Group information / Management
Management
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Willy Strothotte, aged 63, has been Chairman of Xstrata since February 2002. 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 has been Chairman of Xstrata AG since 1994, is the Chairman of Glencore International and is currently a director of Century Aluminium Corporation and Minara Resources Limited. |
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Ivan Glasenberg, aged 51, was appointed to the Board of Xstrata in February 2002. Mr Glasenberg is Chief Executive Officer of Glencore International, which he joined in 1984. He 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 the Glencore Coal Department and in 2002 Chief Executive Officer of Glencore International. He is also currently a director of Minara Resources Limited. |
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Paul Hazen, aged 66, was appointed a director of Xstrata in February 2002. 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. Mr Hazen is currently Chairman of Accel-KKR and of KKR Financial Corp. He joined the Board of Xstrata AG in May 2000, serves as Lead Independent director of Safeway, Inc. and is a director of Willis Group Holdings Ltd. |
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Robert MacDonnell, aged 70, was appointed to the Board of Xstrata in February 2002. Prior to joining Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in 1976, Mr MacDonnell was a Management Consultant at Arthur Andersen & Co. He subsequently formed his own firm, which specialised in small management buyouts. Mr MacDonnell became the first non-founding partner of KKR in 1982 and participated in virtually all investment decisions until the firm expanded in the late 1980s. Mr MacDonnell joined the Board of Xstrata AG in May 1997 and is also currently a director of Safeway, Inc. |
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Sir Steve Robson CB, 64, was appointed to the Board of Xstrata in February 2002 and is Chairman of the Audit Committee. 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. Sir Steve is a director of JPMorgan Cazenove Holdings, Partnerships UK plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc. |
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David Rough, aged 57, was appointed to the Board of Xstrata in April 2002, is Deputy Chairman, the Senior Independent director and Chairman of the Nominations Committee. Mr Rough was a director of Legal & General Group Plc before retiring in June 2002. As Group director (Investments), Mr Rough headed all aspects of fund management within Legal & General Investments. Mr Rough is currently a director of Land Securities plc and Brown, Shipley & Co Ltd. |
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Ian Strachan, aged 64, was appointed to the Board of Xstrata in May 2003 and is the Chairman of the Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committee. Mr Strachan is a director of Reuters Group plc, Johnson Matthey plc, Rolls-Royce plc and Transocean Inc. 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. |
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