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Appendix A
 
 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

 

NEVILLE FRANCIS NICOLAU (49)

See Board of directors for curriculum vitae.

BONGANI NQWABABA (42)

See Board of directors for curriculum vitae.

ABRAM (ABE) MAKWADI THEBYANE (48)

BAdmin, HDip (Human Resources), MBA
Executive head: Human resources
Executive director: Finance

Abe joined the Group and was appointed a director in 2004. He resigned as executive director and continued as executive head: human resources on 9 October 2007. Abe has acquired extensive human resources and overall business experience through various senior and executive positions, which he held over many years in large corporations. He was an executive director of Iscor Limited before joining Anglo Platinum.

JULY NDLOVU (43)

BSc (Honours) (University of Zimbabwe), MBL (Unisa), CSEP (Columbia), BLP (Duke Corporate Education)
Executive head: Process

Appointed a director in 2007

July graduated in Engineering and Business Leadership from the universities of Zimbabwe and South Africa respectively, and completed the Senior Executive Programme with Columbia Business School. He was previously employed in Zimbabwe by Anglo American Zimbabwe subsidiaries, where he held senior managerial positions in metallurgical operations and technical services. He transferred to Anglo Platinum in 2001, was initially appointed business manager of Polokwane Smelter, and later became head of process technology. In September 2007 he was appointed executive head: process at Anglo Platinum.

ALEXANDER (SANDY) IAN WOOD (57)

BSc (Chemical Engineering), MBA
Executive head: Commercial

Sandy started at Anglo American Corporation in 1975 and did metallurgical work at Western Deep Levels, De Beers Diamonds, SA Coal Estates and Free State Geduld Gold Mines. In 1980 he joined Johannesburg Consolidated Investments (JCI), where he held several senior positions in the platinum, coal and base metal divisions, including CEO of Consolidated Metallurgical Industries, COO of JCI Limited (Non-Gold) and board member. Sandy joined Anglo Platinum in May 2001 as executive head: commercial. He is a director of subsidiaries of the Anglo Platinum Group.

MARY-JANE MORIFI (47)

BSoc Sci ( Honours) (UCT)
Executive head: Corporate affairs

Mary-Jane Morifi was appointed executive head: corporate affairs at Anglo Platinum and a member of the Anglo Platinum Management Services Board as at 1 November 2008. She joined Anglo Platinum from BP International in London, where she was director of audit, marketing (group internal audit) from 2003.

FREDERIK (FRITZ) RYK LUDOLF NEETHLING (56)

BSc, BEng (Mech) (Stellenbosch)
Executive head: Projects and engineering

Appointed in July 2008.

Fritz has been part of the Anglo Group of companies for the past 25 years, working in various positions in the gold and diamond divisions both locally and abroad. He became AngloGold Limited’s head of engineering in 2002 and was responsible for 21 mining operations on four continents in 10 countries. Thereafter, in 2005, Fritz was appointed the executive officer of AngloGold Ashanti’s seven open-pit mining operations in East, West and Southern Africa.

Fritz joined Anglo Platinum Limited in July 2008 and was appointed executive head: engineering and projects.

PIETER LOUW (49)

BSc Mining Engineering (Pretoria)
Executive head: Mining

Pieter was appointed executive head: mining at Anglo Platinum on 1 September 2007. He is an experienced mining engineer, manager and director in the mining field, having qualified at the University of Pretoria and served in various capacities in the gold, iron ore, coal and base metals industries. These have involved both surface and underground mining operations in South Africa, Zambia and South America.

MICHAEL (MIKE) HOWARD ROGERS (64)

Pr Eng, BSc Mining Engineering (Wits)
Executive head: Joint ventures

Appointed in July 2008.

Mike started his career with Johannesburg Consolidated Investments Limited (JCI) as a graduate trainee in 1968 and was promoted through the ranks in the Group’s gold, coal, base metal and antimony mines and to CEO of the Coal and Base Metal Division of JCI in 1994. Mike was appointed deputy managing director and technical director of Duiker Mining in 1998, before returning to Anglo Platinum in 2002, first as a senior mining engineer and later as head of mine technical services.

JENNY DIANE MEYER (50)

BJuris, LLB (Cum Laude), LLM
Company secretary

Appointed in July 2008.

Jenny Meyer was appointed Company Secretary of Anglo Platinum Limited in 2005 and is also Company Secretary of Anglo American South Africa Limited. Her department is responsible for Corporate Law Statutory and Regulatory Compliance and Corporate Governance.

She was previously Head of Legal and Corporate Governance at RMB Asset Management and RMB Unit Trusts Limited. This position was responsible for Corporate Legal Services (Commercial and Labour Law), Regulatory and Mandate Compliance, Risk Management, Internal Audit, Business Continuity and Company Secretarial Administration. In this capacity she secured the first published corporate governance rating conferred on an entity in South Africa by CA Ratings. She was a member of the Financial Services Board’s Advisory Committee on the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act and was Chairperson of the Legal and Regulatory Committee under the auspices of the Investment Managers Association. Prior to this, she was Legal Advisor to the Association of Collective Investments.

She is an admitted Advocate of the High Court.
 

RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS FROM THE BOARD 

NORMAN BLOE MBAZIMA (50)

FCCA, FZICA (Zambia)
Executive director

He resigned as executive director: finance on 1 June 2008.
 

DUNCAN GRAHAM WANBLAD (41)

BSc (Eng) Mech, GDE (Ind)
Executive director

He resigned as executive director: projects and engineering on 1 July 2008.
 

PHILIP MICHAEL BAUM (54)

BCom, LLB, Higher Diploma in Tax Law
Non-executive director

Philip resigned as non-executive director on 23 September 2008.
 

ANTHONY EDWIN REDMAN (60)

BSc (Mining Engineering and Mineral Production Management) (British)
Non-executive director

Tony retired as non-executive director on 31 December 2008.
 
   
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