Board of directors
Lazarus Zim (48)
B Comm (Hons), M Comm
Non-executive chairman
Joined the board in 2007
Mr Zim is the chairman of Afripalm Holdings (Proprietary) Limited, Kumba Iron Ore Limited and Mvelaphanda Resources Limited, and is a director of Anglo American South Africa Limited, Anglo Operations Limited and Sanlam Limited. He is also the current President of the Chamber of Mines of South Africa. Prior to establishing Afripalm, Mr Zim held senior executive positions at Anglo American South Africa Limited and the MTN Group.
Glyn Lewis (51) (British)
BSc (Mining Engineering), MBA
Chief executive officer
Mr Lewis joined Northam in 2001 as mine manager. He was appointed general manager in 2002, and chief executive officer in 2005. Prior to joining Northam, he was the manager of the Tarkwa Mine in Ghana. He has extensive experience in the mining industry in both precious and base metal mines.
Ayanda Khumalo
B Compt (Hons), B Comm
Financial director
Joined the board in 2010
Mr Khumalo, a chartered accountant by profession, has extensive mining and corporate finance experience. From September 2008 he was the group finance executive of Coal of Africa Limited. Prior to that, from 2004 to 2008, he was director – finance, of Aquarius Platinum South Africa (Pty) Limited.
Michael Beckett (72) (British)
BSc, FIMM
Non-executive director
Joined the board in 1999
Michael is a director of Mvelaphanda Resources Limited, Orica Ltd (Australia), London Clubs International plc and My Travel plc (UK). A geologist by training, Michael was formerly managing director of Consolidated Gold Fields plc.
Carnegie Kelello Chabedi (40)
BSc Mining Engineering, IMDP, MDP, MSAIMM
Non-executive director
Joined the board in 2009
Mr Chabedi has many years’ experience in the mining industry, having worked in various capacities for Anglo Coal. He currently consults to the industry while lecturing in both opencast and underground mining at the University of the Witwatersrand. Mr Chabedi is a director of Mvelaphanda Resources Limited (Mvela Resources).
Judy Dlamini (Dr) (49)
MB ChB, MBA
Independent non-executive director
Joined the board in 2004
Dr Dlamini is the chairperson of Mbekani Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited. Until 2003 she was a senior manager at HSBC, with a main interest in energy, and where she was closely involved in advising and structuring BEE transactions. She is also on the board of Aspen Pharmaceuticals Limited, Discovery Holdings Limited and GijimaAst Group Limited.
Ralph Havenstein (52)
MSc (Chemical Engineering), BComm
Non-executive director
Joined the board in 2003
Formerly chief executive officer of Anglo Platinum Limited. Prior to this appointment in June 2003, Mr Havenstein was an executive director of Sasol Limited responsible for Sasol Chemical Industries.
Emily Kgosi (Ms) (53)
BComm Hons
Independent non-executive director
Joined the board in 2004
Ms Kgosi is the manager – procurement at Eskom Central Region. She has extensive experience in the banking sector mainly in a treasury operations environment, having held positions at a number of South Africa’s main banking groups as well as Credit Suisse First Boston (NY).
Alwyn Reginald Martin (71)
B Com
Non-executive director
Joined the board in June 2009
Mr Alwyn Martin is a chartered accountant, and is a founding partner of the country’s first black-owned accounting firm Christian, Martin and Abrahamse. Over a period of time he has served as a partner at Ernst and Young, chairman of Vodacom Group and CEO of Siemens Telecommunications (Pty) Ltd. His board positions currently include Petmin Limited, Trans Hex Group Limited and Barnard Jacobs Mellet Holdings Limited.
Bernard van Rooyen (75)
BA, LLB
Non-executive director
Joined the board in 1999
Mr van Rooyen is the deputy chairman of Mvelaphanda Resources Limited and Trans Hex Group Limited and a director of Banro Corporation and Ndowana Exploration (Proprietary) Limited.
Mikki Xayiya (48)
BA
Non-executive director
Joined the board in 2009
Mr Mikki Xayiya is the deputy chairman of Mvelaphanda Holdings (Pty) Ltd (Mvela Holdings) and Mvelaphanda Group Ltd and serves on the board of Mvela Resources. He has served as managing director of Mawenzi Asset Managers (Pty) Ltd and as a policy advisor at the Office of the Premier in Gauteng Province.
Atul Kumar Gupta (41)
BSc
Alternate director
Joined the board in 2009
Mr Gupta is the chairman and managing director of Sahara Holdings South Africa, and also serves on the board of Afripalm Resources. Mr Gupta was previously, from 2004 to 2007, managing director of Sahara Computers and Electronics India.
Mark Willcox (39)
BA (LLB), PG DipTax
Alternate director
Joined the board in 2009
Mr Mark Willcox (BA LLB, PG Dip Tax) is a founding member of Mvela Holdings. He currently sits on the boards of Avusa Limited and Mvela Resources Ltd. Mr Willcox is the current chief executive officer of African Management Limited/African Global Capital UK.
Derek Wolstenholme (58)
CA (SA)
Corporate finance manager
Appointed to the company in current position in 1999.
