When Cynthia Carroll walked into Anglo’s London headquarters in March 2007, she was not only its first female chief executive, but the first non-southern African to occupy the post...On joining Anglo, “The first area that needed addressing was safety,” she says…But she really wants to talk about Anglo’s innovations in corporate social responsibility. “We encourage every member of staff to have an HIV test, including their families and contractors,” she says…Sustainability is a priority, too. “A new mine will have a life of 20-30 years,” she says. “But we ask: ‘What can we do for those communities once the mine is shut?’” A scheme now offers three-year loans averaging $40,000 to start-ups. Of these, 75 per cent of businesses survive and 90 per cent of loans are repaid on time.