Incitec Pivot Limited announced the appointment of Dr. Xiaoling Liu and Mr. Gregory Robinson as independent non-executive directors to the IPL Board, effective 25 November 2019. IPL also announced that Ms. Kathryn Fagg has advised that she will not seek re-election as a non-executive director at the next Annual General Meeting due to additional board commitments. Ms. Fagg will retire from the IPL Board at the conclusion of IPL's 2019 Annual General Meeting to be held on 20 December 2019. Dr. Liu is a metallurgical engineer who is an experienced non-executive director and has extensive executive experience in leading global mining and processing businesses. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a member of Chief Executive Women. Dr. Liu's executive experience includes a 26 year career with Rio Tinto where she held various senior management and executive roles. Her last executive role was as President and Chief Executive Officer of Rio Tinto Minerals based in the United States, where she led integrated mining, processing and supply chain of the Borates business. Prior to this, Dr. Liu held various senior management and operational roles including, President ­ Primary Metal Pacific, Managing Director ­ Global Technical Services and General Manager Bell Bay Smelter. Dr. Liu is currently a non-executive director of Newcrest Mining Limited and South32 Limited and a Member of the China Matters Advisory Council. She will become the new Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology in January 2020. Mr. Robinson has extensive executive experience in the finance and resources industries. Mr. Robinson is the former Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Newcrest Mining Limited and former Chief Executive Officer of Lattice Energy Limited. Mr. Robinson has held various senior management and executive roles during his executive career which spans over 30 years, including as Finance Director and ultimately Chief Executive Officer of Newcrest Mining. Prior to joining Newcrest, Mr. Robinson held senior executive roles in the Petroleum and Energy Division of BHP, including Chief Finance and Chief Development Officer, Energy and membership of BHP's Group Executive Committee. Before joining BHP, Mr. Robinson was a Director of Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch & Co and headed the Australia/Asia Pacific metals and mining team. Mr. Robinson is currently a non-executive director of Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) Limited and was previously a Board Member of St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research.