According to the company’s website press release on February 15, 2023, Anglo American Platinum announces that Natascha Viljoen, CEO since April 2020, has decided to take up her next career opportunity outside the Anglo American group. Natascha will continue to serve as CEO of Anglo American Platinum until the completion of her notice period of up to 12 months, following which she will join Newmont Corporation, the US-based mining company, as its Chief Operating Officer.
Natascha Viljoen, CEO of Anglo American Platinum, said: “Being part of the Anglo American family in various ways over decades has been a privilege. It is a company that afforded me opportunities to learn and grow that I will forever be grateful for. At Anglo American Platinum, my executive team and I have built a very strong leadership group who are aligned with our values and will continue to shape the business and its growth to deliver on our strategic and operational priorities for the next stage of our performance improvement journey. While I have identified the next phase of my career, my commitment to delivering our clear objectives during this year is as firm as ever, beginning, of course, with keeping our people safe, every day.”
Norman Mbazima, Chairman of Anglo American Platinum, commented: “Natascha has been leading Anglo American Platinum with enormous skill and dedication, transforming the Company’s value creation trajectory. We are grateful that she will continue to do so for much of this year. We congratulate Natascha and the process to identify her successor is now under way.”
For further information, please contact:
Nomonde Ndwalaza
nomonde.ndwalaza@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)66 311 1133
Emma Chapman
emma.chapman@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0) 76 4180 1570
Franscelene Moodley
franscelene.moodley@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)79 877 7848
Notes to editors:
Anglo American Platinum Limited is a member of the Anglo American plc Group and is a leading primary producer of platinum group metals. The company is listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE). Its mining, smelting and refining operations are based in South Africa. Elsewhere in the world, the Group owns Unki Platinum Mine and smelter in Zimbabwe. Anglo American Platinum is committed to the highest standards of safety and continues to make a meaningful and sustainable difference in the development of the communities around its operations.
Anglo American is a leading global mining company and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive operations, with a broad range of future development options, provides many of the future-enabling metals and minerals for a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast growing every day demands of billions of consumers. With our people at the heart of our business, we use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and to mine, process, move and market our products to our customers - safely and sustainably.
As a responsible producer of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum group metals, premium quality iron ore and steelmaking coal, and nickel – with crop nutrients in development – we are committed to being carbon neutral across our operations by 2040. More broadly, our Sustainable Mining Plan commits us to a series of stretching goals to ensure we work towards a healthy environment, creating thriving communities and building trust as a corporate leader. We work together with our business partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock enduring value from precious natural resources for the benefit of the communities and countries in which we operate, for society as a whole, and for our shareholders. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.
