People: Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd (HMY)


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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Patrice Motsepe

 51 2004 Non-Executive Non-Independent Chairman of the Board

Graham Briggs

 59 2008 Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director

Modise Motloba

 46 2012 Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the Board

Frank Abbott

 57 2012 Financial Director, Executive Director

Johannes van Heerden

 40 2008 Chief Executive Officer, South East Asia

Harry Mashego

 48 2010 Executive Director

Jaco Boshoff

 43 2012 Executive - Mineral Resources Development and Growth; Acting Chief Operating Officer for Evander

Anton Buthelezi

 48 2011 Executive - Human Resources

Matthews Dikane

 46 2010 Executive - Legal, Governance and Ethics

Melanie Naidoo-Vermaak

 2009 Executive - Environment

Alwyn Pretorius

 41 2011 Executive - Safety and Health

Tom Smith

 2012 Chief Operating Officer, South Africa Operations

Marian van der Walt

 39 2008 Executive - Corporate and Investor Relations

Abre van Vuuren

 52 2012 Executive - Risk Management and Services Improvement

Riana Bisschoff

 2012 Group Company Secretary

Fikile de Buck

 51 2012 Non-Executive Lead Independent Director

Karabo Nondumo

 34 2013 Director

Andre Wilkens

 63 2007 Non-Executive Non-Independent Director

Joaquim Chissano

 72 2005 Non-Executive Independent Director

Kenneth Dicks

 73 2008 Non-Executive Independent Director

D. Simo Lushaba

 46 2002 Non-Executive Independent Director

Cathie Markus

 55 2007 Non-Executive Independent Director

Mavuso Msimang

 70 2011 Non-Executive Independent Director

Vishnu Pillay

 55 2013 Independent Non-Executive Director

John Wetton

 63 2011 Non-Executive Independent Director

Henrika Basterfield

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Name Description

Patrice Motsepe

 Mr. Patrice T. Motsepe is Non-Executive Non-Independent Chairman of the Board of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited. Appointed to the board in 2003, Patrice became non-executive chairman during 2004. He was a partner in one of the law firms in South Africa, Bowman Gilfillan Inc. He was a visiting attorney in the USA with the law firm, McGuire Woods Battle and Boothe. In 1994 he founded Future Mining, which grew rapidly to become a contract mining company. He then formed ARMgold in 1997, which listed on the JSE in 2002. ARMgold merged with Harmony in 2003 and this ultimately led to the takeover of Anglovaal Mining (Avmin). In 2002 he was voted South Africa’s Business Leader of the Year by the CEOs of the top 100 companies in South Africa. In the same year, he was the winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. He is also the executive chairman of ARM Limited and the deputy chairman of Sanlam. Patrice serves on the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum. His various business responsibilities included being president of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) from January 2004 to May 2008 – BUSA is the representative voice of organised business in South Africa. He is also president of Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club.

Graham Briggs

 Mr. Graham P. Briggs is Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited. Graham was appointed chief executive officer in January 2008, after his appointment to the board in 2007. Having joined Harmony as new business manager in 1995, Graham’s previous positions include that of chief executive of Harmony Australia. A geologist by training, Graham has more than 37 years’ experience in the field and in an operational capacity at a number of South African gold mines. Graham serves as a director on Harmony’s subsidiary companies.

Modise Motloba

 Mr. Modise J. Motloba is Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the Board of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, since August 13, 2012. Modise joined the board in 2004. Currently chief executive officer of Quartile Capital (Proprietary) Limited, Modise is also a director of the Land Bank and Land Bank Insurance (chairman). His 19 years’ experience in investment banking, treasury and fund management includes appointments at Rand Merchant Bank, African Merchant Bank, African Harvest Fund Managers and Goldman Sachs. Modise is a former president of the Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals (ABSIP) where he was instrumental in formulating and negotiating the historic financial services charter in 2003.

Frank Abbott

 Mr. Frank Abbott is Financial Director, Executive Director of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, since February 7, 2012. Frank joined the Harmony board as non-executive director in 1994, and was appointed financial director in 1997. In 2004 Frank was appointed financial director of ARM, while remaining on the Harmony board as non-executive director. In August 2007, Frank was seconded to Harmony as interim financial director, a position he held until handing over to Hannes Meyer in 2009. He was appointed executive director of Harmony in November 2011 and has been serving as financial director on the board of Harmony since February 2012.

