Appointment of Didier Charreton

RNS Number : 3641H

Anglo American PLC

30 November 2015

 



30 November 2015
Anglo American appoints Didier Charreton as Group Director of Human Resources

Anglo American plc ("Anglo American") announces the appointment of Didier Charreton as Group Director - Human Resources and as a member of the Group Management Committee, effective 1 December 2015 and based in the UK. Didier has held a number of senior global HR roles across his more than 25-year career, most recently as the Chief Human Resources Officer for Baker Hughes, the US-based oilfield services company.

Didier Charreton said: "I look forward to working closely with leaders across the business to help create a step change in productivity and effectiveness, progress the company's cultural change agenda and create a sustainable competitive advantage through innovation in the way Anglo American motivates and develops its people."

Mark Cutifani, Chief Executive of Anglo American, said: "Didier Charreton brings invaluable experience gained across a number of large, complex and culturally diverse organisations. Didier has a proven track record in developing and implementing people strategies and processes and his work will support the considerable change programme we are delivering at Anglo American to create a more sustainable and competitive business. I would also like to thank Tony Filmer for his work in the role on an interim basis over the last six months."

For further information, please contact:

Media		Investors
UK James Wyatt-Tilby Tel: [phone]		UK Paul Galloway Tel: [phone]
South Africa Pranill Ramchander Tel: [phone]		Edward Kite Tel: [phone]
Shamiela Letsoalo Tel: [phone]

Notes to editors:

Didier Charreton, age 52, served as Chief Human Resources Officer for Baker Hughes for seven years until 2014, based in Houston, USA, with operations across 90 countries and 60,000 employees. Prior to 2007, he held a number of senior HR roles, including with Coats plc in the UK, and Schlumberger for 11 years, based in the USA, Argentina, Venezuela and France. Didier has a master's degree in Business from the Clermont Management School and a post-graduate degree in Management Science from the University of Lyon.

Anglo American is a global and diversified mining business that provides the raw materials essential for economic development and modern life. Our people are at the heart of our business. It is our people who use the latest technologies to find new resources, plan and build our mines and who mine, process and move and market our products - from bulk commodities and base metals to precious metals and diamonds (through De Beers) - to our customers around the world. Our diversified portfolio of products spans the economic development cycle and, as a responsible miner, we are the custodians of precious resources. We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the long-term value that those resources represent for our shareholders, but also for the communities and countries in which we operate - creating sustainable value and making a real difference. Our mining operations, growth projects and exploration and marketing activities extend across southern Africa, South America, Australia, North America, Asia and Europe.

www.angloamerican.com

 

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