Anglo American plc announced the appointment of John Heasley as finance director, following the May 2023 announcement of Stephen Pearce's decision to retire. Mr. Heasley is expected to join Anglo American and its Executive Leadership Team by no later than the end of 2023, prior to joining the Board as an executive director and taking over as Finance Director, thereby enabling a smooth transition through the year-end financial reporting process. John Heasley is the Chief Financial Officer and an executive director of The Weir Group PLC, the FTSE100 listed global engineering company providing engineering technologies to the global mining industry, a role he has held since 2016.

John joined Weir in 2008 as Group Financial Controller and also served as Interim Group Finance Director in 2009-2010. He has held a number of senior operational and financial roles across Weir being a member of the Group Executive since 2014, firstly as Divisional President of the Weir Flow Control division before becoming Group CFO. Prior to joining Weir, John served as Group Financial Controller of ScottishPower plc, the former FTSE 30 Power Utility, following an early career with professional services firms PwC and Arthur Andersen in audit and mergers and acquisitions roles.

John holds a BA in Accounting and Economics from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. John is also a non-executive director and Honorary Treasurer of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.