FOCUS ON leadership
Directorate
From left to right:
- 1 PL Zim
- 2 R Havenstein
- 3 PA Dunne
- 4 AZ Khumalo
- 5 CK Chabedi
1 PL Zim (57)
BCom (Hons); MCom
Non-executive chairman
Joined the board in April 2007
Mr Zim is the chairman of Zambezi Platinum (RF) Limited (Zambezi Platinum), and a director of Atisa Platinum (RF) Proprietary Limited, Sanlam Limited and Sanlam Life Insurance Limited. He is also a past president of the Chamber of Mines of South Africa. Previously chairman of Telkom SA SOC Limited, he has also held senior executive positions at Anglo American South Africa Limited, M-Net Supersport and MTN Group Limited. He was voted African Business Leader of the Year in 2005 and in 2017 he received a Meritorious Award from the Association of Mine Managers South Africa for his outstanding contribution and dedication to the South African mining industry. Mr Zim is an Honorary Colonel in the South African Army.
Member of the nomination committee.
2 R Havenstein (61)
MSc (Chemical Engineering); BCom
Lead independent director
Joined the board in July 2003
Mr Havenstein currently serves on the board of Murray and Roberts Holdings Limited and Omnia Holdings Limited. He was previously chief executive officer of Anglo American Platinum Limited, prior to which he was an executive director of Sasol Limited responsible for Sasol Chemical Industries.
Member of the audit and risk committee.
Chairman of the health, safety and environmental committee, the investment committee and the nomination committee.
3 PA Dunne (54) (British)
BSc (Hons); MBA
Chief executive officer
Joined the board in March 2014
Prior to joining Northam, Mr Dunne was employed by Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) as executive director responsible for all mining, concentrating and smelting operations at Implats’ Rustenburg and Marula mines. Mr Dunne is also a director of Zambezi Platinum.
Member of the health, safety and environmental committee.
4 AZ Khumalo (52)
CA (SA)
Chief financial officer
Joined the board in July 2010
Mr Khumalo, a chartered accountant by profession, has extensive mining and corporate finance experience. From September 2008 he was the group finance executive of Coal of Africa Limited. Prior to that, from 2004 to 2008, he was director: finance of Aquarius Platinum (South Africa) Proprietary Limited. Mr Khumalo is also a director of Zambezi Platinum.
5 CK Chabedi (49)
MSc (Mining Engineering); MDP
Independent non-executive director
Joined the board in June 2009
Mr Chabedi has 22 years’ mining experience and over 12 years’ operational and management experience. He is currently a senior lecturer in the School of Mining Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Member of the health, safety and environmental committee, the investment committee and the social, ethics and human resources committee.
From left to right:
- 6 HH Hickey
- 7 TE Kgosi
- 8 KB Mosehla
- 9 TI Mvusi
- 10 JG Smithies
6 HH Hickey (63)
CA (SA)
Independent non-executive director
Joined the board in January 2016
Ms Hickey currently serves as an independent director on the boards of African Dawn Capital Limited, Barloworld Limited, Cashbuild Limited, Omnia Holdings Limited and Pan African Resources Plc. She has 35 years’ experience in auditing, risk management and governance and is a past chair of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Chairman of the audit and risk committee.
7 TE Kgosi (63)
BCom (Hons)
Independent non-executive director
Joined the board in November 2004
Ms Kgosi is the cluster manager, materials management, responsible for Gauteng and North West operating units in supply chain operations, Eskom Group Commercial. She has extensive experience in the banking sector mainly in a treasury operations environment, having held positions at a number of South Africa’s main banking groups as well as Credit Suisse First Boston (NY).
Member of the audit and risk committee and the nomination committee.
Chairperson of the social, ethics and human resources committee.
8 KB Mosehla (45)
CA (SA)
Non-executive director
Joined the board in August 2015
Mr Mosehla is the chief executive of Mosomo Investment Holdings Proprietary Limited, a director of Zambezi Platinum, Malundi Resources (RF) Proprietary Limited and Coal of Africa Limited. In March 2016 he was appointed as chairman of Tembisa Provincial Tertiary Hospital.
Member of the investment committee and the social, ethics and human resources committee.
9 TI Mvusi (62)
BA; ELP, MAP and PDP
Independent non-executive director
Joined the board in January 2016
Mr Mvusi currently holds the position of chief executive: group market development at Sanlam Limited (Sanlam). He has served on the board of Sanlam since 2009, and holds a number of Sanlam group directorships and is also the chairman of Lemas Financial Services (Co-Operative) Limited. Prior to joining Sanlam, he was the general manager of Gensec Property Services Limited and was a marketing manager at Franklin Asset Management.
10 JG Smithies (72) (British)
BSc (Mining Engineering); BSc (Chemistry)
Independent non-executive director
Joined the board in January 2017
Mr Smithies spent the majority of his career at Implats, where he held a number of senior management positions including that of director of operations and chief executive officer, before retiring from the company.
DH Brown (55)
CA (SA)
Mr Brown’s appointment as an independent non-executive director is subject to shareholder approval at the AGM on 7 November 2017.
Mr Brown is the chief executive officer and executive director of Coal of Africa Limited. He is also an independent non-executive director of Vodacom Group Limited. Mr Brown spent almost 14 years at Implats, where he held a number of senior management positions including that of financial director and chief executive officer.