Cynthia Carroll

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Cynthia Blum Carroll (born 13 November 1956{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook 2011|year=2011|publisher=H.W. Wilson|location=Ipswich, MA|isbn=9780824211219|pages=[https://archive.org/details/currentbiography0000unse_z0h6/page/112 112–115]|chapter=Carroll, Cynthia|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/currentbiography0000unse_z0h6/page/112}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2949500/Who-is-Cynthia-Carroll.html|title= Who is Cynthia Carroll?|last=Griffiths|first=Katherine|date=2006-10-24|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=2009-06-15|location=London}}[https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/11/biz Forbes.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007213947/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2949500/Who-is-Cynthia-Carroll.html |date=7 October 2022}}) is an American{{Cite web |title=Cynthia Carroll - Alumni - Harvard Business School |url=https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=518 |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=www.alumni.hbs.edu| date=June 2009 }}{{Cite web |title=Cynthia Carroll |url=https://www.forbes.com/nft-profile/cynthia-carroll/ |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=Forbes |language=en}} businesswoman. She was the chief executive officer of Anglo American,{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/anglo-american-finds-a-safe-pair-of-hands-8443451.html | location=London | work=The Independent | first=Tom | last=Bawden | title=Anglo American finds a safe pair of hands | date=8 January 2013}} a British mining company, which, among other things, is the world's largest platinum producer.[http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070904/south_africa_anglo_platinum.html?.v=1 "Anglo Platinum Sell Assets"], Associated Press, 4 September 2007.

On 24 October 2006, Carroll was hired by Anglo American, and joined the board in January 2007, becoming chief executive at the beginning of March 2007. She chaired Anglo American’s Executive Committee and sat on the Safety and Sustainable Development Committee.[http://www.angloamerican.co.uk/aa/about/leadership/executive/ "Anglo American Leadership Team"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527213113/http://www.angloamerican.co.uk/aa/about/leadership/executive |date=2010-05-27 }}, "Anglo American plc", 24 July 2009. She was one of only three female chief executives of FTSE 100 companies and the first non-South African to hold the post with Anglo American.[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/25/business/worldbusiness/25mine.html Timmons, Heather. "Tradition-Breaking Choice to Be Chief of Mining Giant", New York Times, 25 October 2006.][http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1930089,00.html Walsh, Fiona. "Anglo American names new chief executive", London Guardian, 24 October 2006.]

In 2008 she was ranked by the magazine Forbes as the fifth most powerful woman in the world. She was ranked fourth in 2009 and seventh in 2007 by the same list.[https://archive.today/20120731045337/http://www.forbes.com/business/lists/2008/11/biz_powerwomen08_Cynthia-Carroll_4PVY.html " #5 Cynthia Carroll"], Forbes, 27 August 2008.

Anglo American announced on 26 October 2012, that Carroll would step down as chief executive.{{cite web |url=http://www.angloamerican.com/media/releases/2012pr/2012-10-26 |title=Anglo American – Cynthia Carroll to step down as Chief Executive of Anglo American |accessdate=2012-10-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028170716/http://www.angloamerican.com/media/releases/2012pr/2012-10-26 |archivedate=2012-10-28 }}

She has been a non-executive director of BP since 6 June 2007.{{fact|date=February 2025}}

Carroll previously worked for Alcan, as president and chief executive officer of the Primary Metal Group since 2002. She joined Alcan in 1989. In January 1996 she was promoted to managing director of the Aughinish Alumina division, located on Aughinish Island, Askeaton, County Limerick, Ireland.[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16128000/site/newsweek/page/0/ "Leading the Way"]{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Newsweek, 18 December 2006. Before joining Alcan, she worked for Amoco, which is now part of BP, for eight years as a petroleum geologist, from 1982 to 1987, working in gas and oil exploration in Colorado, Alaska, Wyoming, Utah, and Montana.Press Release & supplemental materials. [http://www.angloamerican.co.uk/article/?afw_source_key=B68A8259-2D1E-408F-B5CA-553E37A2AD92&xsl_menu_parent=/newsandmedia/pressreleases/archive2006/ "Anglo American names Cynthia Carroll as new CEO"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024131229/http://www.angloamerican.co.uk/article/?afw_source_key=B68A8259-2D1E-408F-B5CA-553E37A2AD92&xsl_menu_parent=%2Fnewsandmedia%2Fpressreleases%2Farchive2006%2F |date=2007-10-24 }}, Anglo American, 23 October 2006.

She is married with four children.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/|title=Money|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=16 February 2016|access-date=25 January 2018}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}