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GLN: Board Changes
Glencore plc
(Incorporated in Jersey under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991)
(Registration number 107710)
JSE Share Code: GLN
LSE Share Code: GLEN
ISIN: JE00B4T3BW64
LEI: 2138002658CPO9NBH955
Baar, Switzerland
22 March 2024
Board Changes
Glencore plc today announces:
1. Retirement of Peter Coates
Peter Coates will not seek re-election at the AGM on 29 May 2024, and will retire from the Board
on that date.
Commenting on Mr Coates's retirement, Kalidas Madhavpeddi, Chairman, stated:
"Peter's retirement marks the end of two long eras. First, it ends a career in mining that goes
back more than half a century. Second, it completes a thirty-year association with Glencore,
which started in 1994 when he was appointed to lead Glencore's then embryonic coal industrial
business.
He joined the Board of Glencore plc on its IPO in 2011, aged 66, when many might be winding
down. Far from it with Peter. He has chaired the HSEC Committee from the beginning and has
consistently pushed for improvements in our operating standards, especially in Health and
Safety, which has continued to this day. His combined experience of the industry and of our
Group will be impossible to replicate. All of the Board joins me in wishing Peter a long and
happy retirement."
2. Appointment of John Wallington
The appointment of John Wallington as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the
Company is effective from 1 June 2024.
John Wallington has over 40 years' experience in the mining industry, overseeing operations
in South Africa, Australia, Colombia and Canada. Mr Wallington spent most of his career at
Anglo American plc covering 27 years, culminating in him holding the role as Global CEO
Anglo Coal. Prior to this he was appointed as CEO Anglo Coal South Africa (2001-2004). After
leaving Anglo American, Mr Wallington held positions as CEO of Coal of Africa, (2010-2013),
Head of Energy at Sibanye (2016-2018) and CEO of Riversdale Resources in Canada (2020-2022).
He has also had board positions as a non-executive director with Keaton Energy (2009); Buffalo
Coal (2015) and Kwatani (2018-2020).
Mr Wallington holds a BSc in Mining Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand.
Further qualifications include Executive programmes with both the London and Harvard
Business Schools. Mr Wallington is certified with the Institute of Corporate Directors through
The ICD-Rotman Board Dynamics Program (University of Toronto).
Kalidas Madhavpeddi, Chairman, stated:
"The Directors are very pleased to welcome John Wallington to the Board. We believe it is
crucial that we have several non-executive directors who know the industry well and who can
appraise and challenge decision making from a technical as well as a commercial perspective.
John has spent his entire career in the mining industry and we look forward to benefiting from
his skills and experience."
This announcement is made in fulfilment of the Company's obligations under UK LRs 9.6.11 and
9.6.13 and there are no other matters requiring disclosure under these Rules.
For further information please contact:
Investors
Martin Fewings t: +41 41 709 28 80 m: +41 79 737 56 42 martin.fewings@glencore.com
Media
Charles Watenphul t: +41 41 709 24 62 m: +41 79 904 33 20 charles.watenphul@glencore.com
Company Secretarial
John Burton t: +41 41 709 26 19 m: +41 79 944 54 34 John.burton@glencore.com
Nicola Leigh t: +41 41 709 27 55 m: +41 79 735 39 16 nicola.leigh@glencore.com
www.glencore.com
Glencore LEI: 2138002658CPO9NBH955
Notes for Editors
Glencore is one of the world's largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer
and marketer of more than 60 commodities that advance everyday life. Through a network of assets,
customers and suppliers that spans the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market and distribute
the commodities that support decarbonisation while meeting the energy needs of today.
With over 150,000 employees and contractors and a strong footprint in over 35 countries in both established
and emerging regions for natural resources, our marketing and industrial activities are supported by a
global network of more than 50 offices.
Glencore's customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation,
battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers
and consumers of commodities.
Glencore is proud to be a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the
International Council on Mining and Metals. We are an active participant in the Extractive Industries
Transparency Initiative.
We will support the global effort to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement through our efforts to
decarbonise our own operational footprint. We believe that we should take a holistic approach and have Page 3
considered our commitment through the lens of our global industrial emissions. Against a restated 2019
baseline, we are targeting to reduce our Scope 1, 2 and 3 industrial emissions by 15% by the end of 2026, 25%
by the end of 2030, 50% by the end of 2035 and we have an ambition to achieve net zero industrial
emissions by the end of 2050, subject to a supportive policy environment. For more information see our
2024-2026 Climate Action Transition Plan and the About our emissions calculation and reporting section in
our 2023 Annual Report, available on our website at glencore.com/publications.
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