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Our Board
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(as at 20 May 2009)
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| Executive Directors | |
| | | MR M CUTIFANI (50)
BE (Min. Eng)
Chief Executive Officer
Mark Cutifani was appointed to the board of AngloGold Ashanti on 17 September 2007 and to the position of Chief Executive Officer following the retirement of Bobby Godsell effective 1 October 2007. Prior to joining AngloGold Ashanti, Mark held the position of Chief Operating Officer at CVRD Inco where he was responsible for Inco’s global nickel business. He has been involved in the mining industry since 1976, with considerable experience in gold mining. | | | | | | MR S VENKATAKRISHNAN (VENKAT) (43)
BCom, ACA (ICAI)
Chief Financial Officer
Venkat was the finance director of Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited from 2000 until the merger with AngloGold in 2004. Prior to joining Ashanti, Venkat was a director in the Reorganisation Services Division of Deloitte & Touche in London. He was appointed to the board in August 2005. | | | | | | | Non-Executive Directors | |
| | | MR R P EDEY (66)
FCA
Chairman and independent non-executive director
Russell Edey was appointed to the board in April 1998 and as deputy chairman in December 2000 and as chairman in May 2002. Based in the United Kingdom, he is a non-executive director of Old Mutual plc, a member of the Counsell de Surveillance of Paris Orleans SA and a non-executive director of a number of companies within the NM Rothschild group. | | | | | | DR T J MOTLATSI (57)
Hon DSoc Sc (Lesotho)
Deputy Chairman and independent non-executive director
James Motlatsi was appointed to the AngloGold board in April 1998 and as deputy chairman in May 2002. He has been associated with the South African mining industry since 1970 and is a past president of the National Union of Mineworkers. He is chief executive officer of TEBA Limited. | | | | | | MR F B ARISMAN (64)
MSc (Finance)
Independent non-executive director
Frank Arisman was appointed to the AngloGold board in April 1998. He resides in New York and retired, after 32 years of service, from JP Morgan Chase, where he held the position of managing director. | | | | | | PROF L W NKUHLU (64)
BCom, CA (SA), MBA
Independent non-executive director
Wiseman Nkuhlu was appointed to the board on 4 August 2006 and as chairman of the audit and corporate governance committee on 5 May 2007, having served as deputy chairman from 4 August 2006. He resigned from the board effective 5 May 2009 but was re-appointed to the board and as chairman of the audit and corporate governance committee on 1 June 2009. Prof. Nkuhlu is a past president of the South African Institute of chartered Accountants and is currently the chairman of Pan African-Capital Holdings (Pty) Limited and Kagiso Trust and a member of a number of boards. He was elected president of the Geneva-based International Organisation of Employers (IOE) in May 2008 for a period of two years and is a member of the Financial Crisis Advisory Group of the IASB and FASB. | | | | | | MR W A NAIRN (64)
BSc (Mining Engineering)
Independent non-executive director
Bill Nairn has been a member of the board since January 2000. He was re-appointed to the board in May 2001, having previously been alternate director to Tony Trahar. He was group technical director of Anglo American plc, prior to his retirement in 2004. | | | | | | MR SM PITYANA (49)
BA (Hons) (Essex), MSc (London)
Independent non-executive director
Sipho Pityana was appointed to the AngloGold Ashanti board with effect from 13 February 2007. He is the executive chairman of Izingwe Holdings (Proprietary) Limited and has occupied strategic roles in both the public and private sectors, including the positions of director general of the national departments of Labour and Foreign Affairs. He was formerly a senior executive of Nedbank and is currently a non-executive director of several companies. | | | | | |
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