Executive Appointments

Anglo American PLC
08 April 2008




News Release

8 April 2008



            Anglo American announces senior executive appointments


Anglo American plc is pleased to announce the following senior executive
appointments:

Ian Cockerill is appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Anglo Coal and a member
of the Executive Committee of Anglo American plc. Ian has been a senior
executive with Gold Fields Limited for nine years, the last six as Chief
Executive Officer. Ian's primary focus will be to drive the further strategic
development of Anglo American's global coal business and execute its
considerable growth ambition, in addition to pursuing developments in clean coal
and associated technologies.  Ian will take up his position on 1 June 2008.

Kuseni Dlamini is appointed as Head of Anglo American South Africa and a member
of the Executive Committee of Anglo American plc.  Kuseni will be Anglo
American's principal representative in South Africa, with day-to-day
responsibility for the successful internal transformation of the South African
business and alignment with the group's global strategy.  In addition, this role
will bring greater cohesion to Anglo American's approach to all key external
stakeholder relationships in South Africa, in particular ensuring that the
benefits of the many transformational deals undertaken by Anglo American are
realised for all parties, and country related matters.  Previously Executive
Chairman of the Richards Bay Coal Terminal, in which Anglo American is a 27%
shareholder, Kuseni will take up his position on 1 July 2008.

Russell King is appointed as Chief Strategy Officer of Anglo American plc with
immediate effect.  Russell will lead the strategy and business development team,
working closely with the executive management to define and execute the group's
strategy and to lead performance monitoring processes. This new role reflects
Anglo American's continuing drive to leverage its global scale to generate
further growth and value.  Previously Group Head of HR, Business Development and
Sustainable Development, Russell joined Anglo American in 2001.

Cynthia Carroll, Chief Executive of Anglo American plc, said, "I am delighted to
welcome Ian and Kuseni to Anglo American and Russell to his new role within the
group.  Their depth of experience further strengthens our strategic management
capabilities as we build upon the current momentum and realise our exciting
growth prospects as a leading global mining company."

Ian Cockerill commented, "I see the world-wide issues around energy as being
critical for the foreseeable future. I am looking forward to joining Anglo and
to the challenge of taking on a global role in a company which has tremendous
depth of experience in the resource and energy sector and which, clearly, has
lots of ambition to grow."

Kuseni Dlamini said, "I am truly excited about joining Anglo American in this
new role.  Anglo is the largest mining company in South Africa with global
operations, significant growth prospects and is a major contributor to the South
African economy. I look forward to reinforcing the company's relationships with
all its stakeholders and contributing to the group's successes as it continues
to invest in and grow its mining operations in South Africa."





For further information, please contact:

United Kingdom

James Wyatt-Tilby, Media Relations
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Anna Poulter, Investor Relations
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South Africa

Pranill Ramchander, Media Relations
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Notes to Editors:

Anglo American plc is one of the world's largest mining and natural resource
groups. With its subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, it is a global
leader in platinum group metals and diamonds, with significant interests in
coal, base and ferrous metals, as well as an industrial minerals business. The
Group is geographically diverse, with operations in Africa, Europe, South and
North America, Australia and Asia. (www.angloamerican.co.uk)




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