‘Require, Not Ask’ for Women in Mining, Urges Ex-Anglo Chief
- The industry has improved, but not substantially, Carroll says
- Companies ‘have got to be casting their net more broadly’
Cynthia Carroll, former chief executive officer of Anglo American.
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Mining is not only for men. Companies have to do more to push gender diversity, according to Cynthia Carroll, former chief executive officer of Anglo American Plc, who says the industry needs to change.
“Companies should require, not ask that executives promote, recruit and include women,” Carroll said in an interview in Singapore. Heading the miner from 2007 to 2013, Carroll was Anglo American’s first female chief executive, and now sits on the boards of several companies, including Hitachi Ltd.