David Issroff

Mr Issroff was a founding Partner with Glencore, having joined Glencore South Africa in 1989. In 1992, Mr Issroff transferred to Glencore's head office in Switzerland, with responsibility for the marketing of ferroalloys (including nickel and cobalt). In 1997, Mr Issroff was appointed Head of the Ferroalloys Division at Glencore, where he was responsible for the global Ferroalloys (including ferrochrome, manganese alloys, ferrosilicon, and vanadium), Nickel and Cobalt Divisions of one of the world's largest suppliers of a wide range of commodities to industrial consumers. In his capacity with Glencore, Mr Issroff served as a Non-Executive Director of investment companies across South Africa, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. In May 2000, Mr Issroff joined the Board of Xstrata AG, and was subsequently appointed to the Board of Xstrata plc in February 2002 at the time of the London IPO. Mr Issroff left Glencore and the Xstrata plc Board in 2006.