Former Anglo, De Beers chair Julian Ogilvie Thompson dies in Joburg

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Julian Ogilvie Thompson, former chairperson of De Beers and Anglo American, has died at age 89 in Johannesburg. This followed a period of declining health, according to a family death announcement published in The Telegraph. Born in Cape Town, Ogilvie Thompson's father was a former chief justice. He matriculated from Bishops and studied at the University of Oxford.

, former chairperson of De Beers and Anglo American, has died at age 89 in Johannesburg. This followed a period of declining health, according to a family death announcement published in The Telegraph.

"My father did it because he knew Julian was someone special who, with nurture, would make a real and important contribution to Anglo and De Beers." and other ANC leaders, where he hoped to lay "a foundation for a constructive pattern of relationships" after the ANC took power. In the late 1990s, Anglo and De Beers – which was basically run as one company until then – started the process of demerging andOgilvie Thompson then directed a period of restructuring of the larger group, including the merger of Anglo American with Minorco that formed an international mining behemoth which was listed in London in 1999. became CEO of the company. Ogilvie Thompson was the last executive chair of a group where he was employed for 46 years.

 

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