Board of directors

Ms Carolus was appointed a director of Gold Fields on 10 March 2009 and was appointed as the Chair with effect from 14 February 2013. She is Executive Chair of Peotona Group Holdings, an empowerment consortium, and also holds directorship with Investec and De Beers, amongst others. She is a director of a number of other public and private companies, including the World Wildlife Fund, and served as South Africa’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1998 to 2001. Ms Carolus was the CEO of South African Tourism from 2001 to 2004 and Chair of the South African National Parks board for six years.

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 CFO. Mr Holland has more than 31 years’ experience in financial management, of which 23 years were in the mining industry. Prior to joining Gold Fields, he was Financial Director and Senior Manager of Corporate Finance at Gencor.

Mr Schmidt was appointed CFO on 1 January 2009 and joined the Board on 6 November 2009. Prior to this, he held the positions of acting CFO from 1 May 2008 and Financial Controller from 1 April 2003. He has more than 17 years’ experience in the mining industry.

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

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 and Hochschild Mining. He is the chair 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).

Mr Hill joined the Board on 21 August 2009. On 2 October 2010, he was appointed the CEO and Chair of Teranga Gold Corporation and was appointed Executive Chair in September 2012. After graduating, Mr Hill worked for a number of mining firms before joining Barrick Gold in 1984. He spent 19 years with Barrick from which he retired in 2003 as Executive Vice-President: Development.

Mr Lazaro joined the Board on 1 June 2011. He also serves on the Board of Ayala Corporation, Insular Life Assurance Company Limited 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 the Philippines Department of Energy 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 organisation until he was appointed vice chairman. He served in this role from 1989 to 1992.

Mr Menell was appointed a director of Gold Fields on 8 October 2008. Mr Menell became a member of the Board of Sibanye Gold Limited with effect from 1 January 2013.

He has over 35 years’ experience in the mining industry, including service as President of the Chamber of Mines of South Africa, President and CEO of Teal Exploration & Mining as well as Executive Chair of Anglovaal Mining and Avgold. He is a director of Weir Group Plc. and Senior Adviser to Credit Suisse. He also serves as a director of a number of unlisted companies and non-profit organisations.

Mr Moloko was appointed a director of Gold Fields on 25 February 2011. Mr Moloko resigned from the Board with effect from 31 December 2012 in order to Chair the Board of Sibanye Gold Limited. He is the executive Chair, founder and shareholder of Thesele Group and non-executive 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 Managers until 2004. Other directorships include Acucap Limited and Sycom Property Fund and he chairs the Nelson Mandela Foundation Investment Committee.

Mr Murray was appointed a director of Gold Fields on 1 January 2008. He has more than 38 years’ experience in the mining industry and has been CEO of Rio Tinto Portugal, Rio Tinto Brazil, TVX Gold Inc, Avgold and Avmin. He is also a non-executive director of Ivernia Inc.

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 Chair of Rare Holdings and Badimo Gas, and Managing Director of Vula Mining Supplies.

Mr Pennant-Rea has been a director of Gold Fields since 1 July 2002. He is Chair of Henderson Group Plc and The Economist Newspaper Limited and a director of Hochschild Mining Plc, Go-Ahead Group, Times Newspaper Holdings and various other companies. Previously Mr Pennant-Rea was the editor of The Economist and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England.

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 listed gold and platinum mining clients.