Timothy Cumming

BSc (Hons) (Civil Engineering), MA (Philosophy, Politics and Economics)

Non-executive chairman

• Chairman: Board
• Chairman: Nominations Committee
• Member: Risk Committee, Remuneration Committee

Timothy (Tim) Cumming was appointed to the DRDGOLD Board in July 2020. He is also an independent non-executive director of Sibanye-Stillwater Limited and Nedgroup Investments Limited and serves as non-executive Chairman of Riscura Holdings Limited.

His career spans mining, financial services and consulting. He is the founder of Scatterlinks Proprietary Limited, a South African-based company providing leadership development and advisory services to senior business executives.

Tim started out as an engineer at the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Limited working on a number of gold and diamond mines including involvement in the geo-technical design of the Ergo tailings dam. Thereafter he held senior roles in financial services including General Manager at Allan Gray Limited, Head of Investment Research at HSBC Securities (SA), CEO of Old Mutual Asset Managers and MD of various divisions within the Old Mutual Group.

Other involvements include Chairmanship of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation’s Investment Committee and the Woodside Endowment Trust and membership of the Greenpop advisory board (a social enterprise committed to restoring ecosystems and sustainable development).

Johan Holtzhausen

BSc (Geology and Chemistry), BCompt (Hons), CA(SA)

Independent Non-Executive Director

• Chairman: Audit Committee
• Member: Remuneration Committee; and Nominations Committee

Johan Holtzhausen was appointed Non-executive Director on 25 April 2014. With more than 43 years’ experience in the accounting profession, he served as a senior partner at KPMG Services Proprietary Limited. Johan has serviced clients listed on stock exchanges in the United States, his clients included major corporations listed in South Africa, Canada, the UK as well as Australia and the United States.

Johan currently serves as a voluntary independent director and chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Tourism Enterprise Partnership. He also chairs the Audit and Risk Committee of Tshipi é Ntle Manganese Mining Proprietary Limited. He is a non-executive director of Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc, a Canadian corporation listed in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, and he chairs its Audit and Risk Committee.

Edmund Jeneker

Chartered Director (SA), B Hons, IEDP, M.Inst.D., SAIPA

Lead Independent Non-Executive Director

• Chairman: Social and Ethics Committee
• Member: Remuneration Committee; and Nominations Committee

Edmund Jeneker was appointed Non-executive Director in November 2007 and lead independent Non-executive Director in August 2017. He has more than 31 years’ experience as an executive in banking, business strategy, advisory and management at Grant Thornton South Africa Proprietary Limited, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Advisors South Africa Proprietary Limited, the World Bank Competitiveness Fund and Deloitte South Africa. More recently, he completed almost 15 years at Absa Bank and Barclays Africa Group, where he was managing executive and served as director on the boards of several subsidiaries in the Barclays Africa Group.

Edmund is active in community social upliftment and served as a member of the Provincial Development Commission of the Western Cape Provincial Government. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Institute of Directors Southern Africa, investment committee of BADISA and The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. He is a Chartered Director (SA).

Toko Mnyango

Dip Juris, BJuris

Independent Non-Executive Director

• Member: Social and Ethics Committee, Nominations Committee; and Remuneration Committee.

Toko Mnyango was appointed independent Non-executive Director on 1 December 2016. Toko began her career as a prosecutor for the KaNgwane homeland, before becoming a legal advisor for the Eastern Cape Development Corporation. She has held directorships on company boards including Gijima, EOH Mthombo Proprietary Limited, AllPay Eastern Cape Proprietary Limited, a subsidiary of ABSA Limited, and the Ryk Neethling Foundation. She currently holds the position of CEO of Vitom Technologies Proprietary Limited and Vitom Brands Communication Proprietary Limited.