Johannes van Heerden

 Mr. Johannes van Heerden is Chief Executive Officer, South East Asia of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, since January 2008. He is responsible for Harmony’s Papua New Guinea assets which comprise an exploration portfolio in addition to the Morobe Mining Joint Ventures’ assets. In this role he serves as rotating chairman on the Morobe Mining Joint Ventures (MMJV) committee which provides oversight and direction to the MMJV assets consisting of the Hidden Valley mine, Wafi-Golpu project and Morobe exploration, held in 50/50 partnership with Newcrest Mining Limited. He joined Harmony in July 1998 as financial manager of the Free State operations with operational and group reporting responsibility for the region. He was appointed group financial manager in 2001, before being relocated to Harmony South-east Asia as chief financial officer in 2003, responsible for Harmony’s Australian and Papua New Guinean portfolio. In this capacity, he served as non-executive director of Abelle Limited, the ASX-listed Australian company that held the PNG assets before Harmony’s takeover. He was appointed to the Harmony executive committee in 2005.

Harry Mashego

 Mr. Harry Ephraim Mashego is Executive Director of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, since February 24, 2010. Mashego joined Harmony in July 2005 as group human resources development manager. Mashego, who has more than 21 years’ experience in human resources, began his career as human resources manager at Eskom. He progressed in the field at JCI, Atlantis Diesel Engines and Foskor Limited. He was promoted to general manager at Harmony’s Evander operations in 2005 and appointed executive: human resources in 2007. Mashego was appointed executive director: organisational development and transformation in 2010. He accepted his new role as executive director: government relations in August 2011.

Jaco Boshoff

 Mr. Jaco Boshoff is Executive - Mineral Resources Development and Growth and Acting Chief Operating Officer for Evander of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited. Jaco joined Harmony in April 1996. He has served as the executive: reserves and resources and competent person since 2004. In 2010, projects and new business were added to his portfolio and he was the acting chief operating officer for Harmony’s North region during FY12. From 1998 to 2004 he was an ore reserve manager at various Harmony operations and before that a geologist at Harmony and Gengold mines. Jaco is registered as a professional geological scientist with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions and is a member of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Anton Buthelezi

 Mr. Anton Buthelezi is Executive - Human Resources of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, since October 1, 2011. Anton rejoined Harmony in 2005 as human resources manager at Evander. He has over 23 years’ experience in human resources management in the mining industry. Previous positions include senior HR officer at Anglogold Ashanti, and mid and senior managerial positions in the same field at ARMgold, Samancor Chrome and Harmony. He has a proven track record in the full spectrum of HR functions as a generalist. Anton joined the executive committee in October 2011. National diploma (Human Resources Management), BTech (Labour Relations Management), Advanced Diploma in Labour Law

Matthews Dikane

 Mr. Matthews Pheello Dikane is Executive - Legal, Governance and Ethics of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited. Pheello joined Harmony in 2009. He has 21 years’ experience in the mining industry, working his way up from learner official to production mine overseer at AngloGold Ashanti Limited. During this time, he studied for his law degree and served his articles at Perrott Van Niekerk Woodhouse Incorporated. He returned to AngloGold Ashanti’s corporate office as a legal counsel, later joining Brink Cohen Le Roux as a senior associate where he became a director. LLB, LLM (Labour Law), Postgraduate Diploma in Management Practice, Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Law.

Melanie Naidoo-Vermaak

 Ms. Melanie Naidoo-Vermaak is Executive - Environment of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited. Melanie joined Harmony in 2009. She is an experienced sustainable development specialist who has worked for both the private sector in the mining industry, and the public sector in the Departments of Water Affairs and Forestry and Minerals and Energy. She has spent more than 13 years in this discipline and has international environmental management exposure gained in the UK, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Africa. She has held various positions at some of the world’s mining companies, including BHP Billiton, Anglo American plc and De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited.

Alwyn Pretorius

 Mr. Alwyn Pretorius is Executive - Safety and Health of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited. Alwyn joined Harmony on its merger with ARMgold in 2003. He began his career at Vaal Reefs as a mining graduate in training in 1993 and was appointed shift boss in 1995, gaining experience in remnant mining. Alwyn obtained his BSc in industrial engineering in 1998 and joined ARMgold in 1999 at its Orkney operations, becoming mine manager in 2003. Alwyn was appointed executive, South African operations at Harmony in March 2007, and then as chief operating officer: North region. He was appointed to his current position in August 2011.

