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Anglo American Platinum announces appointment of Natascha Viljoen as CEO
Anglo American plc (the “Company”)
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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:
Media Investors
UK UK
James Wyatt-Tilby Paul Galloway
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8718
Marcelo Esquivel Robert Greenberg
marcelo.esquivel@angloamerican.com robert.greenberg@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8891 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 2124
Katie Ryall Emma Waterworth
katie.ryall@angloamerican.com emma.waterworth@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8935 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8574
South Africa
Pranill Ramchander Emma Chapman
pranill.ramchander@angloamerican.com emma.chapman@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592 Tel: +27 (0)11 373 6239
Sibusiso Tshabalala
sibusiso.tshabalala@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2175
Jana Marais
jana.marais@angloamerican.com
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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The Company has a primary listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and
secondary listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the Botswana Stock Exchange, the
Namibia Stock Exchange and the SIX Swiss Exchange.
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Date: 20-02-2020 09:00:00
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