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AGL - Anglo American plc - Anglo American appoints third new non-executive
director to its Board
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")
11 December 2009
News Release
Anglo American appoints third new non-executive director to its Board
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 GBP4.2 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."
Notes to Editors:
Ray O`Rourke, age 62, was born in Mayo in the Republic of Ireland. He founded
the O`Rourke Group in 1977, having begun his career at Kier and J Murphy &
Sons. In 2001, the O`Rourke Group acquired John Laing, to form Laing
O`Rourke, now Europe`s largest privately owned construction company, of which
Ray O`Rourke is Chairman and Chief Executive.
Ray is the third new non-executive director appointed to the Board of Anglo
American since the appointment of the Group`s new Chairman, Sir John Parker,
on 1 August 2009.
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)
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
Leisha Wemyss, Investor Relations
Tel : +44 (0)20 7968 8607
South Africa
Pranill Ramchander, Media Relations
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592
Anna Poulter, Investor Relations
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2079
Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd
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