Mr Tito Titus Mboweni
| Mr Tito Titus Mboweni is Chairman of Accelerate Property Fund Ltd. Prior to that He was also Chairman of Anglogold Ashanti Ltd between 2010 and 2014. |
Mr Tony O'Neill
| Mr Tony O'neill is Board Member at Kumba Iron Ore Ltd and Board Member at Anglogold Ashanti Ltd. He joined AngloGold Ashanti in July 2008 as Executive Vice President – Business and Technical Development, having consulted to the company prior to this on its asset portfolio strategy. His extensive career in mining since 1978 included the roles of Executive – Operations at Newcrest Mining Limited and Executive General Manager for gold at Western Mining Corporation. He also serves as the Technical Manager at Anglo American plc |
Mr Sipho Mila Pityana
| Mr Sipho Mila Pityana is Chairperson of Anglogold Ashanti Ltd. He joined the board of AngloGold Ashanti on February 13, 2007. He is the chairman of the Safety, Health and Sustainable Development Committee and is a member of the Remuneration, Party Political Donations, Investment, Nominations, Financial Analysis, Risk and Information Integrity and the Transformation and Human Resources Development Committees. Sipho has extensive experience in management and finance, and has occupied strategic roles in both the public and private sectors, including that of Director General of the national departments of both labor and foreign affairs. He was formerly a senior executive of Nedbank Limited and is currently the Executive Chairman of Izingwe Holdings (Proprietary) Limited, a local empowerment group and a significant investor in mining, engineering, infrastructure and logistics, and AngloGold Ashanti’s BEE partner. He serves as a Non-executive Director on the boards of several other South African companies. |
Mr Wiseman Nkuhlu
| Wiseman Nkuhlu was appointed to the board on August 4, 2006. He has been the chairman of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee since May 5, 2007, having served as deputy chairman from August 4, 2006. He also serves as a member of the Financial Analysis; Risk and Information Integrity; Safety, Health and Sustainable Development; Nominations, Party Political Donations; and Remuneration Committees. Wiseman, a respected South African academic, educationist, professional and business leader, served as Economic Adviser to the former President of South Africa, Mr Thabo Mbeki, and as Chief Executive of the Secretariat of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) from 2000 to 2005. From 1989 to 2000, he served as a director on a number of major South African companies, including Standard Bank, South African Breweries, Old Mutual, Tongaat Hulett, BMW and JCI. Wiseman was President of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants from 1998 to 2000 and Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Transkei from 1987 to 1991. He is also a member of the board of Datatec Limited. He was elected President of the Geneva-based International Organization of Employers (IOE) in May 2008 for a period of two years. He is a member of the Financial Crisis Advisory Group of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). |
Mr Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan
| Mr Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan is CEO in Anglogold Ashanti Ltd. He also serves as Board Member at New African Properties Ltd - Botswana. Venkat joined AngloGold Ashanti on July 1, 2004, having been Chief Financial Officer at Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited (Ashanti) until that company’s merger with AngloGold Limited in May 2004. He was appointed to the board on August 1, 2005, is a member of the Executive, Risk and Information Integrity and Investment Committees and is invited to attend meetings of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee. Venkat has extensive financial experience, having been a director in the reorganization services division of Deloitte & Touche in London prior to joining Ashanti in 2000. Venkat is a member of the audit committee of the World Gold Council and has recently been appointed to the Financial Reporting Investigation Panel, an advisory panel of the JSE. |
Mr Mohamed Valli Moosa
| Mohammed Valli (Valli) Moosa, BSc (Mathematics), Nationality: South African. Other Board: Auditor General's Advisory Committee (South Africa), Anglo Platinum Limited (deputy chairperson), Imperial Holdings Limited, Lereko Investments Pty Ltd and various other associate companies of Lereko Investments (Pty) Ltd, Real Africa Holdings Limited (Chairman), Sanlam Limited, Sun International Limited (Chairman). Mr Moosa is currently the Deputy Chairman of Lereko Investments (Pty) Ltd, Sappi's Strategic Black Economic Empowerment partner. He has held numerous leadership positions across business, Government, politics and civil society in South Africa. To name but a few, he was South African Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism; the President of the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature); Chairman of the UN Commission for Sustainable Development, and he was a long serving National Executive Committee member of the African National Congress (ANC). |
Ms Lucia Adele Swartz
| Lucia Adele Swartz BA, Dip HR., Group Head Human Resources. Ms Swartz joined Sappi in May 2002. Prior to joining Sappi she worked for the Seagram Spirits and Wine Group as Human Resources Director, Global Functions based in New York. She holds a BA in Psychology and Geography from the University of the Western Cape and a Diploma in Human Resources from the Peninsula Technikon. She is an Independent Non-Executive Director at Santam Ltd. |
Mr Anton Buthelezi
| Mr Anton Buthelezi is a Chief People Officer at Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd. |
Mr Andre Wilkens
| André joined the board in August 2007. He is currently the chief executive officer of ARM Limited and previously held the same position at ARM Platinum. Prior to this, he was the chief operating officer at Harmony, following the merger of Harmony with ARMgold in 2003. André has a wealth of experience in the mining industry, having joined Anglo American in 1969 and moved up the ranks to mine manager of Vaal Reefs' south mine. Mr Andre Wilkens is Board Member at African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. |
Johannes van Heerden
