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We believe that strong leadership should be central to what we do every day, and plays a major role in how we help make mining matter.

On a global level, our chief executive officers and directors are accountable to our group chief executive Mark Cutifani, and form part of the Group’s executive committee. If you want to know more about our global leadership team, read their biographies.

In South Africa, our executive leadership team consists of the Chairperson of our Management Board in South Africa, Nolitha Fakude and CEOs from our four South African businesses, Platinum, Kumba Iron Ore, Coal, and De Beers.

Nolitha Fakude

Chair of Anglo American’s Management Board in South Africa

Nolitha Fakude

Chair of Anglo American’s Management Board in South Africa

Member of:

Group Management Committee (GMC).
BA Hons, Chair of Anglo American South Africa since September 2019.

Nolitha Fakude is Chair of Anglo American’s South African Management Board. She has over 30 years of experience across a diverse range of industry sectors, including oil and gas, petrochemicals, financial services and retail.

Prior to this appointment, she was a non-executive director of the Anglo American plc Board. She also holds the position of a Non-Executive Director of the JSE Limited and serves on the Boards of Discovery Bank Holdings and International Woman’s Forum South Africa (IWFSA). She is a Patron of Guild Cottage home for girls.

Nolitha has held senior management positions in corporate affairs, strategy and human resources in the retail and financial sectors. She has also served on numerous Boards including Sasol, African Oxygen Limited (AFROX), and a Deputy Chair and Lead Independent Director of Datacentrix Holdings Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Harmony Gold and Woolworths Holdings among others. Fakude is a former President of the Black Management Forum (BMF).

Nolitha holds a Bachelor of Arts and an Honours degree in Psychology from the University of Fort Hare. She is the author of a book, titled Boardroom Dancing which is a memoir tracking her career journey and role as a corporate activist and inspirational businesswoman with a passion for leadership development especially for women and black people in the workplace.

Natascha Viljoen

Chief Executive Officer at Anglo American Platinum

Natascha Viljoen

Chief Executive Officer at Anglo American Platinum

Age:

27/04/1970

Member of:

BEng (extractive metallurgy), MBA

Member of the Anglo American plc group management committee. Prior to her current appointment, Natascha was group head of Processing for Anglo American, a position she had held since 2014. This followed six years at Lonmin, where she served on the executive committee as executive vice president of Processing, also with responsibility for several wider corporate functions including sustainability.

Prior to that, Natascha worked for BHP’s coal and chrome businesses in South Africa (including as general manager of BHP’s Klipspruit Colliery), the Modikwa joint venture between Anglo American Platinum and African Rainbow Minerals, and AngloGold. Natascha began her career in 1991 at Iscor as a trainee engineer.

Natascha serves on advisory boards of the chemical engineering faculties at the South African universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Queensland University’s JKMRC (Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre) in Australia. She has served as a non-executive director on the board of Kumba Iron Ore. Natascha is a metallurgical engineer and holds a Bachelor of Engineering from North-West University in South Africa and an Executive MBA from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Appointed CEO in April 2020.

MPUMI ZIKALALA

CEO of Kumba Iron Ore

MPUMI ZIKALALA

CEO of Kumba Iron Ore

Mpumi was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Kumba Iron Ore Limited with effect from 1 January 2022 and joined the Kumba Board as an executive director. She will assume the role of Chairman of the operating entity, Sishen Iron Ore Company (Pty) Ltd.

Mpumi was a De Beers Group bursar and officially joined De Beers in 2001 as a process engineer. As part of her production journey, she worked on process improvement and plant design projects, she also worked in various leadership levels within production management. She was appointed General Manager at De Beers Kimberley Mines in 2007, becoming the first female General Manager in the De Beers Group. In 2010, she was appointed General Manager of De Beers Voorspoed mine and three and a half years later became Senior Vice-President of De Beers Sightholder Sales South Africa.

Mpumi was promoted to Deputy CEO of De Beers Consolidated Mines in November 2017, rising to the position of Managing Director, De Beers Group Managed Operations, in April 2019. Managed Operations includes De Beers Group's operations in South Africa and Canada.

Mpumi holds a BSc in chemical engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand and completed leadership development at the London Business School.

Mpumi previously served as a non-executive director of various companies including the Black Management Forum and Mintek. She was a winner of the 2018 Top 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining awards issued in Mayfield, London. She was a winner of the 2018 Top 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining awards issued in Mayfield, London.

Thembinkosi ‘Moses’ Madondo

MANAGING DIRECTOR, DE BEERS GROUP MANAGED OPERATIONS

Thembinkosi ‘Moses’ Madondo

MANAGING DIRECTOR, DE BEERS GROUP MANAGED OPERATIONS

Moses became Managing Director, De Beers Group Managed Operations, in January 2022. De Beers Group Managed Operations encompasses De Beers Group’s mining operations in Canada and South Africa.

A mechanical engineer by training, Moses has decades of experience in the mining industry. He started at AngloGold Ashanti in 1998 and has held various senior and executive roles during this time, spanning Engineering Manager, Process Manager, General Manager and Senior Vice President.

Before joining De Beers Group, he held the roles of Senior Vice President for AngloGold’s South African Operations, and subsequently AngloGold’s Senior Vice President: Innovation and Technology.

Moses has a wealth of leadership experience and a proven track record of delivery, particularly in leading underground mining operations, and for achieving impressive safety performance across the operations within his portfolio.

