S Dakile-Hlongwane — Salukazi (67)

Former independent non-executive director and member of sustainability, risk and compliance committee

Director from 21 February 2012 until 6 March 2018

Qualifications:

BA (economics and statistics), MA (development economics)

Experience:

Salukazi is chairman of Nozala Investments, which she co-founded in 1996. Her career experience includes: five years as senior investment officer, Lesotho National Development Corporation; 12 years with African Development Bank (Abidjan/Côte d’Ivoire) as country programme officer and later principal corporation officer; senior manager, structured finance division/FirstCorp Merchant Bank and assistant general manager, BOE Specialised Finance. Salukazi is a non-executive director of some of Nozala’s investee companies including Basadi Ba Kopane Proprietary Limited, Woodlands Dairy Proprietary Limited, Tsebo Holdings Group Proprietary Limited, PPC Limited, Lanseria International Airport and Constantia Afripack. She is also a non-executive director of MultiChoice South Africa Holdings Limited. She is a trustee of Nozala Trust, Chancellor House Trust and the National Movement of Rural Women.

CJ Fauconnier — Con (71)

Former independent non-executive director; chairman of sustainability, risk and compliance committee, chairman of remuneration committee and member of audit, remuneration and nomination and social and ethics committees

Director from 1 November 2013 until 24 May 2018

Qualifications:

BSc (eng)(mining), BSc (hons)(eng), MSc (eng), DEng, MBA, DSc (honoris causa) (Free State), strategic leadership programme (Oxford), senior executive finance programme (Oxford), registered international professional engineer

Experience:

Between 1969 and 1974, Con worked for mining companies in the Anglo American group. For two years after that he was student and research assistant at the College of Business Administration, University of Oregon. From 1976 to 1995 he served in senior positions in Gencor Limited and JCI Limited. In 1995 Con joined Iscor Limited and was later promoted to managing director of Iscor Mining. In 2001, he became chief executive of Kumba Resources Limited and, in 2006, chief executive officer of Exxaro Resources Limited. He also served on the executive council of the Minerals Council of South Africa and was president from 2003 to 2005. He is a fellow of the South African Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, Institute of Directors of Southern Africa and South African Academy of Engineering. He has been an honorary professor in the department of mining engineering at the University of Pretoria and a fellow at the Gordon Institute of Business Science since 2007. He was an independent mining industry and management consultant from 2007 to 2010, and an independent nonexecutive director at Xstrata plc from 2010 until 2013.

D Konar — Len (65)

Former independent non-executive director, chairman of the board; former member of remuneration and nomination committee (chairs nomination matters)

Director from 28 November 2006 until 24 May 2018

Qualifications:

BCom, CA(SA), MAS, DCom, CRMA

Experience:

After completing his articles at Ernst & Young, Len began a 15-year career as an academic at the University of Durban-Westville. He then spent six years with the Independent Development Trust as head of investments and internal audit, prior to becoming a professional director of companies and consultant. Len was deputy chairman of Steinhoff International and a member of the boards of Lonmin plc and Sappi. He is a past member of the ad hoc ethics panel of the United Nations, safeguards panel of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, co-chairman of the risk implementation oversight panel of the World Bank, and past chairman and member of the external audit committee of the International Monetary Fund.

S Mayet — Saleh (63)

Former independent non-executive director

Director from 18 August 2015 until 24 May 2018

Qualifications:

BCom, BCompt (hons), CA(SA), advanced management programme

Experience:

Saleh is a financial professional with over 30 years’ experience. After completing his articles in 1982, he joined the finance division of Anglo American South Africa Limited (AASA) and, over the next 14 years, gained experience in all aspects of financial reporting with ultimate responsibility for a significant number of listed and unlisted subsidiaries in the AASA group. In 1993 he was transferred to the international planning department where he became involved in managing AASA’s offshore structures. Following Anglo American plc’s London listing in 1999, he fulfilled various roles in the finance division in Johannesburg and London and, in January 2008, was promoted to his current position as head of finance — AASA. He has extensive experience on a range of corporate activities and currently serves on the boards of AASA and its strategic subsidiaries and trusts. He is also a member of senior management committees tasked with strategy, driving value initiatives and engaging with key stakeholders. Saleh is a non-executive director of Motus Holdings Limited where he chairs the audit and risk committee.

MF Randera — Fazel (70)

Former non-executive director; chairman of social and ethics committee

Director from 13 June 2012 until 6 March 2018

Qualifications:

MRCS, LRCP, DRCOG

Experience:

Globally, Fazel has served as board and council member of the World Medical Association (1997 to 2000), participated in the World Health Organisation international inquiry into the tobacco industry (1998 to 1999) and chaired the global initiative on HIV/Aids reporting (2004). In South Africa, he sat on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1995 to 1998), founded the Ethics Institute and served as chairman (1997 to 2000), and served on the Human Rights Commission (1997 to 1999). Working in hospitals and facilities in the UK and South Africa, he specialised in a range of medical disciplines, including occupational health and HIV/Aids. Fazel chaired the Private Healthcare Forum (2004 to 2007) and was a member of the South African Centre for Survivors of Torture (2006 to 2011). He was inspector general for South Africa’s intelligence services (1999 to 2001) and served on several ministerial advisory bodies. He was the health adviser at the Minerals Council and is chairman of NEHAWU Investment Holdings and MediTech South Africa.