| Mr Johannes van Heerden was a chief executive officer of Harmony’s South-East Asia operations. Currently He is a Chief Development Officer at Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd. |
Mr Jaco Boshoff
| Mr Jaco Boshoff is a Chief operating officer: Australasia at Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd. |
Mr Frank Abbott
| Frank was appointed executive interim financial director in August 2007. Frank initially joined the Harmony board as a non-executive director in 1994, after which he was appointed Financial Director in 1997. In 2004 Frank was appointed financial director of ARM, while remaining on the Harmony board as non-executive director. In August 2007, Frank was seconded to Harmony as interim financial director, a position he held until handing over to Hannes Meyer in November 2009. Frank remained executive director until his early retirement on July 31, 2010. Post-retirement, Frank serves as non-executive director of Harmony and ARM. Mr Frank Abbott is Board Member at African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. |
Mr Joaquim Chissano
| Joaquim was appointed to the board in April 2005. Formerly President of Mozambique (1986 - 2004), Joaquim also served as chairman of the African Union for 2003/2004. On leaving the presidency, he established the Joaquim Chissano Foundation for Peace Development and Culture, and has led various international peace initiatives on behalf of the United Nations, African Union and the Southern African Development Community to Guinea Bissau, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Madagascar. In 2006 he was awarded the annual Chatham House Prize for significant contributions to improving international relations and was the recipient of the inaugural Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership in 2007. He is also a non-executive director of ARM Limited and TEAL. Joaqim was appointed to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in December 2009. Mr Joaquim Chissano is Board Member at African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. |
Ms Marian van der Walt
| Ms Marian van der Walt is a Chief Corporate Officer at Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd |
Mr Patrice Motsepe
| Patrice was appointed to the board in 2003. Patrice was a partner in one of the largest law firms in South Africa, Bowman Gilfillan Inc. He was a visiting attorney in the USA with the law firm, McGuire Woods Battle and Boothe. In 1994 he founded Future Mining, which grew rapidly to become a successful contract mining company. He then formed ARMgold in 1997, which listed on the JSE in 2002. ARMgold merged with Harmony in 2003 and this ultimately led to the takeover of Anglovaal Mining (Avmin) by African Rainbow Minerals Limited (“ARM”). In 2002 he was voted South Africa's Business Leader of the Year by the CEOs of the top 100 companies in South Africa. In the same year, he was winner of the Ernst & Young Best Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He is also the Executive Chairman of ARM and the Deputy Chairman of Sanlam. His various business responsibilities included being President of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) from January 2004 to May 2008, which is the voice of organized business in South Africa. He is also President of Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club. Mr Patrice Motsepe is Chairman of African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. |
Ms Fikile De Buck
| Ms Fikile joined the board on March 30, 2006. A chartered certified accountant, she is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) (UK) and a member. From fiscal 2000 to fiscal 2008, Fikile worked in various capacities at the Council for Medical Schemes in South Africa, including that of chief financial officer and chief operations officer. Prior to that she was treasurer at the Botswana Development Corporation. Fikile is also a non-executive director and chairman of the Audit Committee of Rand Uranium (Proprietary) Ltd and of Anooraq Resources Corporation. In August 2010 Fikile was appointed lead independent non-executive director and chairman of the Nomination Committee. She is an Independent Non-executive Director at Attacq Limited. |
Mr Craig Barnes
| Craig Clinton Barnes (42) Chief Financial Officer. Mr. C.C. Barnes joined the Company in August 2004 as Group Financial Accountant. A Chartered Accountant, he has a B Com degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, or Wits University, and a B Com Honors degree from the University of South Africa, or Unisa. Prior to joining the Company, he was head of financial reporting for Liberty Group Limited and he has over 18 years financial experience. He was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Ergo Mining Operations in July 2006 and as Chief Financial Officer of DRDGOLD in May 2008. |
Mr Edmund Jeneker
| Edmund Jeneker (50). Mr. E.A. Jeneker (SAIPA, FIAC, Cert.Dir(IoD)) was appointed a Non-Executive Director on November 1, 2007. He trained as an accountant and has over 21 years' experience in finance, taxation, business strategy and general management at Grant Thornton, SwissReSA, World Bank Competitiveness Fund and Deloitte. He is active in community development and serves as a member of the Provincial Development Commission of the Western Cape Provincial Government. He currently holds the position of Managing Director - Absa AllPay Consolidated Investment Holdings at Absa Group Limited. |
Kevin Kruger
| Kevin Peter Kruger (44) Managing Director: Chizim Gold. Mr. K.P. Kruger holds a BSc degree in mechanical engineering from Wits University and joined the Company in 1994. Previously the Engineering Manager at the Company's North West Operations, he was appointed to his current position with effect from October 1, 2011. |
Mr Daniel Pretorius
| Daniël Johannes Pretorius (45) Chief Executive Officer. Mr. D.J. Pretorius was appointed as Chief Executive Officer Designate on August 21, 2008. On January 1, 2009 he succeeded Mr. John William Cornelius Sayers as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Pretorius holds a B Proc, LLB degree and was appointed Group Legal counsel for the Company in September 2004. He has 19 years of experience in the mining industry. He was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Ergo Mining Operations in July 2006. |