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Our executive team
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(as at April 2010)
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| | MR M CUTIFANI (51)
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, 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) (44)
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 and Investment committees and is invited to attend meetings of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee. He is a member of the Treasury Committee, a sub-committee 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. | | | | | | DR CE CARTER (47)
BA (Hons), DPhil, EDP
Executive Vice President – Business Strategy and Human Resources
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 responsible for corporate strategy and business planning, risk
management and investor relations. On 17 November 2009, he assumed additional responsibility for the group’s Human Resources function. | | | | | | MR RN DUFFY (46)
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 – Africa in July 2008. | | | | | | MR GJ EHM (53)
BSc Hons, MAusIMM, MAICD
Executive Vice President – Tanzania
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 his current role as Executive Vice President – Tanzania on 1 June 2009. | | | | | | MR RW LARGENT (49)
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 (53)
BA, HED, DPLR, SMP
Executive Vice President - South Africa
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 LYNAM (48)
BEng (Mech)
Senior Vice President – Finance and Treasury
Mark Lynam joined the Anglo American group in 1983 and has been involved in the hedging and treasury areas since 1990. In 1998, he joined AngloGold as treasurer and was appointed an executive officer in May 2004. He was appointed Senior Vice President – Finance and Treasury in July 2008. | | | | | | MR AM O’NEILL (58)
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. | | | | | | MR TML SETILOANE (50)
FAE, BSc (Mech Eng)
Executive Vice President – Business Sustainability
Thero Setiloane joined AngloGold in May 2003 from Real Africa Holdings, where he had been an executive director. He is the chairman of Rand Refinery Limited. He was appointed an executive officer and a member of AngloGold Ashanti's Executive Committee in February 2006 and as Executive Vice President – Sustainability in December 2007. | | | | | | MS YZ SIMELANE (44)
BA LLB, FILPA, MAP
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. | | | |
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