Cynthia Carroll

She was the chief executive officer of Anglo American,[6] a British mining company, which, among other things, is the world's largest platinum producer.

[7] On 24 October 2006, Carroll was hired by Anglo American, and joined the board in January 2007, becoming chief executive at the beginning of March 2007.

[citation needed] Carroll previously worked for Alcan, as president and chief executive officer of the Primary Metal Group since 2002.

[17] Cynthia Carroll has launched a number of new initiatives within the business, including an asset optimisation project; the introduction of the value based management methodology within Anglo American;[18] and a push to improve safety performance.

[19] She participated in the Tripartite Safety Summit in 2008 with union, government and industry representatives to address safety concerns in the mining industry[20] Since Cynthia Carroll took over as chief executive, Anglo American has acquired stakes in two copper projects Michiquillay in Peru[21] and Pebble in the US;[22] a coal company Foxleigh in Australia;[23] and the iron ore project in Brazil, Minas-Rio.