AngloGold Ashanti plc Announces Appointment of Non-Executive Directors
July 17 2024 - 6:43AM
Business Wire
AngloGold Ashanti plc (“the Company”, “AGA” or
“AngloGold Ashanti”) is pleased to announce that Bruce
Cleaver and Nicky Newton-King have been appointed independent
non-executive directors of the Company with effect from 22 July
2024. Mr Cleaver will serve as a member of the Audit and Risk
Committee and the Social, Ethics and Sustainability Committee and
Ms Newton-King will serve as a member of the Compensation and Human
Resources Committee and the Social, Ethics and Sustainability
Committee.
Mr Cleaver was CEO of global diamond company De Beers Group from
2016 to early 2023 before becoming Co-Chair until the end of 2023.
He joined De Beers in 2005 as General Counsel and held various
executive roles spanning business development and strategy before
becoming CEO in 2016. Prior to this he was a Partner at Webber
Wentzel, a leading South African law firm. He brings extensive
commercial and mining experience to the Board.
Mr Cleaver became Chair and a non-executive director of the
UK-based gemstone company Gemfields Group Ltd from 1 July 2024,
which is listed on the JSE and AIM.
Ms Newton-King was CEO of the JSE until 2019. She joined the JSE
in 1996 and held various executive roles before becoming CEO in
2012. Ms Newton-King is a corporate finance and securities
regulation lawyer and brings extensive legal, business, regulatory
and capital markets experience to the Board, as well as knowledge
of sustainability matters. She was responsible for repositioning
the JSE as a modern securities exchange and her initiatives there
included the implementation of the JSE’s Socially Responsible
Investment Index, the first index of its type globally.
Ms Newton King is a non-executive director at MTN Group,
Africa’s largest mobile network operator with operations across the
continent, and a non-executive director at the international
banking and wealth management group Investec. She is also the Chair
of the Council of Stellenbosch University and a trustee of the
Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre.
Commenting on the appointment, AngloGold Ashanti Chairperson
Jochen Tilk said: “We are very pleased to welcome Nicky and Bruce
to the Board of AngloGold Ashanti. Their appointments bring to the
Board extensive executive and leadership experience, coupled with
wide-ranging expertise that includes capital markets, strategy and
commercial insights across developed and developing markets. Their
perspectives will be invaluable as we continue to create value for
our shareholders.”
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