Governance - Xstrata

102 | Governance
Board of directors
1. Willy Strothotte
Title and age: Chairman, aged 66
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 AG
and currently a director of Century Aluminium Corporation,
Minara Resources Limited and KKR Financial Holdings LLC
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
4. Con Fauconnier
Title and age: Non-executive director, aged 63
Appointment: Appointed in May 2010
Committee membership: Member of Health, Safety, Environment
and Community and Remuneration Committees
Skills and experience: Dr. Fauconnier was Managing Director of Iscor
Mining in 1999, before being appointed as Chief Executive of
Kumba Resources Limited in 2001. From 2006 until his retirement
in August 2007, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Exxaro
Resources Limited, a newly formed company from the merger of
Eyesizwe Mining and the non-iron ore assets of Kumba Resources
2. Mick Davis
External appointments: Non-executive Director of Namakwa
Diamonds Ltd
Title and age: Chief Executive, aged 53
Appointment: Appointed Chief Executive in October 2001 and then 5. Ivan Glasenberg
Chief Executive of Xstrata plc upon incorporation in February 2002 Title and age: Non-executive director, aged 54
Committee membership: Chairman of Executive Committee, and a Appointment: Appointed in February 2002
member of the Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committee Committee membership: Member or Nominations Committee
Skills and experience: Previously, Mr. Davis was Chief Financial Officer Skills and experience: Mr. Glasenberg worked in the coal department
and an executive director of Billiton Plc, appointed in July 1997, and of Glencore in South Africa for three years and in Australia for two
served as Executive Chairman of Ingwe Coal Corporation Limited years. From 1989 to 1990, he managed Glencore International’s
from 1995. He joined Gencor Limited in early 1994 from Eskom, Hong Kong and Beijing offices. In 1991 he became Head of
the South African state-owned electricity utility, where he was an Glencore’s Coal Department and in 2002 Chief Executive Officer
executive director
of Glencore International
External appointments: None
External appointments: Chief Executive Officer of Glencore
3. David Rough
International. Director of Minara Resources Limited and United
Company Rusal Limited
Title and age: Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director,
aged 60
6. Peter Hooley
Appointment: Appointed in April 2002
Title and age: Non-executive director, aged 64
Committee membership: Chairman of the Nominations Committee Appointment: Appointed in May 2009
and a member of the Remuneration, Audit and Health, Safety, Committee membership: Chairman of the Audit Committee
Environment and Community Committees
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
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