The Jubilee Board
Dr Mathews Phosa
Chairperson
Dr Mathews Phosa is a prominent legal, political and business leader in South Africa. He opened the first Black law practice in Nelspruit in 1981 and was appointed as the first Premier of Mpumalanga – one of nine provinces established in 1994. He resigned his seat in parliament in 1999 to enter a career in business, although returned to politics to serve as Treasurer-General of the National Executive Committee of the ANC between 2007 and 2012. Dr Phosa received the inaugural Fellow of Stadio lifetime award from Stadio on 13 April 2022. He sits on the boards of a number of prominent South African institutions and companies, including Special Olympics South Africa, Value Group, Phosa Loots Inc Attorneys, Merensky Timber, Phosa Legacy Group, Frans Schutte & Mathews Phosa Inc. and Rubic One Health (a company established to produce cost-effective vaccines in South Africa, the Continent and globally) to name a few. Dr Phosa is a prolific author who speaks nine languages and has two anthologies in Afrikaans poetry to his name under the title “Deur die oog van ‘n naald” – some of which have been prescribed in the school curriculum for our national matric syllabus. Dr Phosa launched an English anthology called “Chants of Freedom” on 2 June 2015, he is currently writing two books on the history of South Africa.
Christopher Molefe
Non-Executive Director
Christopher Molefe has over 20 years’ experience in the South African banking and mining industries. He began his career as Group Human Resources Manager at Union Carbide Africa Corporation after which he moved to Royal Bafokeng Resources where he served as Chief Executive. He has served as director of Transfrontier Capital Proprietary and Sabicor Proprietary and is currently on the boards of a number of South African corporates.
Leon Coetzer
Chief Executive Officer
Leon Coetzer is a qualified chemical engineer with more than 30 years’ experience in the mining and mineral processing sectors. He enjoyed a long, successful career with the Anglo-American Plc Group where he was responsible for managing both technical and production units of large operations, including both platinum concentrators and smelters. Leon was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Braemore Resources in 2008, which was responsible for the commercialisation of the patented ConRoast pyro-metallurgical process. Leon oversaw the acquisition of Braemore by Jubilee Metals Group Plc (formerly Jubilee Platinum Plc) and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Jubilee in 2010.
Dr Reuel Jethro Khoza
Non-Executive Director
Distinguished Africanist, thought-leader, business leader, president of the IoDSA (Institute of Directors South Africa), public speaker and change agent at the forefront of transformation in the South African political economy. Dr Khoza has been hailed as a role model in respect of the duties and responsibilities that a citizen can and should take on in the public and national interest. Dr Khoza has more than 40 years of executive management experience. He currently serves as Chairman of Dzana Investments (Pty) Ltd, Chairman of Assupol Group and Chairman of Discovery Bank. Dr Khoza is author of Attuned Leadership, Let Africa Lead, The African in my Dream and The Power of Governance (with Mohamed Adam). He is also an avocado pear farmer with a deep love for writing lyrics and producing music. Formerly Dr Khoza served as Chairman of Nedbank Group Limited, Eskom Holdings, GlaxoSmithKline South Africa, Globeleq and the Public Investment Corporation. He also served as Director of the JSE Limited, IBM South Africa, Liberty Life Group, Standard Bank Group, Nampak Limited and Old Mutual plc. He has been involved in the formulation of the King Codes on Corporate Governance in King II, King III and King IV, serving as Mervyn King’s deputy in the last two instances. Dr Khoza has recently been inducted into the Thinkers 50 Hall of Fame. In June 2022 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the All Africa Business Leader Awards (AABLA) in tandem with CNBC Africa. In August 2022 Dr Khoza was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Black Agencies Network Association (BANA). In April 2024 Dr Khoza received the Chancellors Medal from the University of Pretoria for his outstanding achievements and contributions to the business and academia fields and his authorship as a businessman and leader.
Jonathan Morley-Kirk
Finance Director
Jonny became a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 1996. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments. Jonny has over 30 years of experience in senior finance roles in public ,and private, companies, focused mainly in natural resources in emerging economies. He has lots of experience of IPOs, M&A, raising capital and sorting out structural problems. He has held many non- executive director positions in listed companies since 2004. From time to time, he takes on CFO roles at interesting, listed companies. He has extensive experience managing multi-jurisdictional projects, different teams, and different governance environments.
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