REG - Anglo American PLC - Anglo American appoints Marcelo Bastos to Board

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01/03/2019 15:00

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Anglo American PLC
01 March 2019
 





1 March 2019




Anglo American appoints Marcelo Bastos to the Board




 



Anglo American plc ("Anglo American") announces that Marcelo Bastos will join the Board as a non-executive director, with effect 1 April 2019.
 
Mr Bastos brings more than 30 years of experience in the mining industry, most recently as chief operating officer of MMG, the global base metals producer with interests from Australia to Peru. Following an executive career that included senior roles at BHP in Australia and Colombia, Mr Bastos has taken on a number of advisory and non-executive roles with other mining, engineering and logistics organisations.
 
Stuart Chambers, Chairman of Anglo American, said: "I look forward to welcoming Marcelo Bastos to Anglo American's Board. Marcelo's extensive operational and project experience in mining across numerous commodities and geographies, particularly in South America, will ensure we continue to include the appropriate mix of skills and perspectives in our Board discussions."
 
There are no additional details to disclose under Listing Rule 9.6.13R in respect of the appointment of Marcelo Bastos.
 
 
Notes to editors:
 
Board of Directors
Following Mr Bastos' appointment, the Anglo American plc Board of Directors will comprise:
 



Chairman


Executive directors


Non-executive directors




Stuart Chambers
 


Mark Cutifani - chief executive
Stephen Pearce - finance director
Tony O'Neill - technical director
 


Byron Grote (Senior Independent Director)
Ian Ashby
Marcelo Bastos
Nolitha Fakude
Mphu Ramatlapeng
Jim Rutherford
Anne Stevens
Jack Thompson (Until 30 April 2019)



 
Marcelo Bastos, age 56, served as chief operating officer of MMG between 2011 and 2017, responsible for the group's copper, zinc, silver, lead and gold operations, and sales and marketing. In this role, he also led the planning and development of the Las Bambas copper mine in Peru.
 
Prior to MMG, Mr Bastos served as president of the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance joint venture (metallurgical coal), president of BHP's Cerro Matoso nickel operation in Colombia, president of nickel Americas, and president of Nickel West in Australia. His early career until 2004 at Vale included serving as general manager of the Carajás operations in northern Brazil and he was ultimately responsible for the base metals operations.
 
He is currently a non-executive director of Oz Minerals Ltd (from which he is due to step down in April 2019), Aurizon Holdings Ltd, Golder Associates and Iluka Resources Ltd. Mr Bastos holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil and an MBA from Fundacao Dom Cabral, Brazil in partnership with INSEAD.
 
Anglo American is a leading global mining company and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive mining operations and undeveloped resources provides the metals and minerals that enable a cleaner, more electrified world and that meet the fast growing consumer-driven demands of the world's developed and maturing economies. With our people at the heart of our business, we use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine, process, move and market our products to our customers around the world - safely, responsibly and sustainably.
 
As a responsible miner - of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum group metals, iron ore, coal and nickel - we are the custodians of what are precious natural resources. We work together with our business partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value that those resources represent for our shareholders, the communities and countries in which we operate, and for society as a whole. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people's lives.
 
www.angloamerican.com
 
     

 
 
 
For further information, please contact:
 



Media


 


Investors




UK
James Wyatt-Tilby
james.wyatt-tilby@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759
 
Marcelo Esquivel
marcelo.esquivel@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8891
 
South Africa
Pranill Ramchander
pranill.ramchander@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592
 
Ann Farndell
ann.farndell@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2786


 


UK
Paul Galloway
paul.galloway@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8718
 
Robert Greenberg
robert.greenberg@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 2124
 
Emma Waterworth
emma.waterworth@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8574




 


 


 




 


 


 



 
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