started her career as a field engineer on offshore oil rigs in Nigeria, beginning a 27-year career in oil and gas.

Current external appointments

A member of the supervisory board of Capitals Coalition, a not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder organisation.

Skills and experience

Nonkululeko contributes to Anglo American great breadth of technical and strategic insights with a background in engineering and extensive experience spanning mining, steel, financial services and technology in South African and global organisations.

Until March 2024, Nonkululeko was chair of Macsteel Service Centres SA, a privately-held business. She was previously chair of JSE Limited and was formerly CEO of Ichor Coal N.V. She previously served as chair of Alexander Forbes Group, 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, Nonkululeko 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.

Current external appointments

Chair of Standard Bank Group.

Skills and experience

Duncan brings to the Board more than 30 years of global mining experience and a deep understanding of Anglo American, its culture and context.

Duncan leads the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), having served as a member since 2009, and is chair of De Beers. From 2016 to 2022, Duncan was Group Director – Strategy and Business Development, also serving as CEO of our Base Metals business from 2013 to 2019. Until 2022, he chaired the Anglo American Foundation.

Between 2009 and 2013, Duncan held the position of Group Director – Other Mining and Industrial, responsible for a global portfolio of mining and industrial businesses for disposal or turnaround to maximise shareholder value. He was appointed CEO of our Copper operations in 2008, prior to which he served as joint interim CEO of Anglo American Platinum in 2007 (having served on the board since 2004). From 2004 to 2007, Duncan was Executive Director of Projects and Engineering at Anglo American Platinum. Duncan began his career at Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Limited in 1990. 

Skills and experience

As Chief Projects & Development Officer, Alison leads Projects, Carbon and Innovation at Anglo American.

Prior to joining Anglo American in 2023, Alison was CEO of AWE plc from 2020-2023. Alison joined AWE in 2005 and fulfilled a number of senior roles, delivering multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects and technology programmes. AWE assures, designs, manufactures, and assembles capabilities and products that support the UK's nuclear defence programme. Prior to AWE, Alison spent 14 years at Halcrow, managing a wide variety of capital projects in the UK and overseas in both the public and private sectors. 

Alison is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Chartered Civil Engineer. She is also a non-executive director of Kier Group plc and chair of its safety, health and environment committee.

Skills and experience

As CEO of De Beers, Al is responsible for its strategy and operations from mines to retail stores.

Prior to joining Anglo American in 2023, Al was EVP of exploration and production international for Equinor, with responsibility for its businesses in 12 countries around the world.

Al previously held the role of EVP for global strategy and business development at Equinor, where he developed a net zero strategy and reshaped its portfolio for the energy transition. He joined Equinor after a 20-year career at BP, which included operational roles offshore, leadership of the Southern Corridor gas project and chief of staff to the CEO.

Al is a trustee of The Power of Nutrition, an independent charitable foundation. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society and the Energy Institute.

Skills and experience

As Chief Technical Officer, appointed in May 2025, Tom leads our global technical disciplines from Discovery and Geosciences through to Processing, as well as our critical Safety, Health and Environment work. Tom also has responsibility for Anglo American’s Crop Nutrients business, having been CEO of this business since October 2022.

Tom joined Anglo American in 2015 as Group Head of Projects, prior to leading the successful development and commissioning of the world-class Quellaveco copper project as CEO of Anglo American in Peru until 2022. He then took on the development of the Woodsmith fertiliser project that is under construction in the UK. Tom previously held several senior global roles at Newmont, having begun his career at Fluor Corporation in international oil and gas and mining projects, developing his full project lifecycle expertise.

Skills and experience

As Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs Officer, Richard leads Legal, Government & International Relations, Communications, Company Secretarial and Security. He also serves as Company Secretary of Anglo American plc.  

Prior to joining Anglo American in 2017, he was a partner at law firm Shearman & Sterling, working across EMEA, Asia and North America. In private practice, Richard acted for clients across the metals, mining, energy and financial services sectors, assisting them with complex financing, corporate and compliance matters. 

A champion for diversity, equity and inclusion in the legal profession, Richard was one of the founders and serves as chair of General Counsel for Diversity & Inclusion.

Skills and experience

Patricio has been CEO of Anglo American in Chile since December 2022, having joined Anglo American in 2021 as General Manager of our Los Bronces copper operation. Before that, he was General Manager of BHP´s Spence mine in Chile. Patricio worked for BHP for 17 years, in a number of operational and commercial roles in Chile, Australia, and Singapore.

Patricio has a degree in Mining Engineering from the Universidad de Santiago de Chile, an MBA from Curtin University in Australia and the Advanced Management Program from Harvard University in the US.

Skills and experience

Ana has been CEO of Anglo American in Brazil since December 2023, having previously served as CFO of our iron ore and nickel operations in Brazil, and in a global role working for Technical & Sustainability, based in London. Prior to joining Anglo American in 2012, Ana was Controller of operations for Holcim in Brazil, having worked for eight years as an external auditor at Arthur Andersen and Deloitte, responsible for auditing projects in large Brazilian and multinational companies.

Ana has a Batchelor of Economics degree from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Batchelor of Accounting degree from Universidade FUMEC in Belo Hoizonte, and an MBA in Finance from Ibmec in Belo Horizonte.