Company announcements Home » Investors » News » Company announcements » Changes to the composition of Harmony’s board of directors – Harmony appoints new financial director 2020 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 Changes to the composition of Harmony’s board of directors – Harmony appoints new financial directorJanuary 28, 2020Johannesburg, Tuesday, 28 January 2020. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (“Harmony” or the “Company”) in compliance with paragraph 3.59 of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited, herewith notifies shareholders of the following changes to its Board of Directors (“the Board”): The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Boipelo Lekubo as financial director of the company, effective 3 March 2020. In line with its succession plan, the Board followed a rigorous candidate search internally and externally. Mr Frank Abbott, Harmony’s long serving financial director, will continue to serve as financial director of the company until 2 March 2020 as part of the handover process. Effective from 3 March 2020, he will remain on the board as an executive director and assume responsibility for business development Ms Lekubo has been Harmony’s chief financial officer from June 2017. She is a chartered accountant (SA) with extensive experience in group financial management and reporting within the mining industry. Her previous roles include that of chief financial officer of Atlatsa Resources Corporation and financial manager of Northam Platinum Limited. She served as an independent non-executive director of Trans Hex Group Limited from August 2013 until March 2017 and currently serves as an independent non-executive director on the boards of African Rainbow Capital Proprietary Limited and UBI General Partner Proprietary Limited, where she was appointed on 7 June 2018. The Chairman of the Board, Dr Patrice Motsepe, would like to thank Mr Abbott for his invaluable contribution in the role of financial director of Harmony and wishes to welcome Ms Lekubo to the Board. For more details contact: Marian van der Walt Executive: Corporate and Investor Relations +27 (0) 82 888 1242 (mobile) Max Manoeli Manager: Investor Relations +27 (0) 82 759 1775 (mobile) JSE Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Propriety Limited Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony), a world-class gold mining and exploration company, has operations and assets in South Africa and Papua New Guinea (PNG). Harmony has close to 70 years’ experience in the industry. Company assets include one open pit mine and several exploration tenements in PNG, as well as 9 underground mines and 1 open pit operation and several surface sources in South Africa. In addition, Harmony owns 50% of the significant Wafi-Golpu copper-gold project – a tier 1 asset – in a joint venture in PNG. The company’s primary stock exchange listing is on the JSE with a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange. The bulk of our shareholders are in South Africa and the United States. Additional information on the company is available on the corporate website, www.harmony.co.za.
