Chairman

§         (Non-executive) – David Hugh Brown

BCom (UCT), CTA (UCT), CA (SA)

Appointed as director on 30 March 2001.

 

David Brown is the Chief Executive Officer of Implats, prior to which he was Finance Director. He has experience within the information technology and mining industries, five years of which was gained in Europe .

 

Executive directors

§         Chief Executive Officer – Alexander Mhembere

ACIS, ACMA, MBA

Appointed as director on 1 October 2007.

 

Alex Mhembere has over nine years experience in the platinum mining industry, having formerly been the Managing Director of a Zimbabwean PGM producer.

Alex is also the Chief Executive Officer of the operating subsidiary, Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (Private) Limited.

 

§         Chief Financial Officer –  Patrick Maseva-Shayawabaya

BAcc (Hons) (UZ), CA (Z)

Appointed as director on 1 April 2004.

 

Patrick Maseva-Shayawabaya has over 17 years experience in financial management at senior and executive levels. He is currently also Chief Financial Officer of Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (Private) Limited prior to which he was the Financial Director of a multi national sugar growing and processing company in Zimbabwe. He is a member of the Project Steering Committee.

 

§         Technical Director –  Stanley Frost

City & Guilds (Electrical Engineering)

Appointed as director on 1 March 2010.

 

Stan joined the company in 2001 as Chief Engineer and is currently the Zimplats Technical Director, a position he was appointed to in January 2008. He is responsible for the company's expansion programme as well as the engineering function.

 

Non-executive directors

 

§         Brenda Berlin

BCom (Wits), BAcc (Wits), CA (SA)

Appointed as a director on 1 March 2010.

 

Brenda Berlin is the Group Commercial Executive for Implats. She has over 20 years experience in the mining industry.

 

§         Michael John Houston

MSc (Business Strategy)

Appointed as director on 1 April 2004.

 

Mike Houston has 30 years of mining and executive experience in Zimbabwe . He joined the group in 2001 as Chief Operating Officer of the operating subsidiary, Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (Private) Limited and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Zimplats Holdings Limited on 1 April 2004, a position from which he retired in December 2004.

Mike was appointed Chairman of the board from 1 January 2005 to 28 February 2010. He is also Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

 

§         Leslie John Paton

BSc (Hons) Geology, BCom, Pr.Sci.Nat

Appointed as director on 4 February 2003.

 

Les Paton is an Executive Director of Implats.  He has over 33 years’ experience in the mining industry in southern Africa , of which 28 years have been in platinum exploration and mining.

Les is the Chairman of the SHE Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.

 

§         Muchadeyi Ashton Masunda

BL (Hons), FCIArb ( UK )

Appointed as director on 8 February 2007.

 

Much Masunda is the Chairman of the Commercial Arbitration Centre of Zimbabwe of which he is a founding director. He is a director of several Zimbabwean companies, among them Meikles Africa Limited, Bindura Nickel Corporation Limited and Old Mutual Life Assurance Company Zimbabwe Limited. He is also the chairman of the board of the operating subsidiary, Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (Private) Limited.

Much is the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

 

§         Dr Khotso Mokhele

BSc (Agriculture), MSc, PhD

Appointed as director on 8 February 2007.

 

Dr Khotso Mokhele is a non-executive director of Impala Platinum Holdings Limited. He is also non-executive Chairman of Mittal Steel South Africa Limited and a non-executive director of Afrox Limited. He was, until his recent retirement, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National research Foundation ( South Africa ).

   

§          Robert George Still

BCom (Wits), BCom (Hons) (UCT), CTA (Wits), CA (SA)

Appointed as director on 28 July 1998.

 

Rob Still is a founding member of the Board of Directors and was elected Chairman on 30 March 2001, a position he resigned from in December 2004.  He has more than 21 years’ experience in mining and mining finance and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of a South African listed mining group. Rob is a member of the Remuneration Committee.

 

 

§         Nyasha Zhou

BAcc (UZ), CA (Z), CIMA (UK), MBL (Unisa)

Appointed as a director on 1 March 2010.

 

Nyasha Zhou was appointed a director of the operating subsidiary Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (Private) Limited in February 2007. He is a past president of the Zimbabwe Institute of Chartered Accountants and until recently was the Chief Executive Officer of a major building supplies company in Zimbabwe.