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Directors and executive management
 
Executive directors
R M Godsell (51)
BA, MA
Chief Executive Officer
Bobby Godsell was appointed to the AngloGold board as chief executive officer in April 1998 and as chairman in December 2000. He relinquished his role as chairman of AngloGold in May 2002. He has in excess of 30 years of service with companies associated with the mining industry, and has served as a non-executive director of Anglo American plc since March 1999. He is also a past chairman of the World Gold Council.
 
J G Best (55)
ACIS, ACIMA, MBA
Executive Director: Finance
Jonathan Best was appointed finance director of AngloGold in April 1998. He has had 35 years of service with companies associated with the mining industry.
 
D L Hodgson (56)
BSc (Mining Engineering), BSc (Civil Engineering), BCom, AMP (Harvard)
Chief Operating Officer
Dave Hodgson was appointed to the AngloGold board in November 2001 as chief operating officer. He was previously executive officer responsible for AngloGold’s South Africa region. He has more than 30 years of mining experience.
 
K H Williams (55)
BA (Hons)
Executive Director: Marketing
Kelvin Williams was appointed marketing director of AngloGold in April 1998. He has 28 years of service in the gold mining industry. He is chairman of Rand Refinery and a director of the World Gold Council.
 
Non-executive directors
R P Edey (61)
FCA
Chairman
Russell Edey was appointed to the AngloGold board in April 1998 and as deputy chairman in December 2000. In May 2002 he was appointed chairman when Bobby Godsell relinquished this office. Based in the United Kingdom, he is deputy chairman of N M Rothschild Corporate Finance and a director of a number of other companies.
 
Dr T J Motlatsi (52)
Hon D Soc Sc (Lesotho)
Deputy Chairman
James Motlatsi was appointed to the AngloGold board in April 1998 and as deputy chairman in May 2002 upon Russell Edey being appointed chairman. He has been associated with the South African mining industry since 1970, and is a past president of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). He is also chief executive officer of TEBA Limited.
 
F B Arisman (59)
MSc (Finance)
Frank Arisman was appointed to the AngloGold board in April 1998. He resides in New York and recently retired, after 32 years of service, from J P Morgan Chase, where he held the position of managing director.
 
Mrs E Le R Bradley (65)
BSc, MSc
Elisabeth Bradley was appointed to the AngloGold board in April 1998. She is non-executive chairman of Wesco Investments Limited, Metair Investments Limited and Toyota South Africa (Proprietary) Limited and a director of a number of other companies. She is also deputy chairman of the South African Institute of International Affairs.
 
C B Brayshaw (68)
CA(SA), FCA
Colin Brayshaw was appointed to the AngloGold board in April 1998. He is a retired managing partner and chairman of Deloitte & Touche and is a non-executive director of a number of other companies including Anglo Platinum Corporation, Datatec Ltd and Johnnic Holdings Ltd.
 
A W Lea (55)
BA (Hons)
Tony Lea was appointed to the AngloGold board in July 2001. He is finance director of Anglo American plc.
 
W A Nairn (59)
BSc (Mining Engineering)
Bill Nairn has been a member of the AngloGold board since January 2000. He was re-appointed to the board in May 2001, having previously been alternate director to Tony Trahar. He is group technical director of Anglo American plc.
 
J Ogilvie Thompson (70)
MA
Julian Ogilvie Thompson was appointed to the AngloGold board in April 1998. He resigned as executive chairman of Anglo American plc in November 2002 and is a nonexecutive director of both Anglo American Corporation (a wholly-owned South African subsidiary of Anglo American plc) and De Beers Consolidated Mines and a director of a number of other companies.
 
N F Oppenheimer (58)
MA
Nicky Oppenheimer was appointed to the AngloGold board in April 1998 and is a former non-executive chairman of the company. He is chairman of De Beers Consolidated Mines, a non-executive director of Anglo American plc and a director of a number of other companies.
 
A J Trahar (54)
BCom, CA(SA)
Tony Trahar was appointed to the AngloGold board in October 2000. He is chief executive officer of Anglo American plc.
 
Alternate directors
D D Barber (51)
FCA, AMP (Harvard)
David Barber was appointed alternate director to Julian Ogilvie Thompson in April 2002. He is finance director of Anglo American Corporation.
 
A H Calver (56)
BSc (Hons) Engineering, MDP (UNISA), PMD (Harvard)
Harry Calver was appointed alternate director to Bill Nairn in May 2001. He is head of engineering Anglo American plc.
 
P G Whitcutt (38)
BCom(Hons), CA(SA), MBA
Peter Whitcutt was appointed alternate director to Tony Lea in October 2001. He is Head of Finance at Anglo American plc.
 
Members of the executive committee
R M Godsell (51)
Chief executive officer
 
J G Best (55)
Executive Director: Finance
 
D L Hodgson (56)
Chief operating officer
 
K H Williams (55)
Executive Director: Marketing
 
Executive officers
R Carvalho Silva (52)
BAcc, BCorp Admin
South America region
Roberto Carvalho Silva joined the Anglo American group in Brazil in 1973 and was appointed president and chief executive officer of AngloGold South America in January 1999. He became an executive officer of AngloGold in February 2000.
 
R N Duffy (40)
BCom, MBA
Business planning
Richard Duffy joined Anglo American Corporation 17 years ago. He became an executive officer of AngloGold in 1998 and was given the business planning portfolio in November 2000.
 
S J Lenahan (48)
BSoc Sc, MSc
Corporate affairs
Steve Lenahan has been working in the mining industry since 1978 when he started his career at De Beers. He was appointed investor relations executive in 1998 and assumed responsibility for corporate affairs in early 2001.
 
N F Nicolau (44)
B-Tech (Min.Eng), MBA
South Africa region
Neville Nicolau became the executive officer responsible for AngloGold’s South Africa region in November 2001. He has 25 years of mining experience.
 
N W Unwin (51)
BA
Human resources and information technology
Nigel Unwin has had many years of experience in the field of human resources. He has been an executive officer since 1999. He relinquished his executive officer responsibilities for AngloGold’s Australia region during 2002.
 
Managing secretary
Ms Y Z Simelane (38)
BA LLB, FILPA, MAP
Yedwa Simelane joined AngloGold in November 2000 from the Mineworkers’ Provident Fund where she was the senior manager of the Fund.
 
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