SE van Loggerenberg (42)

Group company secretary and legal

Qualifications:

BLC, LLB (Pretoria) Eur Int (cum laude), LLM (Eur) (European Institute, University of Saarland), certificate in compliance risk management (Johannesburg), certificate in mining law (Witwatersrand), advanced certificate in corporate and securities law (Unisa). Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries, member of the International Institute of Risk Management

Experience:

Saret joined KPMG in 2002, advising clients on the legal aspects of information security, privacy and data protection. As senior manager of the regulatory and compliance services team, she advised clients on compliance programmes and reviews as part of internal and external audit. She joined Exxaro in 2008 as assistant company secretary, becoming manager: risk and compliance in 2012.

D Zihlangu — Rain (51)

Former independent non-executive director; member of sustainability, risk and compliance committee

Director from 28 November 2006 until 6 March 2018

Qualifications:

BSc (eng)(mining), management development programme, MBA

Experience:

Rain is CEO of Eyabantu Capital Consortium. Between 1989 and 1994, he was a stoper/developer and shift boss at Vaal Reefs Gold Mining Company. From 1995 to 2002, he was a shift boss, mine overseer, operations manager and mine manager at Impala Platinum Limited. Rain was CEO of Alexkor Limited from 2002 until 2005. From 2006 to 2012, he was an independent non-executive director of the South African National Oil and Gas Company (PetroSA) and served on its business performance monitoring committee. He also serves on the board of Sentula Mining.

V Balgobind — Vanisha (45)

Executive head: human resources

Qualifications:

BA (hons)(ind psych), MA (ind psych), management development programme

Experience:

Vanisha is a registered industrial psychologist with 20 years’ experience in the mining industry. She joined Iscor Mining in 1997 as an HR graduate trainee. She was then employed at Kumba Resources as an HR business partner and worked in the talent management area between 1998 and 2006. At Exxaro, she managed the talent management and staffing centre of expertise, was manager for corporate projects and HR optimisation, and group manager for talent and learning. She chairs the Exxaro women in mining committee and serves on other Exxaro subsidiary companies. Her passion lies in education and women empowerment, as well as finding integration between work and quality family time.

AW Diedericks — Wim (51)

Executive head: strategy and business development

Qualifications:

BEng (mining), executive development programme

Experience:

Wim started his career as an Iscor bursar from 1986 to 1990 and was appointed an engineer-in-training at Thabazimbi Mine in 1992. He was also employed at Durnacol (Iscor), Tshikondeni (Iscor), Sishen (Iscor), Rosh Pinah (Iscor), Kumba Resources head office and Thabazimbi (Kumba Resources). Since Exxaro’s formation, he has held senior positions at KZN Sands, Grootegeluk, Mpumalanga Coal Commercial region and corporate office.

JG Meyer — Johan (47)

Executive head: projects and technology

Qualifications:

BEng (metallurgy), MBA, advanced management programme

Experience:

Johan started his career in production management at Iscor Pretoria Steel Works. He has worked at KZN Sands, research and development in Kumba Resources, Mineral Sands, Zincor and Exxaro corporate office. His current role is focused on delivering the coal growth projects and developing integrated resource and reserve life-of-mine plans.

MI Mthenjane — Mzila (48)

Executive head: stakeholder affairs

Qualifications:

BSc (eng)(mining), senior management development programme (GIMT), executive development programme (EDP) — AMP (INSEAD)

Experience:

Mzila is a mining engineer with more than 25 years’ combined experience in mining, investment banking and sustainability. This includes seven years in precious metals industry in deep-level gold mining at AngloGold Ashanti and Gold Fields Limited in senior mine production management and corporate development roles; and six years in the platinum industry as senior investment manager and executive: business sustainability at Royal Bafokeng Holdings and Royal Bafokeng Platinum, respectively. His tenure in investment banking included four years at RMB and two years at Deutsche Bank in various roles, including corporate and project finance. Mzila has been with Exxaro in his current role, leading our stakeholder management and communication portfolio since May 2013.

N Tsengwa — Nombasa (52)

Executive head: coal

Qualifications:

PhD (agronomy), executive development programme

Experience:

Nombasa has over 15 years of executive management and board experience in the public and private sector. In 2003 she joined Kumba Resources as general manager safety, health and environment. In 2007, she became executive general manager safety and sustainable development. In 2010, she became directly involved in managing coal operations, as general manager of captive mines, and general manager of Mpumalanga operations. In 2015, she was appointed acting executive head of coal operations, and confirmed in that role in July 2016.

M Veti — Mongezi (52)

Executive head: sustainability

Qualifications:

National higher diploma in metalliferous mining and coal mining, MBL, advanced management programme, mine overseer’s certificate and mine manager’s certificate of competency for fiery mines

Experience:

In the early 1980s, Mongezi worked for AngloGold at Western Deep Levels and joined Sasol Mining in 1994. In 2002, he became mine manager at Arnot, and was appointed general manager for area 2 in Exxaro soon after the merger, before assuming his current role in 2010. In 2015, he was appointed executive head sustainability.