Tony Trahar is a South African. He is also, the Chief Executive of Anglo American plc, one of the world’s largest mining and natural resource companies. On April 4th Mr. Trahar will comment on the tremendous changes in South Africa both politically and economically, over the last ten years. He will discuss the following:
1)the quite unimaginable successes, both economic and political that South Africa has enjoyed since 1994, the year of its first democratic elections.
2)the continuous, vigorous and heated debate on black empowerment, the undoubted progress that has been made and the role in the process being played by business.
3)the tremendous changes that Anglo American has gone through over the last ten years as the organization has transformed into a streamlined global mining and natural resource company – – despite these changes, Anglo American has continued to grow in S. Africa, while at the same time supporting the country’s regeneration and transformation.
Mr. Trahar was born in Johannesburg and educated at St John’s College and at the University of the Witwatersrand. He completed his Bachelor of Commerce in 1970. and qualified as Chartered Accountant in 1973. He joined Anglo American Corporation in 1974 in the finance division. In 1982 he was appointed finance director of Anglo American Industrial Corporation. In 1989 he was appointed to the AAC Board, to its Executive Committee in 1996 and to the board of Minorco in 1997.In 1992 he was appointed Deputy Chairman of Austria’s largest pulp and paper group, Frantschach AG.
Mr. Trahar has served as Chief Executive of Anglo American Corporation since July 2000 and was appointed Chairman of Anglo American Corporation, South Africa, in February of this year.
