Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited - Change In Directorate Release Date: 31/03/2006 16:30:01 Code(s): HAR Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited - Change In Directorate
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Registration number 1950/038232/06
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
ISIN: ZAE000015228
Trading Symbols
JSE Limited HAR
New York Stock Exchange, Inc. HMY
NASDAQ HMY
London Stock Exchange plc HRM
Euronext Paris HG
Euronext Brussels HMY
Berlin Stock Exchange HAM1
Change in directorate
Johannesburg, 31 March 2006. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (NYSE:
HMY JSE: HAR) today announced that Ted Grobicki stepped down from its Board
as executive director, effective 30 March 2006. Ted will remain in
Harmony"s employment until the end of April 2006.
"Ted Grobicki, who has been on the Board of Harmony for eleven and a half
years, served as a mentor for the entire Harmony team. For the past six
years he has served in an executive capacity in various roles. His advice
and counsel will be missed", said Bernard Swanepoel.
At the same time the company is pleased to announce that Ms Fikile Mothobi
has joined the Board as non-executive director, effective 1 April 2006.
Fikile is a chartered certified accountant, a fellow of the Association of
Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) (UK) and member of the Association
of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) (UK). Fikile was awarded the
Stuart Crystal Prize in 1990 for best accounting student at the Birmingham
Polytechnic (UK). Fikile is the Chief Operations Officer and Chief
Financial Officer of the Council for Medical Schemes, where she held
various positions since September 2000. She held the position of Treasurer
at the Botswana Development Corporation Ltd before joining the Council for
Medical Schemes.
"We are privileged and honored to attract a candidate of Fikile"s calibre
to serve on the Harmony Board. Fikile will not only bring specific skills
to the Board, but will also play a very important role in the ongoing
transformation of Harmony"s equity and gender profiles" said Bernard
Swanepoel.
Issued by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
For more details contact:
Bernard Swanepoel
Chief Executive
+27 (0)83 303 9922
or
Philip Kotze
Executive, Investor Relations
+27 (0)83 453 0544
Vusi Magadana
Investor Relations Officer
+27 (0)11 684 0149
+27 (0)72 157 5986
vusi.magadana@harmony.co.za
Date: 31/03/2006 04:30:05 PM Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za
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