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Willy Strothotte
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.
Mick Davis
Title and age: Chief Executive, aged 52
Appointment: Appointed Chief Executive in October 2001 and then Chief Executive of Xstrata plc upon incorporation in February 2002
Committee membership: Chairman of Executive Committee, and a member of the Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committee
Skills and experience: Previously, Mr. Davis was Chief Financial Officer and an Executive director of Billiton Plc, appointed in July 1997, and served as Executive Chairman of Ingwe Coal Corporation Limited from 1995. He joined Gencor Limited in early 1994 from Eskom, the South African state-owned electricity utility, where he was an Executive Director
External appointments: None
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.
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
Paul Hazen
Title and age: Non-executive director, aged 68
Appointment: Appointed in February 2002 and will retire from the Board at the Annual General Meeting
Committee membership: Remuneration Committee
Skills and experience: Mr. Hazen is a former Chairman and CEO of Wells Fargo and Company from which he retired in April 2001 as Chairman after a 30-year career with the bank. He was also a director of Phelps Dodge Corporation until February 2003 and Deputy Chairman and Lead Independent Director of Vodafone Group Plc until July 2006
External appointments: Chairman of Accel-KKR and of KKR Financial Corporation, a director of KSL Capital Partners and also serves as Lead Independent Director of Safeway, Inc.
Peter Hooley
Title and age: Non-executive director, aged 63
Appointment: Appointed in May 2009
Committee membership: 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
Trevor Reid
Title and age: Chief Financial Officer, aged 49
Appointment: Appointed in February 2002
Committee membership: Executive Committee
Skills and experience: Mr Reid joined Xstrata in January 2002. Prior to joining Xstrata, he was Global Head of Resource Banking at the Standard Bank Group. He joined the Standard Bank Group in 1997 from Warrior International Limited, a corporate finance boutique specialising in the minerals sector
External appointments: None
Sir Steve Robson CB
Title and age: Non-executive director, aged 66
Appointment: Appointed in February 2002
Committee membership: Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the 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.
Santiago Zaldumbide
Title and age: Executive director and Chief Executive of Xstrata Zinc, aged 67
Appointment: Appointed in February 2002
Committee membership: Executive Committee
Skills and experience: Mr. Zaldumbide is currently Executive Chairman of Asturiana de Zinc. He is a previous Chief Executive Officer and director of Union Explosivos Rio Tinto and of Petroleos del Norte. In 1990, Petroleos del Norte became part of the Repsol Oil Group where Mr. Zaldumbide was responsible for establishing the international structure of the enlarged Repsol Oil Group. In 1994, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Corporación Industrial de Banesto and, in December 1997, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Asturiana de Zinc
External appointments: Mr. Zaldumbide is also a member of the European Advisory Council of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. and a director of ThyssenKrupp SA.
