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Ms Wood has attained executive and leadership skills which she brings to her role as Chair of South32. She has experience in public policy, social performance, community, people, remuneration and regulatory and legal compliance. She has held various senior global leadership roles with BHP, including Group Company Secretary, Chief People Officer and President Corporate Affairs. She was a member of BHP's leadership team and served as Chair of The Global Ethics Advisory Panel, the Disclosure Committee and as Chief Governance Officer. Ms Wood gained extensive expertise as a key adviser to BHP's Board and CEO on matters of governance, composition of leadership teams, development and succession planning, organisational design and culture, remuneration structures and stakeholder relations. Following the merger between BHP Limited and Billiton plc in 2001, she established the multi-jurisdictional governance framework for the merged entity. Ms Wood joined BHP as Group Company Secretary in 2001 and retired in 2014.

Mr Cooper brings a focus on organisational philosophy, values and standards. Mr Cooper has over 40 years of experience in the finance and accounting profession. His prior appointments include Partner at Ernst & Young, Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Managing Partner for Arthur Andersen in Perth, during which time he specialised in the mining, energy and utility sectors. Mr Cooper is currently a Non Executive Director of Woodside Petroleum Limited (including Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee and member of the Human Resources & Compensation Committee and Nominations & Governance Committee). Until 2006, he was a Director of Alinta Infrastructure Limited and Alinta Funds Management Limited.

Mr Rumble has more than 40 years of experience in the resources industry, specifically in titanium and platinum mining. He also has experience managing a portfolio of private equity assets in the resource sector in Russia, India and other emerging markets. This combination of skills and knowledge are a valuable contribution to the South32 Board. Mr Rumble has held various leadership roles including CEO of SUN Mining (a wholly owned entity of the SUN Group), CEO of Impala Platinum (Pty) Ltd and President and CEO of Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium Inc in Canada. He also worked for Verref, a division of the Anglo American Corporation, prior to joining Richards Bay Minerals in 1980, working in smelting and metallurgy, progressing to General Manager and later CEO in 1996.

Mr Osborn brings over 40 years of experience from the mining, resources and manufacturing sectors to the South32 Board. Mr Osborn was Managing Director of Alcoa in Australia from 2001 until 2008, leading an integrated business comprised of bauxite mining, alumina refining, coal mining, power generation and aluminium smelting. This included operations in Victoria and Western Australia. His prior role at Alcoa included accountability for its Asia-Pacific manufacturing operations in China, Japan, Korea and Australia. He joined Alcoa in 1979 after working as an engineer in the iron ore and telecommunications sector. Since 2008, Mr Osborn has worked as a Non-Executive Director in the mining, construction and energy industries.

Mr Kerr joined BHP in 1994 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in November 2011. Previously, Mr Kerr was President of Diamonds and Specialty Products and worked in a wide range of operational and commercial roles across BHP. As President of Diamonds and Specialty Products, Mr Kerr was accountable for the Ekati Diamond Mine in Canada, the Richards Bay Minerals Joint Venture in South Africa, diamonds exploration in Angola, the Corridor Sands Project in Mozambique and the development of BHP's potash portfolio in Canada.

Dr Mtoba brings sustainability and environmental experience. Dr Mtoba joined Deloitte and Touche South Africa in 1988, specialising in financial services. She became one of the first African Black women to be appointed as a Partner by one of the Big Four accounting firms and was later appointed the first African woman Deputy Chairman and then Chairman of Deloitte Southern Africa. Dr Mtoba has been a member of the International Monetary Fund Advisory Group of Sub Saharan Africa, the World Economic Forum Global Advisory Council, the B20 Financing Growth and Infrastructure Task Force and the B20 Transparency Task Team. She was also the first woman president of the Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants of Southern Africa. Additionally, she has served as Chair of Council of the University of Pretoria, President of Business Unity South Africa, and board member of the Public Accountants and Auditors Board, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, the New Partnership for Africa's Development Business Foundation and African Union Foundation.

Dr Liu has 26-year career at the Rio Tinto Group. Dr Liu's operational, technical, strategic, marketing and risk management skills are an important contribution to the South32 Board. Dr Liu's roles at Rio Tinto included General Manager and Managing Director positions in smelting operational management. She held other senior positions, including Managing Director Technical Services where she led Rio Tinto's global technical services unit, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Rio Tinto Minerals where she ran integrated mining, processing, and supply chain operations in the United States, Europe and Asia.

Mr Mesquita,has experience in leading mining and processing operations and major capital projects. He has worked in the mining and metals industry for more than 40 years. He spent 30 years with BHP where he held various positions in the companys base metals and aluminium businesses, including Asset President of Mozal Aluminium and Asset President of Escondida - the worlds largest copper mine. Mr Mesquita also served as Vice President Major Projects .Subsequent to his career with BHP, Mr Mesquita advised mining companies and private equity funds on acquisitions of mining assets in South America and was a Non-Executive Director of Mineracao Serra Verde, a mid-sized rare earth minerals mine in central Brazil. He also advised Samarco Mineracao on remediation and recovery projects following the tailings dam failure in 2015.

Ms Nelson, , is the founding Director of the Harvard Kennedy Schools Corporate Responsibility Initiative. Ms Nelson has been a Non-Executive Director with Newmont Mining Corporation since 2011. She is a non-resident senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings and a former senior associate of Cambridge Universitys Programme for Sustainability Leadership. Ms Nelson is a member of the World Economic Forums Global Future Council on Good Governance and of the Business Commission to Tackle Inequality, and serves on ExxonMobils External Sustainability Advisory Panel. She previously served on the Independent Advisory Panel to the International Council on Mining and Metals Resource Endowment Initiative and on advisory councils for other companies, the World Bank Group and the United Nations. Ms Nelson also worked for The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum in the UK, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development in Africa, FUNDES in Latin America and as a Vice President at Citibank working in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

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