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RNS Number : 5153D  Anglo American PLC  20 February 2020

 20 February 2020
 Anglo American Platinum announces appointment of Natascha Viljoen as CEO

Anglo American plc notes the announcement by Anglo American Platinum Limited
released this morning to the Johannesburg stock exchange. The text of the
announcement is copied below:

 

The Board of Anglo American Platinum Limited ("Anglo American Platinum")
announces the appointment of Natascha Viljoen as CEO, with effect from 16
April 2020, following Chris Griffith's decision to step down after more than
seven years to pursue other career opportunities.

 

Norman Mbazima, Chairman of Anglo American Platinum, said: "I am delighted to
welcome Natascha Viljoen as CEO of Anglo American Platinum. Natascha is a
seasoned senior executive, bringing 28 years of operational experience from
across our mining industry, spanning many different countries, metals and
minerals including, of course, the PGMs. She knows us and our business well,
having worked with our executive team over the last five years in leading the
changes required to transform the performance of - and commercial value from -
our processing operations."

 

Ms Viljoen is currently Group Head of Processing for Anglo American, a role
she has held since 2014. In that role, she has led a trusted global team that
has unlocked value across Anglo American's processing operations safely and
with a long term perspective, recognising their critical commercial place in
the mining value chain.

 

Prior to joining Anglo American, Natascha was Executive Vice President of
Processing at Lonmin while also leading the company's sustainability, employee
health, environmental and stakeholder relations work at various times.
Natascha began her career as an engineer at Iscor and, amongst other roles,
took on leadership positions at AngloGold and was General Manager of BHP's
Klipspruit Colliery before joining Lonmin in 2008.

 

Under Natascha's leadership, her team has successfully leveraged and
accelerated technology development and deployment to unlock the full potential
of mineral endowments through processing, delivering significant financial
value and competitive advantage. She and her team are recognised for their
work in developing Coarse Particle Recovery technology which enables the
separation of metals from rock using a fraction of the energy and water of
traditional methods, while increasing throughput and productivity.

 

Natascha Viljoen said: "I feel really excited to take on my new role at Anglo
American Platinum and I am fortunate to inherit a business in such a strong
position. Chris Griffith has reshaped our PGMs portfolio to be fit for the
future and I believe we now have an opportunity to re-imagine how we operate -
in our mines and our host communities. It is also our responsibility to build
upon the wide variety of applications for our platinum group metals that
already play a critical role in so many areas of modern life, from clean
transport and energy, to health and jewellery, of course.

 

"Safety is paramount, always, while building a purpose-led high performance
culture with stakeholders front of mind is critical to the future of our
business. We will work to ensure that what we do and the benefits we bring for
all our stakeholders are sustainable in every sense."

 

Natascha Viljoen will join Anglo American Platinum on 1 April 2020 and the
Group Management Committee of Anglo American plc on 16 April 2020.

 

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

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 South Africa

                                                                                    Emma Chapman
 Pranill Ramchander

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 Sibusiso Tshabalala

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 Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2175

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 Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2607

 

Notes to editors:

 

Natascha Viljoen, age 49, has been Group Head of Processing for Anglo American
since 2014, following six years at Lonmin, where she served on the Executive
Committee as EVP of Processing, also with responsibility for a number or wider
corporate functions including sustainability. Prior to that, Natascha worked
for BHP's coal and chrome businesses in South Africa (including as General
Manager of BHP's Klipspruit Colliery), the Modikwa JV between Anglo American
Platinum and African Rainbow Minerals, and AngloGold. Natascha began her
career in 1991 at Iscor as a trainee engineer.

 

Natascha serves on advisory boards of the chemical engineering faculties at
the Universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Queensland University's JKMRC
(Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre), and has served as a
non-executive director on the board of Kumba Iron Ore. Natascha is a
Metallurgical Engineer and holds a Bachelor of Engineering from North-West
University in South Africa and an Executive MBA from the University of Cape
Town, South Africa. In 2019, Natascha was recognised by Mines & Money with
the "Unsung Hero" award, for her work on Coarse Particle Recovery technology.
She is married with two children.

 

Anglo American is a leading global mining company and our products are the
essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of
world-class competitive mining operations and undeveloped resources provides
the metals and minerals that enable a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world
and that meet the fast growing consumer-driven demands of the world's
developed and maturing economies. With our people at the heart of our
business, we use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover
new resources and mine, process, move and market our products to our customers
around the world - safely, responsibly and sustainably.

 

As a responsible miner - of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum
group metals, iron ore, coal and nickel - we are the custodians of what are
precious natural resources. We work together with our business partners and
diverse stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value that those resources
represent for our shareholders, the communities and countries in which we
operate, and for society as a whole. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to
improve people's lives.

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