BIG READ: How Cutifani downsized bloated Anglo and made it far more profitable
As he steps down, the back-to-basic CEO tells how his team introduced processes more like those of an industrial group
19 April 2022 - 05:03
Anglo American’s outgoing CEO Mark Cutifani likes to recall how, when things were tough in 2015 and investors were giving him a hard time, his wife Luana told the children about it and asked them to send their dad a nice message.
All the girls sent nice “So sorry, dad. Love you” messages, but that didn’t really help. Then 17-year-old Dylan sent him a “very sensitive” message that Cutifani says gave him back his balance: “Suck it up, Fatboy.”..
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