South32 Chief Executive Officer, Graham Kerr, announced changes to the Group's Lead Team. Jason Economidis has been appointed as joint Chief Operating Officer and will have accountability for Australia Manganese, Cannington, Illawarra Metallurgical Coal (IMC) and Worsley Alumina. Mike Fraser will remain in his role as joint Chief Operating Officer and will be accountable for Cerro Matoso, Hillside Aluminium, Mozal Aluminium, South Africa Energy Coal and South Africa Manganese. Mr. Economidis has held the role of Vice President Operations at IMC since 2018 and has been instrumental in IMC's return to a strong operating performance. He is an experienced mining executive having worked in the mining sector in Australia for more than 25 years running large-scale operations with companies including Orica, Peabody, Vale and BHP. With this change to the team, the portfolios of the chief operating officers have been reallocated so each is accountable for operations closer to where they are based, assisting the business as the company continue to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by keeping the company's people safe and well and maintaining reliable operations. Mr. Economidis will take over from Paul Harvey who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Harvey joined South32's Lead Team in 2015 and has held various roles over the last five years. At IMC, Wayne Bull, who is currently General Manager at the Appin Mine, will replace Mr. Economidis as Vice President Operations and will continue to work closely with him in his new role. All changes will be effective from 1 July 2020. Jason Economidis is an experienced mining executive having worked in the sector for more than 25 years. In 2018, he was appointed Vice President Operations at Illawarra Metallurgical Coal. Mr. Economidis came to South32 from Orica, where he held the position of Vice President Coal. His responsibility at Orica covered 25 mining operations across Queensland and New South Wales. He has held other senior positions in industry such as General Manager of two large Australian coal operations with Peabody, with Vale Coal Australia as Chief Operating Officer, and with BHP as General Manager of Goonyella-Riverside, Caval Ridge and Vice President Health, Safety and Environment.