Moses holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cape Town, an Executive Master of Business Administration from the University of Cape Town and has completed an Advanced Management Programme through Harvard Business School.

External Appointments:
Moses has recently served on the Board of the Minerals Council South Africa and Rand Refinery Limited.

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Nolitha Fakude

Chair of Anglo American’s Management Board in South Africa

Nolitha Fakude

Chair of Anglo American’s Management Board in South Africa

Member of:

Group Management Committee (GMC).
BA Hons, Chair of Anglo American South Africa since September 2019.

Nolitha Fakude is Chair of Anglo American’s South African Management Board. She has over 30 years of experience across a diverse range of industry sectors, including oil and gas, petrochemicals, financial services and retail.

Prior to this appointment, she was a non-executive director of the Anglo American plc Board. She also holds the position of a Non-Executive Director of the JSE Limited and serves on the Boards of Discovery Bank Holdings and International Woman’s Forum South Africa (IWFSA). She is a Patron of Guild Cottage home for girls.

Nolitha has held senior management positions in corporate affairs, strategy and human resources in the retail and financial sectors. She has also served on numerous Boards including Sasol, African Oxygen Limited (AFROX), and a Deputy Chair and Lead Independent Director of Datacentrix Holdings Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Harmony Gold and Woolworths Holdings among others. Fakude is a former President of the Black Management Forum (BMF).

Nolitha holds a Bachelor of Arts and an Honours degree in Psychology from the University of Fort Hare. She is the author of a book, titled Boardroom Dancing which is a memoir tracking her career journey and role as a corporate activist and inspirational businesswoman with a passion for leadership development especially for women and black people in the workplace.

Natascha Viljoen

Chief Executive Officer at Anglo American Platinum

Natascha Viljoen

Chief Executive Officer at Anglo American Platinum

Age:

27/04/1970

Member of:

BEng (extractive metallurgy), MBA

Member of the Anglo American plc group management committee. Prior to her current appointment, Natascha was group head of Processing for Anglo American, a position she had held since 2014. This followed six years at Lonmin, where she served on the executive committee as executive vice president of Processing, also with responsibility for several wider corporate functions including sustainability.

Prior to that, Natascha worked for BHP’s coal and chrome businesses in South Africa (including as general manager of BHP’s Klipspruit Colliery), the Modikwa joint venture between Anglo American Platinum and African Rainbow Minerals, and AngloGold. Natascha began her career in 1991 at Iscor as a trainee engineer.

Natascha serves on advisory boards of the chemical engineering faculties at the South African universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Queensland University’s JKMRC (Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre) in Australia. She has served as a non-executive director on the board of Kumba Iron Ore. Natascha is a metallurgical engineer and holds a Bachelor of Engineering from North-West University in South Africa and an Executive MBA from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Appointed CEO in April 2020.

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MPUMI ZIKALALA

CEO of Kumba Iron Ore

MPUMI ZIKALALA

CEO of Kumba Iron Ore

Mpumi was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Kumba Iron Ore Limited with effect from 1 January 2022 and joined the Kumba Board as an executive director. She will assume the role of Chairman of the operating entity, Sishen Iron Ore Company (Pty) Ltd.

Mpumi was a De Beers Group bursar and officially joined De Beers in 2001 as a process engineer. As part of her production journey, she worked on process improvement and plant design projects, she also worked in various leadership levels within production management. She was appointed General Manager at De Beers Kimberley Mines in 2007, becoming the first female General Manager in the De Beers Group. In 2010, she was appointed General Manager of De Beers Voorspoed mine and three and a half years later became Senior Vice-President of De Beers Sightholder Sales South Africa.

Mpumi was promoted to Deputy CEO of De Beers Consolidated Mines in November 2017, rising to the position of Managing Director, De Beers Group Managed Operations, in April 2019. Managed Operations includes De Beers Group's operations in South Africa and Canada.

Mpumi holds a BSc in chemical engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand and completed leadership development at the London Business School.

Mpumi previously served as a non-executive director of various companies including the Black Management Forum and Mintek. She was a winner of the 2018 Top 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining awards issued in Mayfield, London. She was a winner of the 2018 Top 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining awards issued in Mayfield, London.

Thembinkosi ‘Moses’ Madondo

MANAGING DIRECTOR, DE BEERS GROUP MANAGED OPERATIONS

Thembinkosi ‘Moses’ Madondo

MANAGING DIRECTOR, DE BEERS GROUP MANAGED OPERATIONS

Moses became Managing Director, De Beers Group Managed Operations, in January 2022. De Beers Group Managed Operations encompasses De Beers Group’s mining operations in Canada and South Africa.

A mechanical engineer by training, Moses has decades of experience in the mining industry. He started at AngloGold Ashanti in 1998 and has held various senior and executive roles during this time, spanning Engineering Manager, Process Manager, General Manager and Senior Vice President.

Before joining De Beers Group, he held the roles of Senior Vice President for AngloGold’s South African Operations, and subsequently AngloGold’s Senior Vice President: Innovation and Technology.

Moses has a wealth of leadership experience and a proven track record of delivery, particularly in leading underground mining operations, and for achieving impressive safety performance across the operations within his portfolio.

Moses holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cape Town, an Executive Master of Business Administration from the University of Cape Town and has completed an Advanced Management Programme through Harvard Business School.

External Appointments:
Moses has recently served on the Board of the Minerals Council South Africa and Rand Refinery Limited.

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