People: Sims Metal Management Ltd (SMS)

SMS on New York Consolidated

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21 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Geoffrey Brunsdon

54 2012 Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

Daniel Dienst

47 2008 Group Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director

Robert Larry

51 2008 Group Chief Financial Officer

Robert Kelman

48 2012 President - North America Metals

Frank Moratti

1997 General Counsel, Company Secretary

Darron McGree

64 2008 Managing Director - Australia and New Zealand Metals

Hans-Otto Hagemann

2013 Acting Managing Director - SRS Continental Europe and SRS UK

Scott Miller

2008 Joint Company Secretary

Makoto Sukagawa

61 2009 Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Norman Bobins

70 2008 Independent Non-Executive Director

John DiLacqua

60 2011 Independent Non-Executive Director

Gerald Morris

80 2008 Independent Non-Executive Director

Christopher Renwick

70 2007 Independent Non-Executive Director

Heather Ridout

58 2011 Independent Non-Executive Director

James Thompson

62 2009 Independent Non-Executive Director

Daniel Strechay

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Biographies

Name Description

Geoffrey Brunsdon

Mr. Geoffrey (Geoff) Norman Brunsdon is Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Sims Metal Management Ltd. He was appointed as a director in November 2009, appointed Deputy Chairperson in September 2011 and appointed Chairperson of the Company on March 1, 2012. He is the Chairperson of the Finance and Investment Committee and is a member of the Risk, Audit and Compliance Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Until June 2009, Mr. Brunsdon was Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking of Merrill Lynch International (Australia) Limited. He is Chairman of ING Private Equity Access Limited (since 2004), a director of APN Funds Management Limited (since November 2009), a director of Macquarie University Hospital, Chairman of MetLife Insurance Limited (since April 2011) and a member of the Takeovers Panel. He was a member of the listing committee of the Australian Securities Exchange between 1993 and 1997 and was a director of Sims Group Limited between 1999 and 2007. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia and a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors. Mr. Brunsdon is also a director of several non-profit organizations, including Redkite (supporting families who have children with cancer), the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists and Purves Environmental Custodians.

Daniel Dienst

Mr. Daniel W. Dienst was Group Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Sims Metal Management Limited. He was appointed as an Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer in March 2008. He is a member of the Safety, Health, Environment and Community Committee, the Nomination/Governance Committee and the Finance and Investment Committee. Mr. Dienst was formerly a director (since June 2001), Chairman (since April 2003), Chief Executive Officer (since January 2004) and President (since September 2004) of Metal Management, Inc which merged with the Company on March 14, 2008. From January 1999 to January 2004, Mr. Dienst served in various capacities with CIBC World Markets Corp., lastly as Managing Director of the Corporate and Leveraged Finance Group. From 2002-2005, he was Chairman of the Board of Metals USA, Inc., a NASDAQ - listed steel service center company until its sale to a private entity. Mr. Dienst is a director of other Sims Metal Management Limited subsidiaries and associated companies. He is a graduate of Washington University and received a Juris Doctorate from The Brooklyn Law School. He retired from the Company effective June 30, 2013.

Robert Larry

Mr. Robert (Bob) C. Larry has been Group Chief Financial Officer of Sims Metal Management Limited since March 14, 2008. He was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Metal Management from August 1996 to March 2008. He was Treasurer of Metal Management from September 2004 to March 2008. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Purdue University and a Masters of Business Administration from University of Chicago.

Robert Kelman

Mr. Robert (Bob) Kelman is President - North America Metals of Sims Metal Management Limited. He was President and Chief Operating Officer of Sims Group USA Holdings from 2007 to March 2008. He is Vice President and General Manager of Northeast Metals Operations of Sims Group USA since 2005. Prior to that time, he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Hugo Neu Schnitzer East, a joint venture between Hugo Neu Corporation and Schnitzer Steel, since 1997.

Frank Moratti

Mr. Frank Martin Moratti is General Counsel and Company Secretary of Sims Metal Management Limited. He was appointed to the position of Company Secretary in 1997. Before joining the Company, he held positions of assistant company secretary/legal counsel in a number of publicly listed companies over a period of some 12 years and, prior to that, worked as a solicitor with a legal practice.

Darron McGree

Mr. Darron R. McGree is Managing Director - Australia and New Zealand Metals of Sims Metal Management Limited. He has been Managing Director of Sims Group Australia Holdings Limited since 2005. Prior to that time, he held various senior management positions since joining Sims in 1983.

Hans-Otto Hagemann

Scott Miller

Mr. Scott Alan Miller, J.D., is Joint Company Secretary of Sims Metal Management Limited. He was appointed to the position of Company Secretary in 2008. Since joining the Company in 1997, Mr. Miller has held positions as legal counsel and manager for environmental affairs for North American operations. Before joining the Company, he held positions at an environmental mediation firm, as an attorney with a legal practice and as a consulting engineer.

Makoto Sukagawa

Mr. Makoto Paul Sukagawa is Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Sims Metal Management Limited. He was appointed as a director in November 2009. He is Mitsui's designated representative director. Mr. Sukagawa is a member of the Finance & Investment Committee, the Nomination/Governance Committee and the Safety, Health, Environment & Community Committee. He joined Mitsui & Co., Ltd in 1973 and has held various positions within that company, including President & Managing Director of Mitsui Iron Ore Development (2004-2007), President & CEO of PT. Mitsui Indonesia (2007-2009) and recently, since April 2009, Senior Adviser of Mitsui Iron Ore Development.

