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Our executive team
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(as at 23 June 2011)
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| | MR M CUTIFANI (52)
BE (Min. Eng)
Chief Executive Officer
Mark Cutifani was appointed to the board of AngloGold Ashanti on 17 September 2007 and as Chief Executive Officer on 1 October 2007. He is chairman of the Executive Committee and a member of the Transformation and Human Resources Development, Safety, Health and Sustainable Development, Risk and Information Integrity and Investment committees. Mark has considerable experience in gold mining, having been associated with the industry since 1976. Prior to joining AngloGold Ashanti, he held the position of chief operating officer at CVRD Inco, a Toronto-based company, where he was responsible for Inco's global nickel business. | | | | | | MR S VENKATAKRISHNAN (VENKAT) (45)
BCom, ACA (ICAI)
Chief Financial Officer
Venkat joined AngloGold Ashanti on 1 July 2004 from Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited (Ashanti) where he was Chief Financial Officer until that company's merger with AngloGold Limited in May 2004. He was appointed to the board on 1 August 2005, is a member of the Executive, Risk and Information Integrity and Investment committees and is invited to attend meetings of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee. Venkat has extensive financial experience, having been a director in the reorganisation services division of Deloitte & Touche in London prior to joining Ashanti in 2000. | | | | | | MS I BONINELLI (55)
M (Psychology), Post Graduate Diploma in Labour Relations
Executive Vice President – People and Organisational Development
Italia Boninelli joined AngloGold Ashanti on 15 October 2010 as Senior Vice President: HR Strategy and Change Management and was appointed to the executive committee on 1 December 2011 where she is responsible for the company’s people strategy, transformation and change management initiatives. Italia has more than 25 years’ experience in Human Resources, Marketing Communications, Customer Relationship Management and Business Transformation, in a variety of industries including mining, manufacturing, healthcare and banking. She is a registered industrial psychologist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa, holds a Masters degree in Psychology and a post-graduate diploma in labour relations. | | | | | | DR CE CARTER (49)
BA (Hons), DPhil, EDP
Executive Vice President – Business Strategy
Charles Carter has worked in the mining industry in South Africa and the United States since 1991, in a range of corporate roles with Anglo American Corporation, RFC Corporate Finance and AngloGold Ashanti. He was appointed Executive Vice President – Business Strategy in December 2007 and is currently responsible for corporate strategy and business planning, risk management, investor relations and Project ONE implementation. | | | | | | MR RN DUFFY (48)
BCom, MBA
Executive Vice President – Continental Africa
Richard Duffy joined Anglo American in 1987 and in 1998 was appointed executive officer and managing secretary of AngloGold. In November 2000, he was appointed head of business planning and in 2004 assumed responsibility for all new business opportunities globally. In April 2005, this role was expanded to include greenfields exploration. He was appointed to the Executive Committee in August 2005. Richard was appointed as Executive Vice President – Continental Africa in July 2008. | | | | | | MR GJ EHM (54)
BSc Hons, MAusIMM, MAICD
Executive Vice President – Australasia
Graham Ehm has, since 1979, gained diverse experience in mine operations and project management, covering the nickel, phosphate, copper, uranium and gold sectors. He was appointed General Manager Sunrise Dam Gold Mine in 2000, Regional Head – Australia in 2006 and Executive Vice President – Australasia in December 2007. He assumed the role of Executive Vice President – Tanzania on 1 June 2009 and during August 2010, resumed the position of Executive Vice President – Australasia. | | | | | | MR RW LARGENT (50)
BSc (Min. Eng), MBA
Executive Vice President – Americas
Ron Largent has been with AngloGold Ashanti since 1994. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Colorado Mining Association, California Mining Association and Nevada Mining Association. In 2001, he was appointed general manager of the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine and took up his current role as Executive Vice President – Americas in December 2007. | | | | | | MR RL LAZARE (54)
BA, HED, DPLR, SMP
Executive Vice President
Robbie Lazare joined Anglo American Gold and Uranium Division in 1982, working in a variety of management posts until 1999 when he was appointed general manager of TauTona. In December 2004, he was appointed an executive officer with responsibility for South African operations and in July 2008, Executive Vice President – Human Resources. From 17 November 2009, Robbie was assigned to lead a strategy review of the South African operations and is now responsible for the South Africa region. | | | | | | MR MP O'HARE (51)
BSc Engineering (Mining)
Executive Vice President - South Africa Region
Mike O’Hare joined Anglo American in 1978, and has held a number of positions at various gold mining operations within the group. His roles have included General Manager of Kopanang Mine (1993), Great Noligwa Mine (2003) Head of Mining and Mineral Resource Management Underground (2006), Vice President: Technical Support (2008), Senior Vice President: Operations and Business Planning for South Africa Region (2010), and in 2011, was appointed as Executive Vice President – South Africa Region. | | | | | | MR AM O’NEILL (53)
BSc (Mining Engineering), MBA
Executive Vice President – Business and Technical Development
Tony O’Neill joined AngloGold Ashanti in July 2008 as Executive Vice President – Business and Technical Development, having consulted to the company prior to this on its asset portfolio strategy. His extensive career in mining since 1978 included the roles of executive – operations at Newcrest Mining Limited and executive general manager for gold at Western Mining Corporation. | | | | | | MS ME SANZ (45)
BCom LLB, H Dip Tax, Admitted Attorney
Group General Counsel
Maria (Ria) Sanz joined AGA in June 2011 having worked in a number of industries and major corporate organisations. She has held legal roles at Investec Bank, Basil Read, Afrox and Sappi. She was also group head of sustainability at Sappi. She is responsible for the legal function for the group. | | | | | | MS YZ SIMELANE (45)
BA LLB, FILPA, MAP, EMPM
Senior Vice President – Corporate Affairs
Yedwa Simelane joined AngloGold in November 2000 from the Mineworkers' Provident Fund where she was the senior manager of the Fund. She was appointed an executive officer in May 2004 and Vice President – Government Relations in July 2008. In November 2009, she was appointed Senior Vice President – Corporate Affairs responsible for Government Relations, Corporate Communications, Marketing and the Sustainability Report. | | | |
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