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Ian Farmer (47) |
| Chief Executive Officer |
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Appointed a Director in 2001 and has responsibilities for the Company’s business development, exploration and marketing activities. A chartered accountant, he joined the Company in 1986 and transferred to a group company in Zambia in 1990. In 1995, he was appointed Finance Director of Lonmin Platinum in South Africa, which position he relinquished upon his transfer to London in 2001. He is a Director of the International Platinum Association and Incwala Resources (Pty) Limited, which holds a minority interest in Lonmin’s South African operating subsidiaries. Ian has both South African and British nationality. |
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Alan Ferguson (51) |
| Chief Financial Officer |
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Appointed as Chief Financial Officer and a Director in June 2007. Prior to joining Lonmin, he was Group Finance Director of The BOC Group (BOC) until late 2006, following the Linde Group’s acquisition of BOC. Before joining BOC in 2005, he worked for Inchcape plc for 22 years in a variety of roles including Group Finance Director from 1999 until his departure. Alan is a Chartered Accountant and is a British national. |
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Roger Phillimore (60) |
| Chairman |
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Appointed an independent Non-executive Director in 1997. Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees, and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee. Formerly joint managing director of Minorco, he is currently a Non-executive Director of Aber Diamond Corporation. Roger holds both South African and British nationality. |
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Michael Hartnall (67) |
| Senior Independent Director |
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Appointed an independent Non-executive Director in May 2003. He is the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee and is a member of the Remuneration Committee, the Safety and Sustainability Committee and, as from 21 September 2007, the Nomination Committee. A chartered accountant and former finance director of Rexam Plc, he is also a Non-executive Director of BAE Systems plc. Michael is a British national. |
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Karen de Segundo (62) |
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Appointed an independent Non-executive Director in April 2005 and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Safety and Sustainability Committee. Formerly Chief Executive Officer of Shell International Renewables and Chief Executive of Shell’s global gas and power business, she is currently a member of the supervisory board of Ahold NV and a Non-executive Director of British American Tobacco Plc, Merrill Lynch New Energy Technology Plc, Ensus Ltd and Pöyry Oyj of Finland. Karen is a Dutch national. |
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Jim Sutcliffe (53) |
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Appointed an independent Non-executive Director in August 2007. He is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee. He is currently Chief Executive of Old Mutual plc, a post which he assumed in November 2001 after acting as Chief Executive of the Old Mutual Group’s life assurance business since January 2000. He is a Non-executive Director of Nedbank Group Limited and a Director of The Nelson Mandela Legacy Trust (UK) and Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance Company Limited. Before joining Old Mutual, Jim was Chief Executive UK of Prudential plc and was, until recently, Chairman of Försäkringsaktiebolaget Skandia (publ). Jim is a British national. |
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David Munro (54) |
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Appointed an independent Non-executive Director in August 2007. He is a member of the Remuneration Committee and of the Safety and Sustainability Committee. He is currently Executive Director, Strategy of Kazakhmys plc, a post he has held since October 2006. Before joining Kazakhmys, David was Chief Executive Officer of RMC Group PLC from January 2004 until RMC’s acquisition by Mexico’s Cemex in 2005. From 1981, he held a variety of positions with Gencor/Billiton and then BHP Billiton including Chief Development Officer from 2003 to 2004, Vice President, Strategy and Business Development from 2002 to 2003 and Executive Director Aluminium from 1997 to 2002. David was a Non-executive Director of Wogen plc from 2005 to 2007 and Kazakhmys plc from 2005 to 2006. David is a British national. |
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Jonathan Leslie (58) |
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Appointed an independent non-executive Director in June 2009. Jonathan spent twenty-six years with Rio Tinto, including nine years’ service on the board. His roles at Rio Tinto included Mining Director and Chief Executive of two of Rio’s Product Groups, respectively Copper, and Diamonds and Gold. He left Rio Tinto in 2003 to become Chief Executive of Sappi Ltd, the South African-based producer of coated fine papers, which also entailed him moving to South Africa. In 2006 he became Executive Chairman of AIM-listed Nikanor plc, a copper and cobalt producer, until the merger with Katanga Mining Limited in 2008. Mr Leslie has an MA in Jurisprudence from Oxford University and is a qualified barrister. He is a British national. |
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Dr Len Konar (56) |
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Appointed an independent non-executive Director in March 2010. Len is a South African chartered accountant, and a member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance as well as a number of other professional bodies in South Africa. He currently serves as the chairman on a number of company boards, including the South African Reserve Bank, Alexander Forbes, Sappi Group and Exxaro Resources. Dr Konar has previously held posts with Old Mutual South Africa, the International Monetary Fund, where he chaired the audit committee, and the Independent Development Trust where he was the executive director. Among his other roles Dr Konar was also responsible for the internal audit and investment portfolios. In addition he was also a professor and head of the Department of Accountancy at the University of Durban-Westville. |
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