Tom Smith

 Mr. Tom Smith is Chief Operating Officer, South Africa Operations of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited. Tom joined Harmony in 2002. He began his career in the industry in 1975 as a sampler at Vaal Reefs mine, becoming chief surveyor in 1988. He changed his career to mining in 1991, working as a section manager on the Great Noligwa, Elandsrand and Mponeng mines. He was also involved in projects at Tau Lekoa and Moab Khotsong, acquiring experience in conventional, trackless, pillar and deep-level mining. He was promoted to production manager at AngloGold’s Mponeng in 1998. Tom was appointed general manager of Tshepong in 2000. Following the merger with ARMgold, he was involved in restructuring the Free State operations. He joined the executive team in September 2007.

Marian van der Walt

 Ms. Marian P. van der Walt is Executive - Corporate and Investor Relations of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited. Marian was appointed company secretary in 2003 and joined Harmony’s executive committee in 2005 as executive: legal and compliance. This included taking responsibility for company secretarial, risk management, internal audit and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. In 2008, she resigned as company secretary, enabling her to accept her current position as executive: corporate and investor relations. Staff engagement was added to her portfolio in February 2012. Marian began her career as attorney and conveyancer in 1998 and held positions at Routledge Modise Attorneys, Deloitte and Touche and the Standard Bank of South Africa Limited prior to joining Harmony. BCom (Law), LLB, Higher Diploma in Tax, Diploma in Corporate Governance, Diploma in Insolvency Law, Certificates in Business Leadership.

Abre van Vuuren

 Mr. Abre van Vuuren is Executive - Risk Management and Services Improvement of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited. Abré was appointed human resources manager at Grootvlei Gold Mining Company when Harmony acquired the operation in 1997.He joined Harmony’s executive committee in 2000, responsible for industrial relations. Since then he has held various positions in services and human resources until accepting his current position as executive: risk management and services improvement. Abré started his career in the mining industry in 1982, holding positions in finance and mainly human resources, on various gold mines and collieries in the Rand Mines Group.

Riana Bisschoff

 Ms. Riana Bisschoff has been appointed as Group Company Secretary of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, since 1 March 2012. Bisschoff completed her LLB as well as a Masters Degree (LLM) in Commercial Law at the Potchefstroom campus (formerly known as University of Potchefstroom). She further completed her articles in 2003 at Couzyn, Hertzog and Horak Attorneys in Pretoria and was admitted as an attorney, notary and conveyancer. In 2004 she started her own firm, Bisschoff Attorneys, in association with Van der Merwe and Associates in Pretoria. She ventured into the commercial arena in 2005 where she served as company secretary and legal advisor before joining iThemba Governance and Statutory Solutions (Pty) Ltd ("iThemba") in 2010. During her time at iThemba, Bisschoff attended to the company secretarial duties of various listed and unlisted entities.

Fikile de Buck

 Ms. Fikile Tebogo de Buck is Non-Executive Lead Independent Director of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited. Fikile joined the board in March 2006. A chartered certified accountant, she is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) (UK) and a member. From 2000 to 2008, Fikile worked in various capacities at the Council for Medical Schemes in South Africa, including as chief financial officer and chief operations officer. Prior to that, she was treasurer at the Botswana Development Corporation. Fikile is a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Anooraq Resources Corporation. In August 2010, Fikile was appointed lead independent non-executive director and chairman of the nomination committee.

Karabo Nondumo

 Ms. Karabo Tshailane Nondumo has been appointed as Director of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited., effective May 3, 2013. Karabo is a qualified Chartered Accountant. She joined Shanduka Group in 2004 where she held various positions, including Investment Principal of Shanduka Resources and serving on various boards on behalf of Shanduka. She was the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of AWCA Investment Holdings Limited. She is a former Head of Division: Mergers and Acquisitions at Vodacom Group Ltd and is currently the Head of Division: Enterprise Business Unit at Vodacom South Africa.

