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DR CON FAUCONNIER (59)
Chief executive officer
BSc (Eng) (Mining), BSc (Hons)(Eng), MSc (Eng), DEng (Pretoria),
Pr Eng (Int), MBA (Oregon), DSc (honoris causa) (Free State), Strategic
Leadership Programme (Oxford), Senior Executive Finance Programme (Oxford)
Between 1969 and 1974, Con worked as a graduate engineer, technical
assistant, mine overseer and underground manager for various 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 for various
mining companies, including Gencor Limited and JCI Limited. In 1995 Con
joined Iscor Limited (Iscor) as general manager for business development
in Iscor Mining. He was promoted to deputy managing director of Iscor
Mining and appointed executive director of Iscor. In 1999 he was appointed
managing director of Iscor Mining. On 1 June 2001, he was appointed chief
executive of Kumba Resources Limited (Kumba) and on 28 November 2006
he was appointed as chief executive officer of Exxaro. He was also president
of the Chamber of Mines from 2003 – 2005.
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MICHAEL JAMES KILBRIDE (55)
Chief operating officer
BSc (Hons)(Min Eng)(RSM),
Senior Executive Programme (London Business School)
After his initial years working in the gold industry, Mike joined Iscor
and gained experience in all the commodities of the group. Mike was appointed
executive director, business operations at Kumba on 1 June 2001 and was
responsible for iron ore, coal, mineral sands, base metals and industrial
minerals operations. On 28 November 2006 he was appointed as chief operating
officer at Exxaro.
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SIPHO NKOSI (52)*#
Chief executive officer (designate)
BCom; BCom (Hons)(Econ),
MBA, Diploma in Marketing Management
Sipho began his career as a market analyst with Ford Motor Company
South Africa in 1980. In 1986 he moved to Anglo American Coal Corporation
where he worked as a marketing coordinator. In 1992 he joined Southern
Life Association as senior manager, strategic planning. In 1993 he accepted
the position of marketing manager, new business development at Trans-Natal
Coal Corporation, which later became Ingwe Coal Corporation. In 1997
he joined Asea Brown Boveri (South Africa) Limited as vice president
marketing. He joined ABB Power Generation in 1998 as managing director.
Founder and chief executive officer of Eyesizwe Holdings since 2001.
Appointed as chief executive officer (designate) of Exxaro on 28 November
2006.
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DIRK VAN STADEN (57)
Chief financial officer
BJuris; LLB; Advanced Management
Programme (Insead), France
Dirk joined Iscor in 1997 as general manager, corporate treasury. Prior
to that he was employed by the IDC as the general manager responsible
for international finance, treasury operations and legal services. On
1 June 2001 he was appointed executive director, finance at Kumba. On
28 November 2006 he was appointed chief financial officer at Exxaro. |
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TREVOR ARRAN (39)
Executive general manager: corporate affairs and investor relations
BSc
(Hons)(Econ Geology), AMP, BEP, Diploma Project Management
Trevor is responsible for corporate affairs and investor relations,
incorporating the company’s sustainable development department.
He has a wide mining background supplemented by financial experience
gained in equity markets and investment banking.
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WIM DE KLERK (43)*#
Executive general manager: mineral sands
CA(SA), TEP(Darden),
EMP(Harvard)
Wim has served on the executive management team of Iscor, responsible
for strategy and continuous improvement. Since 2001, he has been responsible
for the mineral sands commodity business.
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RIAAN KOPPESCHAAR (36)#
General manager: corporate finance and treasury
CA(SA), Advanced Certificate (Taxation), member of the Association of Corporate
Treasurers
Riaan joined Iscor in 1993. With the separate listing of Kumba in 2001
he was appointed manager: corporate finance and treasury. He has extensive
experience in structuring complex financing and other corporate transactions. |
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HUMPHREY MATHE (56)*#
Executive general manager: corporate services
MSc (Exploration Geology) (Rhodes), PhD (Univ Natal)
Responsibilities include engineering, projects and research and development.
Previously at Eyesizwe Coal, he served as head of the technical and new
business development division where he was involved in evaluating Eyesizwe’s
uncommitted resources, various mining projects and new business development.
He was appointed operations director at Eyesizwe Coal in January 2004. |
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M XOLISI MGOJO (46)*#
Executive general manager: base metals and industrial minerals
BSc (Hons), MBA
Mxolisi currently holds directorships at Glen Douglas Dolomite (Pty)
Limited, Exxaro Base Metals (Pty) Limited, Exxaro Ferroalloys and Alloystream
(Pty) Limited. Previously, at Eyesizwe Coal, he was head of group marketing. |
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RETHA PIATER (52)*#
Executive general manager: human resources
BCom (Hons), MBA
Retha has 21 years of human resources experience within Kumba and Iscor
groups, across the various business units and commodities, specifically
in the area of remuneration. |
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RIAN STRYDOM (41)#
General manager: financial accounting
CA(SA)
After fulfilling several financial management functions at Iscor, Rian
was appointed head of Kumba’s financial accounting function in 2001
and has gained extensive experience in statutory and management reporting
in a listed environment, as well as enterprise-wide risk management.
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ERNST VENTER (50)*#
Executive general manager: coal
BEng (Hons), MBA, AMP (Insead), France
Ernst has headed a number of portfolios in Kumba and Iscor including
base metals, Zincor, consulting services, mining technology, coal beneficiation,
process development and plant metallurgy.
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MARIE VILJOEN (60)
Company secretary
Marie has 20 years’ experience
in the field. She assumes responsibility for the group’s corporate
governance and business administration to ensure alignment with statutory
and legal compliance requirements. |
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Fergus Marupen, general manager human resources; and Ras Myburgh, general manager transformation and empowerment; served as members of the Kumba executive committee.
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