Non Executive Director

Anglo American PLC
10 March 2006


News Release

10 March 2006


                 Anglo American Non-Executive Board Appointment


Anglo American plc (Anglo American) announces that the election of Dr Mamphela
Ramphele as an independent non-executive director will be proposed at the AGM on
25 April 2006.


Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Chairman of Anglo American, said: "I am delighted that Dr
Ramphele has agreed to join the board where her experience in the international
financial institutions and of South African issues will be of great value to us.

Dr Ramphele said: "Anglo American is a world-class company with a commitment to
couple business objectives with a wider sense of corporate responsibility.  I
look forward to contributing to its continued success as a non-executive
director."



Biography

Dr Mamphela Ramphele, aged 58, holds an MBChB, a BComm in Administration,
diplomas in Tropical Health & Hygiene and Public Health and a PhD in Social
Anthropology. As a student she played a key role in the Black Consciousness
Movement in South Africa. She is a former Managing Director of the World Bank
and a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town. She previously
served on the Board of Anglo American Corporation of South Africa from 1992 to
1996. She is currently the Chair of Circle Capital Ventures, a Black Economic
Empowerment company that focuses on unleashing the fortune at the margins of the
socio-economic circle.




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, gold and diamonds, with significant interests
in coal, base and ferrous metals, industrial minerals and paper and packaging.
The group is geographically diverse, with operations in Africa, Europe, South
and North America, Australia and Asia. (www.angloamerican.co.uk)






                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange