Harmony appoints Financial Director
Johannesburg. Tuesday, 3 November. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (“Harmony”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Hannes Meyer as Financial Director, with effect from 1 November 2009.
Hannes was appointed as financial director designate on 1 August 2009 and officially took over Harmony’s financial director’s responsibilities from Frank Abbott on 1 November 2009, following his appointment to Harmony’s Board as Executive Director. Hannes is a qualified chartered accountant with more than 13 years experience in the mining industry.
Harmony’s Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs says, “Hannes certainly brings with him vast knowledge and experience of the mining industry from a financial perspective and this will be an asset to Harmony. We welcome Hannes to our Executive team and I am confident that he will be successful in contributing to driving Harmony’s strategy.”
Frank will remain on the Harmony Board as an executive director responsible for strategic planning up to the end of December 2009, after which he will serve as non-executive director of Harmony.
For more details contact:
Marian van der Walt
Executive: Corporate and Investor Relations
+27 (0)82 888 1242
Esha Brijmohan
Investor Relations Officer
+27 (0)82 759 1775