Matt Daley

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, South32

Matt Daley is Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of South32, in the role since July 2026.

South32 is a diversified miner listed on the ASX, LSE and JSE, with manganese mines in the Northern Cape and the Hillside aluminium smelter in Richards Bay. Daley took over on his first day in office as the company announced the sale of its aluminium assets to Alcoa.

In the job

  1. Became South32 CEO on the day the company announced Alcoa would buy its aluminium value chain assets for up to $5.6-billion. Source

  2. Reported that the sale of the South African aluminium assets to Alcoa was on track. Source

Career before

  1. 2026Deputy CEO, South32
  2. Technical and Operations Director, Anglo American
  3. 2017Group Head of Mining, Anglo American
  4. Executive General Manager, Canadian copper division, Glencore

Sources

  1. miningweekly.com
  2. news24.com
  3. mining.com
  4. engineeringnews.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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