Non-executive Vice-Chairman
Dr. Phosa is part of the ANC delegation which successfully negotiated a peaceful transition into a fully democratic South Africa. He was elected as the first Premier of Mpumalanga Province in 1994 and went on to serve as the Treasurer-General within the Executive Committee of the ANC from 2007 to 2012. Commercially, he sits on the board of numerous listed company boards.
Chief Executive Officer
A qualified chemical engineer, Mr. Coetzer was with Anglo American Plc for 20 years, 16 of which with Anglo Platinum where he held various technical and operational managerial roles. A member of the advisory board of process engineering faculties at Universities of Pretoria.
Technical Director
A metallurgist with over 40 years’ experience in the mining sector, Dr Kirby worked for 16 years in South Africa with Impala Platinum, Rand Mines and Rustenburg Platinum Mines. He then worked in Australia for Minproc Engineers and latterly Bechtel Corporation. Dr Kirby’s experience base includes gold, platinum group metals, base metals, battery metals, diamonds, coloured gemstones, and mineral sands.
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Molefe has held several positions in corporate banking and industry and is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Merafe Resources Ltd and Non-Executive Director of Capital Oil Pty Ltd, and Chairman of Transfrontier Capital Proprietary Ltd and Sabicor Proprietary Ltd.
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Taylor is a seasoned finance professional with some 27 years’ of experience in identifying and executing strategic transactions. Having qualified with Price Waterhouse as a Chartered Accountant, Nick spent over 20 years in investment banking previously as European Head of Metals & Mining and Co-Head of Asia Pacific Natural Resources Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank, and latterly as European Head of Natural Resources Investment Banking at The Royal Bank of Canada. Nick holds an MA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge.
Non-Executive Chairman
A qualified Chartered Accountant and economist with over 35 years of strategic and operational experience in the mining industry and substantial international experience, having been an executive and non-executive director, and chair of board committees, of companies quoted on various exchanges. He previously held senior executive positions within the Anglo-American Group, including as Executive Director – Corporate Finance as well as Head of Strategy and Business Development at De Beers S.A. He currently serves as a non-executive director of Vale S.A., and previously was non-executive of BlackRock World Mining Trust Plc, Polymetal International plc and Antofagasta Minerals plc.
Non-Executive Director
Ms. Kerr is a geologist by background, having overseen global exploration programmes at a number of large multinational corporates, including Anglo American Plc, where she held the position of Group Head of Exploration across Anglo’s exploration activities in 15 countries. Prior to this Ms. Kerr oversaw exploration activities in the Americas for Vale S.A. Tracey was most recently Group Head of Sustainable Development (Sept 2020 to April 2021) at Anglo American Plc, having previously also been accountable for safety, operational risk management, and sustainable development across the Anglo-American group. Until recently, Tracey served as a non-executive Director of Polymetal International Plc and is currently a non-executive director of Hochschild Mining PLC.
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