Executive committee

Mr Holland was appointed an executive director of Gold Fields in 1998 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. He is also an alternate director of the Rand Refinery.

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 Chohan joined Gold Fields in September 2010 as Senior Vice-President: Sustainable Development. Mr Chohan is a qualified Electronics Engineer and spent 25 years with De Beers during which he led the development of sustainability principles for the Company. He left De Beers in 2009 when he was Group Consultant, Sustainability and ECOHS (Environment, Community, Occupational Health and Hygiene, and Safety), to start his own mining consultancy.

Mr Dowsley has been General Manager of Corporate Development since March 1998, a title that changed to Senior Vice- President: Corporate Development, in 2002.

Mr Fleischer was appointed as Executive Vice-President: General Counsel, on 1 November 2006. Prior to his appointment Mr Fleischer was a partner in the corporate services department at Webber Wentzel. Admitted as an attorney to the High Court of South Africa in 1991.

Mr Jacobsz was appointed Senior Vice-President and Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs, as well as a member of the Group executive committee, on 15 April 2002. In addition, Mr Jacobsz held the portfolio of Group Sustainable Development Manager from 2002 to 2005. Prior to that, Mr Jacobsz was Senior Manager: Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs, Manager of Gold Fields Group Transformation Programme, and Administrator of the Gold Fields Foundation.

Mr Balarezo was appointed as Executive Vice-President: South America, on 11 March 2013. Prior to this he was with Peruvian mining group Hochschild as VP Operations, with responsibility for the group’s silver and gold mining operations in Latin America, as well as its growth projects. He also held a number of other senior positions at Hochschild. Mr Balarezo replaced Juan-Luis Kruger who left Gold Fields after 4 years with the company.

Mr McKeith was appointed Executive Vice-President: Growth and International Projects, on 1 July 2011 having occupied the position of EVP: Exploration, since October 2007. Prior to rejoining Gold Fields in 2007 he was CEO of Troy Resources, NL. Between 2004 and 2006, Mr McKeith served as the Vice-President of Business Development at Gold Fields after holding various positions in mine geology, exploration and business development at the Company.

Mr Moabelo was appointed as Managing Executive: South Africa, from 1 March 2013. Prior to this he was Executive Vice-President: People and Organisational Effectiveness, having joined Gold Fields as Senior Vice-President, Human Resources (HR), on 1 October 2010. Prior to joining Gold Fields, he was the HR director for Cisco Systems, and, between 2005 and 2008, HR director for Standard Bank. Between 1999 and 2005 he held various HR positions at Anglo Platinum. Until 1 January 2013 the SA operations of Gold Fields were managed by Peter Turner, Executive Vice-President: South Africa, who left to join Sibanye Gold.

Ms Samuel was appointed Senior Vice- President, Human Resources (HR), on 1 March 2013. She was previously Vice-President, Group Remuneration and Group Benefits. She joined Gold Fields in 2009 and has 14 years’ HR experience in the mining, financial services and telecommunications sector.

Mr Van Schalkwyk was appointed Executive Vice-President: West Africa Region, from 19 September 2011. He has more than 25 years’ experience in the mining industry. He returned to Gold Fields after a period in Turkey, where he was General Manager of Alamos Gold Inc. Prior to this he was General Manager of both the Damang and Tarkwa mines in Ghana. Before joining Gold Fields in 2007, he was the Metallurgical Manager of the Africa Region for AngloGold Ashanti, working in Mali and Tanzania.

Mr Weston was appointed Executive Vice-President: Australasia Region, on 1 May 2010. He was formerly Senior Vice-President, Operations, for Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation, a gold and silver mining company based in Idaho, US. Before joining Coeur, he oversaw the development of Barrick Australia’s Cowal gold project and, prior to that, Rio Tinto Australia’s ERA Ranger and Jabiluka uranium mines.

Ms Robinson was appointed as Assistant Company Secretary on 1 November 2011 and was promoted to the Company Secretary on 1 January 2013. She was previously the Company Secretary of Aveng Limited, Kagiso Trust Investments and the Assistant Company Secretary of Murray & Roberts Limited.