HAR - Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd - Appointment of financial director and Release Date: 03/02/2012 09:01:20 Code(s): HAR HAR - Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd - Appointment of financial director and
company secretary
Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
Registration number: 1950/038232/06
JSE Share code: HAR
NYSE Share code: HMY
NASDAQ Share code: HMY
ISIN: ZAE000015228
APPOINTMENT OF FINANCIAL DIRECTOR AND COMPANY SECRETARY
The board of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited ("Harmony") is pleased to
announce the appointment of Frank Abbott as Financial Director, effective 7
February 2012.
Frank has served on Harmony`s board since 1994 in various roles - both executive
and non-executive. In August 2007, Abbott was seconded to Harmony as interim
financial director, a position he held until handing over to Hannes Meyer in
November 2009. He remained executive director until 31 July 2010 after which he
served as non-executive director of both Harmony and ARM. He was re-appointed
executive director of Harmony on 8 November 2011 until his appointment as
financial director.
The board is further pleased to announce that Riana Bisschoff will be appointed
company secretary of the board with effect from 1 March 2012. Bisschoff
completed her LLB as well as a Masters Degree (LLM) in Commercial Law at the
University of Potchefstroom. She further completed her articles in 2003 at
Couzyn, Hertzog and Horak Attorneys in Pretoria and was admitted as an attorney,
notary and conveyancer. In 2004 she started her own firm, Bisschoff Attorneys,
in association with Van der Merwe and Associates in Pretoria. She ventured into
the commercial arena in 2005 where she served as company secretary and legal
advisor before joining iThemba Governance and Statutory Solutions (Pty) Ltd
("iThemba") in 2010. During her time at iThemba, Bisschoff attended to the
company secretarial duties of various listed and unlisted entities.
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited`s Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs
said, "We are pleased to welcome Frank back as financial director - he has
always played a pivotal role in Harmony. Riana is a well-experienced company
secretary and lawyer who is familiar with the company and we welcome her to the
team"
For more details contact:
Henrika Basterfield
On +27 (0)82 759 1775
Corporate Office:
Randfontein Office Park
PO Box 2
Randfontein
South Africa 1760
T: +27 (0)11 411 2000
www.harmony.co.za
3 February 2012
Sponsor:
J.P. Morgan Equities Limited
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