Diversified miner, Sibanye-Stillwater, has made changes to C-suite roles and responsibilities and executive management appointments, subsequent to the resignation of Dawie Mostert and the retirement of Wayne Robinson from the Group.
Themba Nkosi has assumed the role of Chief Organisational Growth Officer, and in the interim, will retain the Chief Sustainability Officer responsibilities until a successor has been appointed.
Robert van Niekerk, Chief Technical and Innovation Officer has assumed responsibility for the Australia region and will oversee the ongoing integration of the New Century tailings reprocessing operations and the feasibility study of Mount Lyell.
Kevin Robertson has been promoted to Executive Vice President: US PGM operations. Kevin holds graduate qualifications in Economic Geology, Master of Engineering (Mining) and Engineering Business Management from Universities in South Africa and the United Kingdom and has over 30 years of experience in various roles in the mining industry and since joining Sibanye-Stillwater in 2013, occupying various leadership roles including Senior Vice President (SVP) Technical Services and Organisational Effectiveness at the SA PGM operations, where he led the successful integration of the SA PGM operations, and most recently SVP: Technical Assurance in the Group technical team. Kevin’s diverse industry expertise and technical experience will be invaluable to the optimisation of our US PGM operations.
CEO Neal Froneman commenting on the changes and appointments said: ”We thank both Dawie and Wayne for their contribution to Sibanye-Stillwater’s growth and delivery of shared value and wish them well in their future endeavours. We congratulate Kevin on his new appointment. People are the core of our business to ensure efficient delivery of our strategic priorities and the depth and strength of our leadership bench has ensured a seamless transition”.