Andre Wilkens

 Mr. Andre J. Wilkens is Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, since August 6, 2007. He was appointed to the board of ARM in 2004 and was chief executive officer of ARM until March 2012. He is currently executive director growth and strategic development (based in the office of the ARM executive chairman). He headed ARMgold for five years and ARM Platinum for a year before being appointed chief operating officer of Harmony after its merger with ARMgold in 2003. André has over 43 years’ experience in the mining industry, particularly gold, platinum group metals, iron ore, manganese, coal, chrome, nickel and copper.

Joaquim Chissano

 Mr. Joaquim A. Chissano, Ph.D., is Non-Executive Independent Director of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited., since April 20, 2005. Former president of Mozambique (1986 to 2004), Joaquim also served as chairman of the African Union for 2003/2004. On leaving the presidency, he established the Joaquim Chissano Foundation for Peace Development and Culture, and has led various international peace initiatives on behalf of the United Nations, African Union and Southern African Development Community to Guinea-Bissau, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Madagascar. In 2006 he was awarded the annual Chatham House prize for contributions to improving international relations and received the inaugural Mo Ibrahim prize for Achievement in African Leadership in 2007. He is a non-executive director of ARM Limited and TEAL. Joaquim was appointed to the Global Development Programme Advisory Panel of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in December 2009.

Kenneth Dicks

 Mr. Kenneth Victor Dicks is Non-Executive Independent Director Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, since February 13, 2008. Ken joined the Harmony board in 2008. He is a mining engineer with 39 years’ experience in the South African mining industry. He spent 37 years working in the Anglo American Corporation’s gold and uranium division where he held several senior positions. He presently serves as an independent non-executive director on the boards of Bauba Platinum and Witwatersrand Consolidated Gold Resources Limited.

D. Simo Lushaba

 Dr. D. Simo Lushaba is Non-Executive Independent Director of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, since October 18, 2002. Simo joined the Harmony board in October 2002. An entrepreneur and executive business coach, he previously held senior management positions at Spoornet and Lonmin plc and was chief executive of Rand Water. Simo is a member of the boards of Cashbuild Limited, Talent Africa, GVSC and the Nepad Business Foundation (SA).

Cathie Markus

 Ms. Cathie E. Markus is Non-Executive Independent Director of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, since May 31, 2007. She spent 16 years at Impala Platinum Holdings Limited, initially as legal adviser and from 1998 to 2007, as executive director responsible for legal, investor and community affairs. After graduating from the University of the Witwatersrand, Cathie served articles at Bell Dewar & Hall. On qualifying as an attorney, notary and conveyancer, she joined the legal department of Dorbyl Limited. She is currently a trustee of the Impala Bafokeng Trust and chairs the St Mary’s School Waverley Foundation.

Mavuso Msimang

 Mr. Mavuso Msimang is Non-Executive Independent Director of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, since March 26, 2011. He has 27 years’ experience in management at executive level. He was involved in the transformation and restructuring of various state-owned entities over a period of 16 years until 2010. Mavuso was directorgeneral of the South African Department of Home Affairs and previously served successively as CEO of the State Information Technology Agency, South African National Parks and SA Tourism. He was country representative of international development organisations World University Service/ Canada and CARE-International in Ethiopia and Kenya, respectively. He also held senior management positions with UNICEF and the World Food Programme. He currently consults in the conservation and tourism sectors.

Vishnu Pillay

 Mr. Vishnu P. Pillay has been appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited., effective May 8, 2013. Vishnu joined Anglo American Platinum Limited (AAPL) in January 2011 as Executive Head: Joint Ventures. Before joining AAPL, he was Executive Vice President, South Africa Region of Gold Fields, prior to which he was Vice President and Head of Operations at Driefontein Gold Mine. Vishnu's 25 year career at Gold Fields was interrupted by a brief period with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research ("CSIR") where he was Director of Mining Technology and Group Executive for Institutional Planning and Operations. Vishnu is currently the Executive Head: Anglo American Platinum Joint Venture Operations (South Africa).

John Wetton

 Mr. John Wetton is Non-Executive Independent Director of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, since July 1, 2011. He was with Ernst & Young from 1967 to June 2010. Corporate audit was his main focus, but for the last 11 years he played a business development role across Africa. John led Ernst & Young’s mining group for a number of years and continued to act as senior partner for some of the firm’s mining and construction clients. John was a member of Ernst & Young’s executive management committee and was, until retirement, a member of the Ernst & Young Africa governance board.

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