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Group: Board of Directors

May 16, 2018

James T. Thompson, BS

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Mr Thompson was appointed as a director in November 2009. He is Chairperson of the Safety, Health, Environment, Community & Sustainability Committee, and is a member of the Finance & Investment Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Mr Thompson was, from 2004 until his retirement in 2007, Executive Vice President Commercial for The Mosaic Company, one…

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May 16, 2018

Tamotsu (Tom) Sato, BA

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Mr Sato was appointed as a director in April 2013. He is Mitsui & Co., Ltd’s nominated non-independent director. Mr Sato is a member of the Finance & Investment Committee and the Safety, Health, Environment, Community & Sustainability Committee. He joined Mitsui in 1975 and held various positions mainly in the steel making raw materials…

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May 16, 2018

Heather Ridout AO, BEc (Hons)

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Mrs Ridout was appointed as a director in September 2011. She is a member of the Safety, Health, Environment, Community & Sustainability Committee, the Remuneration Committee, the Risk, Audit & Compliance Committee and the Nomination/Governance Committee. Mrs Ridout was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Industry Group from 2004 until her retirement in…

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May 16, 2018

Deborah O’Toole LLB, MAICD

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Ms O’Toole was appointed as a director in November 2014. She is Chairperson of the Risk, Audit & Compliance Committee and a member of the Finance & Investment Committee. Ms O’Toole has extensive executive experience across a number of sectors including over 20 years in the mining industry and, more recently, in transport and logistics…

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May 16, 2018

Georgia Nelson BS, MBA

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Ms Nelson was appointed as a director in November 2014. She is a member of the Safety, Health, Environment, Community & Sustainability Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Ms Nelson provides consulting services through her company PTI Resources, LLC, on a variety of environmental and energy policy matters. Ms Nelson is the former founding president of…

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May 16, 2018

John T. DiLacqua, MBA

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Mr DiLacqua was appointed as a director in September 2011. He is Chairperson of the Finance & Investment Committee, and is a member of the Risk, Audit & Compliance Committee and the Nomination/Governance Committee. Mr DiLacqua was formerly a director of Metal Management, Inc (since 2001), and was a director of Sims Metal Management Limited…

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May 16, 2018

Robert J. Bass, MBA

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Mr Bass was appointed as a director on 10 September 2013. He is Chairperson of the Risk, Audit & Compliance Committee, and is a member of the Nomination/Governance Committee and the Finance & Investment Committee. Mr Bass was formerly a partner at Deloitte & Touche from 1982, and Vice Chairman at Deloitte LLP from 2006,…

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May 16, 2018

Geoffrey N. Brunsdon, BComm

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Mr Brunsdon was appointed as a director in November 2009, appointed Deputy Chairperson in September 2011 and appointed Chairperson of the Company on 1 March 2012. He is Chairperson of the Nomination/Governance Committee, and is a member of the Risk, Audit & Compliance Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Until June 2009, Mr Brunsdon was Managing…

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May 16, 2018

Alistair Field

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Alistair Field was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Company on 3 August 2017. He is a member of the Safety, Health, Environment, Community & Sustainability Committee, the Nomination/Governance Committee and the Finance & Investment Committee. Alistair joined Sims Metal Management on 1 October 2015 as the Managing Director of Australia…

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Effective 1 October, our UK-based Sims Metal business is now part of Unimetals.
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