Board of directors

Dr Mamphela A Ramphele (63)
Chair
MBCHB, University of Natal; PhD in Social Anthropology, University of South Africa; Diploma in Tropical Health and Hygiene and a Diploma Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand

Dr Ramphele was appointed non-executive director and Deputy Chair of the Board of Gold Fields on 1 July 2010 and Chair of the Board with effect from 2 November 2010. She is the Executive Chair of Letsema Circle, a Cape Townbased specialist transformation advisory company and a director of Remgro, Anglo American Plc and Medi-Clinic. Dr Ramphele was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, a post she took up in 1996, having joined the university as a research fellow in 1986. She served as Managing Director of the World Bank from May 2000 to July 2004 with responsibility for human development activities and the World Bank Institute. She was Co-Chair on the Global Commission for International Migration (GCIM) between 2004 and 2005.  

Executive Directors

Nicholas J Holland (52)
Chief Executive Officer
BCom, BAcc, University of the Witwatersrand; CA (SA)

Mr Holland was appointed an executive director of Gold Fields in 1997 and became CEO on 1 May 2008. Prior to that he was the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr Holland has more than 30 years’ experience in financial management, of which 21 years were in the mining industry. Prior to joining Gold Fields he was Financial Director and Senior Manager of Corporate Finance at Gencor. He is also an alternate director of the Rand Refinery.

Paul A Schmidt (43)
Chief Financial Officer
BCom, University of the Witwatersrand; BCompt (Hons), Unisa; CA (SA)

Mr Schmidt was appointed CFO on 1 January 2009 and joined the Board on 6 November 2009. Prior to this he was acting CFO from 1 May 2008 and Financial Controller from 1 April 2003. He has more than 15 years’ experience in the mining industry.

Kofi Ansah (65)
BSc (Mechanical Engineering) UST Ghana; MSc (Metallurgy) Georgia Institute of Technology

Mr Ansah was appointed a director of Gold Fields in April 2004. He is also a director of Ecobank Limited (Ghana).

Cheryl Carolus (52)
BA Law; Bachelor of Education, University of the Western Cape

Ms Carolus was appointed a director of Gold Fields on 10 March 2009. She is Executive Chair of Peotona Group Holdings, an empowerment consortium, and also chairs the Board of South African Airways. She is a director of a number of other public and private companies, including the World Wildlife Fund. She served as South Africa’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1998 to 2001.

Roberto Dañino (60)
Master of Law, Harvard Law School; Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru

Mr Dañino has been a director of Gold Fields since 10 March 2009. A former Prime Minister of Peru and his country’s ambassador to the United States, he serves on various corporate and non-profit boards in Peru, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, including Gold Fields La Cima in Peru. On 1 January 2011, he was appointed executive director of Fosfatos del Pacifico S.A. Mr Dañino has practised for over 30 years as a partner of leading law firms in Lima and Washington DC, was Senior Vice-President and General Counsel of the World Bank, as well as Secretary General of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

Alan Hill (67)
BSc (Hons), MPhil (Rock Mechanics), Leeds University

Mr Hill joined the Board on 21 August 2009. On 2 October 2010, he was appointed the CEO and Chair of Teranga Gold Corporation. After graduating, Mr Hill worked for a number of mining firms before joining Barrick Gold in 1984.

He spent 19 years with Barrick and played a pivotal role in its various merger and acquisition initiatives. He retired from Barrick in 2003 as its Executive Vice-President: Development.

Delfin Lapus Lazaro (65)
BS Metallurgical Engineering, University of Philippines

Mr Lazaro joined the Board on 1 June 2011. He also serves on the Board of Ayala Corporation,The Insular Life Assurance Company Ltd and Manila Water Company, Inc. Amongst other companies. He served as the President and CEO of Globe Telecom from 1996 to 1998. Prior to this, he was Head of Government’s Energy Sector and served as the Chairman of various entities from 1992 to 1994. He started his working career at Benguet Corporation in 1975 as a Treasurer and held various other positions in the organization until he was appointed Vice Chairman; he served in this role from 1989 - 1992.

Richard (Rick) P Menell (55)
MA (Natural Sciences, Geology), Trinity College, Cambridge, UK; MSc (Mineral Exploration and Management), Stanford University, California

Mr Menell was appointed a director of Gold Fields on 8 October 2008. He has over 33 years’ experience in the mining industry, including service as President of the Chamber of Mines of South Africa, President and Chief Executive Officer of Teal Exploration & Mining as well as Executive Chair of Anglovaal Mining and Avgold. He is a director of Weir Group Plc and Senior Advisor to Credit Suisse. He also serves as a director of a number of unlisted companies and non-profit organisations.

Matthews Sello Moloko (46)
BSc (Hons) and Certificate in Education, University of Leicester, Advanced Management Programme, Wharton

Mr Moloko was appointed a director of Gold Fields on 25 February 2011. He is the executive Chair, founder and shareholder of Thesele Group and nonexecutive Chair of Alexander Forbes Group. He has worked at a number of financial services companies, including Brait and Old Mutual, where he was CEO of Old Mutual Asset Management until 2004. Other directorships include Sycom Property Fund and the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

David N Murray OBE (66)
BA Hons Econ, MBA, University of Cape Town

Mr Murray was appointed a director of Gold Fields on 1 January 2008. He has more than 36 years’ experience in the mining industry and has been Chief Executive Officer of Rio Tinto Portugal, Rio Tinto Brazil, TVX Gold Inc, Avgold and Avmin. He is also a non-executive director of Ivernia Inc.

Donald MJ Ncube (63)
BA Economics and Political Science, Fort Hare University; Postgraduate Diploma in Labour Relations, Strathclyde University, Scotland; Graduate MSc Manpower Studies, University of Manchester, UK; Diploma in Financial Management

Mr Ncube was appointed a director of Gold Fields on 15 February 2006. Previously, he was an alternate director of Anglo American Industrial Corporation and Anglo American Corporation, a director of AngloGold Ashanti as well as Non-Executive Chair of South African Airways. He is currently Managing Director of Vula Mining Supplies and Chair of Badimo Gas.

Rupert L Pennant-Rea (63)
BA, Trinity College, Dublin; MA, University of Manchester

Mr Pennant-Rea has been a director of Gold Fields since 1 July 2002.

He is Chair of Henderson Group Plc, The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and a director of First Quantum Minerals, Go-Ahead Group, Times Newspaper and various other companies. Previously Mr Pennant-Rea was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England.

Gayle M Wilson (66)
BCom, BCompt (Hons); CA (SA)

Mrs Wilson was appointed a director on 1 August 2008. She was previously an audit partner at Ernst & Young for 16 years where her main focus was on mining clients. She is a non-executive director of Witwatersrand Consolidated Gold Resources.