Willie R. Strothotte

Biographical Information
"Willie R. Strothotte, Willy serves as a Director-General of Glencore International AG, Glencore Finance AG and Glencore Investment AG. Mr. Strothotte served as the Chief Executive Officer of Glencore International AG from 1993 to 2001. He joined Glencore International AG in 1978 and served as its Head of Metals and Minerals since 1984. He worked with Frank & Schulte in Germany, C. Tennant Sons & Co in New York and ICC Metals in Brussels. From 1961 to 1978, he held various positions with the responsibility for International Trading in Metals and Minerals in Germany, Belgium and the USA. Mr. Strothotte has over 38 years experience in the natural resources industry. He has been the Chairman of Xstrata PLC (formerly Xstrata AG and Sudelektra Holding AG) since 1994. He serves as the Chairman of Glencore Finance AG, Glencore Investment AG, Xstrata South Africa (Proprietary) Limited and Xstrata Alloys. He has been the Chairman of Glencore International AG since 1994. He serves as Vice Chairman of Asturiana De Zinc SA. Mr. Strothotte served as Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Recylex SA (formerly Metaleurop S.A.). He has been a Director of KKR Financial Holdings LLC since January 17, 2007. He has been a Non-Executive Director of Xstrata PLC since February 25, 2002 and Minara Resources Ltd. (formerly known as Anaconda Nickel Ltd.) since December 8, 2000. He has been a Director of Century Aluminum Co. since 1996. Mr. Strothotte serves as a Director of Century Aluminium Corporation, USA."