Polymetal International PLC Appointment of Non-Executive Directors (5888Y)
December 07 2017 - 2:00AM
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Polymetal International PLC
07 December 2017
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Date 7 December 2017
Polymetal International plc
Appointment of Non-Executive Directors
Polymetal International plc (LSE, MOEX: POLY; ADR: AUCOY)
("Polymetal", the "Company") is pleased to announce that Tracey
Kerr and Giacomo Baizini have been appointed as Independent
Non-Executive Directors with effect from 1 January 2018.
Tracey Kerr
-- Ms Kerr has 30 years' experience in the international mining
industry and currently serves as Group Head of Safety and
Sustainable Development at Anglo American Plc. Prior to this, she
held the role of Group Head of Exploration with Anglo American Plc.
Before joining Anglo American in 2011, she held technical and
exploration management roles with Vale and BHP Billiton, based in
Australia, UK, Canada and Brazil. She has a BSc Honours Science
degree majoring in geophysics from the University of Sydney,
Australia, a Masters' Degree in Economic Geology from the
University of Tasmania, Australia and a Diploma in Company
Direction from the Institute of Directors, United Kingdom. Ms Kerr
is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
and a member of the Institute of Directors.
-- Ms Kerr has been appointed as a member of the Safety and
Sustainability and Nomination Committees of the Board.
Giacomo Baizini
-- Mr Baizini is currently General Manager of Evraz Group S.A.,
having previously served as the EVRAZ plc group CFO in 2009-2014
and holding various positions in operations planning and business
development since joining the group in 2005. Prior to joining
EVRAZ, Mr Baizini was a management consultant with McKinsey &
Co. in their Milan and Tokyo offices. Mr Baizini holds an MA Hons
in Physics from the University of Oxford, a Diploma of Industrial
Engineering from the Japan Management Association and a Summer MBA
from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management (US).
-- Mr Baizini has been appointed as a member of Audit and Risk and Remuneration Committees.
Polymetal Chairman Bobby Godsell said: "We welcome Ms Kerr and
Mr Baizini to Polymetal's Board. Their experience in both natural
resources and large corporates will provide valuable input to the
Board. Their appointment as independent non-executive is part of
our continuing board renewal succession programme that reflects our
commitment to maintaining the highest standards of corporate
governance."
There is no further information on Ms Kerr and Mr Baizini which
is required to be disclosed under paragraph 9.6.13 of the United
Kingdom Listing Rules, except for the information below regarding
Mr Baizini:
Mr Baizini was non-executive director of EVRAZ Highveld Steel
and Vanadium Limited (South Africa, listed on the Johannesburg
Securities Exchange) from 26 October 2007 to 18 August 2014.
Enquiries
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