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AGL - Anglo American plc - Anglo American appoints David Weston as Technical
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Anglo American plc
Incorporated in the United Kingdom
(Registration number: 3564138)
Short name: Anglo
Share code: AGL
ISIN number: GB00B1XZS820
("Anglo American plc" or "the company")
Anglo American appoints David Weston as Technical Director
Anglo American plc ("Anglo American") announces that it has appointed David
Weston as Technical Director. David will continue as a member of the
Executive Committee of Anglo American and will take up his new role with
immediate effect, succeeding Tony Redman, who has retired from the Group.
David Weston brings his considerable international commercial experience to
this important leadership role within the Group. Anglo American`s technical
capabilities are a key differentiator and Anglo Technical Division`s ("ATD")
market leading expertise is expected to continue to drive significant
commercial advantages and opportunities as the Group pursues its growth and
development plans.
David has been Chief Executive of Anglo Industrial Minerals since 2006, where
he has led Tarmac through a period of considerable restructuring, making the
business more efficient and focusing it on cash generation, whilst maintaining
Tarmac`s market leading positions in the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
Cynthia Carroll, Chief Executive of Anglo American, said: "We welcome David to
his new role as Technical Director and I am certain that his commercial
experience and engineering background, together with Anglo Technical
Division`s technical prowess, will prove to be a successful combination.
ATD`s work on improved extraction and resource identification methods, in
addition to the development of new metallurgical applications, continues to
drive value for Anglo American. I would like to take this opportunity to thank
Tony Redman again for the very considerable contribution he has made to Anglo
American over some 38 years with the Group and we wish him well in his
retirement."
Karim Hajjar, currently CFO of Tarmac, has been appointed Managing Director of
Tarmac and takes responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the business
and its restructuring, which will continue as planned. Karim will report to
Russell King, Chief Strategy Officer of Anglo American, who will represent
Tarmac at the Executive Committee.
For further information, please contact:
United Kingdom
James Wyatt-Tilby, Media Relations
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759
Caroline Metcalfe, Investor Relations
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 2192
South Africa
Anna Poulter, Investor Relations
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2079
Pranill Ramchander, Media Relations
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592
Notes to Editors:
Anglo American plc is one of the world`s largest mining groups. With its
subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, it is a global leader in platinum
group metals and diamonds, with significant interests in coal, base and
ferrous metals, as well as an industrial minerals business. The Group is
geographically diverse, with operations in Africa, Europe, South and North
America, Australia and Asia.
(www.angloamerican.co.uk)
David Weston biography
David Weston, aged 50, has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Imperial
College, London, is a Chartered Engineer, a Member of the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers and has an MBA from INSEAD.
David has spent the majority of his career with Shell in Europe, the Middle
East, the Far East and Canada, across a number of Shell`s businesses. From
1999 to 2001, David was Chairman and Managing Director of Shell Pakistan and,
for the next two years was CEO of Shell`s global aviation fuels and lubricants
business, with annual turnover in excess of $6 billion. Between 2003 and
2006, David was President of Shell Canada Products Limited, an $11 billion
turnover business responsible for refining, distributing and marketing 300,000
barrels of hydrocarbons per day, equivalent to 17% of Canada`s domestic
requirements.
In October 2006, David joined Anglo American as CEO of Anglo Industrial
Minerals, with responsibility for Tarmac, a business with some 12,500
employees and 800 quarries, concrete and asphalt plants and concrete product
factories across the UK, Europe and the Middle East. David`s time at Tarmac
saw the establishment of a value-focused turnaround, involving network
rationalisation, product and country portfolio realignment, operational
performance improvement and a strong culture of accountability. David oversaw
a significant restructuring of Tarmac while maintaining its market leading
positions across its key geographies and while preparing the business for
sale.
Married with three children, David enjoys mountain climbing, skiing and
flying, as well as taking an active interest in music and theatre.
5 May 2009
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