Anglo American has appointed Matt Walker as its marketing chief executive officer (CEO), which will take effect from December 1.
Walker’s appointment follows the resignation of current Anglo American CEO of marketing Peter Whitcutt who has been with Anglo American for 33 years, and has acted as its marketing CEO since January 2016.
Walker first joined Anglo American’s finance team in 2007 and is currently serving as the company’s head of corporate finance, a role he has had since 2021.
He has also previously served as its group treasurer and its chief financial officer of the copper business in Chile.
“I’m excited to take on the leadership of our global marketing business,” Walker said.
“We have considerable opportunity to build out our end-to-end commercial offering for customers, ensuring that they experience a reliable supply of responsibly sourced, premium quality metals and minerals that meet their own standards, as well as those of their end consumers.”
Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad welcomed Walker to the company’s executive leadership team.
“Matt’s financial and commercial experience gained across both corporate and business roles stands him in excellent stead to continue to develop our marketing platform to match our wider strategic ambitions for Anglo American,” he said.
Whitcutt congratulated Walker on the new role.
“After ten years in role, I feel this is the right time to hand over the baton and I wish Matt and the team every success in continuing to grow the value of our marketing business and its increasingly significant contribution to Anglo American,” he said.
Wanblad thanked Whitcutt for this 30-year service to Anglo American and wished him the best on his future endeavours.
“Peter has applied his incisive capabilities to many of Anglo American’s defining transactions and other developments over that time, including building our marketing business over the last ten years to deliver a valuable range of materials solutions for our customers,” he said.