Norman Bobins

Mr. Norman (Norm) R. Bobins is Independent Non-Executive Director of Sims Metal Management Limited. He was appointed as a director in March 2008. He is Chairperson of the Nomination/Governance Committee and is a member of the Finance & Investment Committee. Mr. Bobins was formerly a director of Metal Management, Inc (since 2006). He is the Chairman of Norman Bobins Consulting LLC (since 2008). From May 2007 until October 2007, Mr. Bobins was the Chairman of the Board of LaSalle Bank Corporation. From 2002 to 2007, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of LaSalle Bank Corporation. From 2006-2007, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of ABN AMRO North America. From 2002-2007, Mr. Bobins was Senior Executive Vice President at ABN AMRO Bank N.V., the Dutch parent of LaSalle Bank Corporation. He is the Non-Executive Chairman of The PrivateBank and Trust Company. Mr. Bobins is also a director of AGL Resources, Inc. and AAR CORP. He earned his BS from the University of Wisconsin and his MBA from the University of Chicago.

John DiLacqua

Mr. John T. DiLacqua is Independent Non-Executive Director of Sims Metal Management Limited. He was appointed as a director on September 1, 2011. He is a member of the Risk, Audit & Compliance Committee and the Finance & Investment Committee. Mr. DiLacqua was formerly a director of Metal Management, Inc (since June 2001), and was a director of Sims Metal Management Limited between March and November 2008. He was the Executive Chairman of Envirosource, Inc. from May 2004 to December 2004 and had served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Envirosource from January 1999 to May 2004. From October 1997 to December 1998, Mr. DiLacqua served as President of the United States Ferrous Operations of Philip Metals, Inc., and, prior to that, from May 1994, as the President of Luria Brothers. He is a graduate of Temple University and received an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University. Mr. DiLacqua is a Certified Public Accountant.

Gerald Morris

Mr. Gerald E. Morris is Independent Non-Executive Director of Sims Metal Management Limited. He was appointed as a director in March 2008. He is Chairperson of the Risk, Audit & Compliance Committee and is a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination/Governance Committee. Mr. Morris was formerly a director (since January 2004) of Metal Management, Inc. He previously served as President and CEO of Intalite International N.V., as Chairman and director of Beacon Trust Company, and as a director of Metals USA, Inc., Rexel, Inc. and Tivoli Industries, Inc., and as trustee of the Blanchard Group of Funds. He earned his BA from the University of Connecticut. Mr. Morris is a Certified Public Accountant.

Christopher Renwick

Mr. Christopher (Chris) John Stewart Renwick is Independent Non-Executive Director of Sims Metal Management Limited. He was appointed as a director in June 2007. He is Mitsui's designated independent director. Mr. Renwick is Chairperson of the Safety, Health, Environment & Community Committee and is a member of the Nomination/Governance Committee. Mr. Renwick was employed with the Rio Tinto Group for over 35 years rising, in 1997, to Chief Executive, Rio Tinto Iron Ore, a position he held until his retirement in 2004. He has previously served as Chairman and director of Coal and Allied Industries Limited (2004 to 2011), Chairman of the Rio Tinto Aboriginal Fund (2004 to 2011) and director of Downer EDI Limited (2004 to 2010). Mr. Renwick is a director of South East Regional Touring Opera Company Limited, a 'not-for-profit' public company limited by guarantee, which operates as 'Melbourne Opera'.

Heather Ridout

Ms. Heather Ridout is Independent Non-Executive Director of Sims Metal Management Limited. She was appointed as a director on September 1, 2011. She is a member of the Safety, Health, Environment & Community Committee. She was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Industry Group from 2004 until her retirement in April 2012. She is a Member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (since December 2011), and is a director of the AustralianSuper Trustee Board, an industry fund in Australia. She also serves on the Boards of Skills Australia, a Federal Government body established to shape Australia's strategy on skills development, and the Climate Change Authority, an independent body established to provide advice on the Australian Government's policies for reducing carbon pollution. She holds an Economics degree with honors from the University of Sydney.

James Thompson

Mr. James (Jim) Theodore Thompson is Independent Non-Executive Director of Sims Metal Management Limited. He was appointed as a director in November 2009. He is a member of the Finance & Investment Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Mr. Thompson was, from 2004 until his retirement in 2007, Executive Vice Presiden-Commercial for The Mosaic Company, a fertilizer company, which is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Prior to that, he was engaged for 30 years in the steel industry from 1974-2004 in various roles at Cargill, Inc of Minnesota, United States, advancing to the position of President of Cargill Steel Group from 1996-2004. During that period, Mr. Thompson also served for a time as Co-Chairman of the North Star BlueScope Steel joint venture, and was a member of various industry boards including AISI (American Iron and Steel Institute), SMA (Steel Manufacturers Institute) and MSCI (Metals Service Center Institute). He is currently a director of Hawkins, Inc. and serves on the Board of Visitors of the University of Wisconsin School of Education. Mr. Thompson has a BS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Daniel Strechay

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