Awards & Recognition
★Commander of the British Empire (CBE) - 2024 King's Honours List
★US Mining Industry Hall of Fame inductee - 2024
★Mines and Money CEO of the Year - 2019
★Mines and Money Lifetime Achievement Award - 2022
★AusIMM Institute Medal for services to global mining industry
★SAIMM Brigadier Stokes Memorial Award (South Africa)
★Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
★Camborne School of Mines Research Chair recognition
★UK Mining Industry Lifetime Achievement Award - 2025
Notable Facts
→Former CEO of Anglo American plc (2013-2022), one of world's largest mining companies
→Previously CEO of AngloGold Ashanti and senior executive at Vale, Rio Tinto
→Currently Chairman of Vale Base Metals and multiple board positions
→Delivered 22% average annual shareholder returns during 9-year tenure at Anglo American
→Founding member of global Hydrogen Council
→48+ years experience across 6 continents, 20 countries, 30+ minerals and metals
→Transformed Anglo American from debt-ridden to industry leader
→Achieved 93% reduction in fatalities during tenure as CEO
→Australian-born mining engineer from University of Wollongong