Chairman of Kazakhmys PLC
Executive Chairman of the Board since September 2005.  Vladimir Kim joined the Group in 1995 when he was appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Zhezkazgantsvetmet JSC. He was elected Chairman of the Board of Zhezkazgantsvetmet JSC in December 2000. Zhezkazgantsvetmet was renamed Kazakhmys LLC in 2005. 
Vladimir Kim is Chairman of the Nomination Committee.

Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer since 15 March 2007.  Joined the Group in 2001 and appointed Finance Director in 2005. Formerly Vice President of Financial Projects for Kazakhmys LLC, Financial Adviser to the President of Kazakhmys LLC and Chairman of the Board of Kazprombank JSC.

Chief Financial Officer
Matthew Hird was appointed Group Chief Financial Officer in March 2007, having joined the Group in 2005 as Group Financial Controller and Company Secretary. Formerly senior manager with Deloitte & Touche’s global mining team, and Group Reporting Manager and Company Secretary of Vedanta Resources plc.

Strategy Director
Appointed Strategy Director in October 2006, having been a Non-Executive Director since September 2005. Formerly Chief Executive of RMC Group plc, Chief Development Officer of BHP Billiton plc and an Executive Director of Billiton plc. David Munro is a Non-Executive Director of Lonmin PLC.
David Munro is Chairman of the Group Health, Safety and Environment Committee.