Title and age: Chairman, aged 65 Appointment: Appointed in February 2002 Committee membership: Chairman of Remuneration Committee Skills and experience: From 1961 to 1978 Mr. Strothotte held various positions with
responsibility for international trading in metals and minerals in Germany, Belgium and
the USA. In 1978, Mr. Strothotte joined Glencore International, taking up the position
of Head of Metals and Minerals in 1984. Mr. Strothotte was appointed Chief Executive
Officer of Glencore in 1993 and held the combined positions of Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer from 1994 until 2001, when the roles of Chairman and Chief Executive
were split. Mr. Strothotte was Chairman of Xstrata AG from 1994 to 2002 and has been
Chairman of Xstrata plc since February 2002 External appointments: Chairman of Glencore International and is currently a director of
Century Aluminium Corporation, Minara Resources Limited and KKR Financial Holdings LLC.
David Rough
Title and age: Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent director, aged 59 Appointment: Appointed in April 2002 Committee membership: Chairman of the Nominations Committee and a member of
the Remuneration, Audit and Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committees Skills and experience: Mr. Rough was a director of Legal & General Group Plc before
retiring from Legal & General in June 2002. As Group director (Investments), Mr. Rough
headed all aspects of fund management within Legal & General Investments External appointments: Director of Land Securities Group plc, Brown, Shipley & Co Ltd
and LME Holdings Ltd.
Dr Con Fauconnier
Title and age: Non-executive director, aged 62 Appointment: Appointed in May 2010 Committee membership: Remuneration Committee and Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committee Skills and experience: Dr Fauconnier worked for Anglo American Corporation, Gencor and JCI Limited prior to joining Iscor in 1995. He was appointed Managing Director of Iscor Mining in 1999, before being appointed as Chief Executive of Kumba Resources Limited from 2001. From 2006 until his retirement in August 2007, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Exxaro Resources Limited. External appointments: Dr Fauconnier is an independent non-executive director on the boards of Namakwa Diamonds Ltd. He is also an Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology of the University of Pretoria and a Fellow of the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS).
Ivan Glasenberg
Title and age: Non-executive director, aged 53 Appointment: Appointed in February 2002 Committee membership: Nominations Committee Skills and experience: Mr. Glasenberg worked in the coal department of Glencore in South
Africa for three years and in Australia for two years. From 1989 to 1990, he managed
Glencore International’s Hong Kong and Beijing offices. In 1991 he became Head of
Glencore’s Coal Department and in 2002 Chief Executive Officer of Glencore International External appointments: Chief Executive Officer of Glencore International. Director of
Minara Resources Limited and United Company Rusal Limited
Peter Hooley
Title and age: Non-executive director, aged 63 Appointment: Appointed in May 2009 Committee membership: Chairman of the Audit Committee Skills and experience: Mr Hooley was until 2006, Group Finance director of Smith &
Nephew plc, a global medical devices business listed on the FTSE 100. He was previously
Group Financial Controller of BICC plc External appointments: Non-executive director of Cobham plc, the aerospace and defence
group and Chairman of its Audit Committee. Director and Chairman of BSN medical, a
medical textiles business group
Claude Lamoureux
Title and age: Non-executive director, aged 67 Appointment: Appointed in May 2008 Committee membership: Audit Committee, Health, Safety, Environment and Community
Committee Skills and experience: Mr. Lamoureux was President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board until 1 December 2007. Previously he spent 25 years
as a financial executive with Metropolitan Life in Canada and the US External appointments: He is also a director of Northumbrian Water Group plc, Cordiant
Capital, Glass Lewis, Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Atrium Innovations Inc., the Canadian Institute
for Advanced Research, The Foundation for Investors Rights, The Learning Partnership and
the York University Foundation
Sir Steve Robson CB
Title and age: Non-executive director, aged 66 Appointment: Appointed in February 2002 Committee membership: Audit Committee and
Nominations Committee Skills and experience: Sir Steve retired as Second Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury
in January 2001. He had joined HM Treasury after leaving university. His early career
included a period as Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and a two-year
secondment to Investors in Industry plc (3i). From 1997 until his retirement, his
responsibilities included the legal framework for regulation of the UK financial services
industry, public private partnerships, procurement policy including the private finance
initiative and the Treasury’s enterprises and growth unit External appointments: Sir Steve is a member of the Financial Reporting Council and
a member of KPMG Chairman’s Advisory Board
Ian Strachan
Title and age: Non-executive director, aged 66 Appointment: Appointed in May 2003 Committee membership: Chairman of the Health, Safety, Environment and Community
Committee and a member of the Audit Committee Skills and Experience: Mr. Strachan was Chairman of Instinet Group from 2003 to 2005
and Chief Executive of BTR plc from 1996 to 1999. Mr. Strachan joined Rio Tinto plc
(formerly RTZ plc) as CFO in 1987, and was Deputy Chief Executive from 1991 to 1995 External appointments: Mr. Strachan is a director of Rolls-Royce Group plc, Caithness
Petroleum Limited and Transocean Inc.