Jean Nel

BAcc (Hons), CA (SA), CFA (AIMR)

Independent Non-Executive Director

• Chairman: Remuneration Committee
• Member: Audit Committee; Remuneration Committee; and Risk Committee

Jean Nel was appointed as an independent Non-executive Director on 30 November 2018. Mr Nel qualified as a CA(SA) in 1998 and obtained the CFA (AIMR) qualification. Mr. Nel has 20 years’ experience in mining finance and mining executive and operational management. He was appointed to the Aquarius Platinum Board in April 2012 and became CEO of the Group in November 2012, a position he held until Aquarius Platinum was acquired by Sibanye- Stillwater in April 2016. From April 2016 to January 2017 Mr. Nel was the CEO of the Platinum division of Sibanye Stillwater. He is currently a Non-executive director of Mimosa Investments which owns the Mimosa platinum mine in Zimbabwe and Tongaat Hulett.

Prudence Lebina

BCom; Higher Diploma (Accounting), Certificate in Business Leadership, CA (SA)

Independent Non-Executive Director

• Chairperson: Risk Committee
• Member: Audit Committee; and Nominations Committee

Prudence Lebina was appointed independent Non-executive Director on 3 May 2019. She qualified as a chartered accountant in December 2005 after serving her articles at PricewaterhouseCoopers Incorporated. A member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, with extensive experience in corporate finance and investor relations in investment banking and the mining industry, Prudence is currently CEO of GAIA Infrastructure Capital Limited.

Charmel Flemming

BAcc (Hons) CA (SA)

Independent Non-Executive Director

• Member: Audit Committee; Risk Committee; and Social and Ethics Committee

Charmel Flemming, appointed an independent non-executive director in July 2020, is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of F Twelve. She is also a non-executive director of Acorn Agri & Food Limited and of ATKV. Previously, she held positions in including KPMG and De Beers. At the latter, she served as a trustee on the boards of both the De Beers Benefit Society Medical Aid and De Beers Pension Fund from 2014 to 2018. A qualified Chartered Account, she has 10 years’ post articles experience, primarily within the mining space.

Niël Pretorius

BProc, LLB, LLM

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

• Member: Risk Committee

Niël Pretorius has two decades of experience in the mining industry. He was appointed CEO designate of DRDGOLD on 21 August 2008 and CEO on 1 January 2009. Having joined the company on 1 May 2003 as legal advisor, he was promoted to Group Legal Counsel on 1 September 2004 and General Manager: Corporate Services on 1 April 2005. Niël was appointed as CEO of Ergo Mining Operations (formerly DRDGOLD SA) on 1 July 2006 and became Managing Director on 1 April 2008. Niël also serves as an elected Council Member with the Minerals Council of South Africa.

Riaan Davel

BCom (Hons), M Com, CA(SA)

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

• Member: Social and Ethics Committee

Riaan Davel joined DRDGOLD in January 2015. Before joining DRDGOLD, he gained 17 years’ experience in the professional services industry, the majority obtained in the mining industry in Africa. As part of gaining that experience, Riaan provided assurance and advisory services, including support and training on IFRS to clients and teams across the African continent. He spent seven years at KPMG as an audit partner, performing, inter alia, audits of listed companies in the mining industry, including SEC registrants.

Riaan has also gained experience as an IFRS technical partner and represented the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants on the International Accounting Standards Board’s project on Extractive Activities from 2003 to 2010. Riaan also served on committees that compile/update the South African Codes for reporting and valuation of mineral reserves and resources.

Elise Beukes

BProc

COMPANY SECRETARY

Elise Beukes was appointed as Company Secretary of DRDGOLD with effect from 1 October 2019. She is a qualified attorney. Prior to joining DRDGOLD, Elise worked at FluidRock Governance Group (Proprietary) Limited (formerly iThemba Statutory and Governance Solutions (Proprietary) Limited), a leading independent governance, training, advisory and company secretarial services provider, where she was a governance specialist and company secretary of several companies including listed public companies. She has broad governance experience in all aspects of commercial law, having spent several years in both litigation and commercial practice as an admitted attorney and four years as corporate legal counsel. Elise has dealt extensively with BBBEE structures, employee ownership schemes, enterprise development and share incentive schemes involving complex company restructuring for both multi-nationals and large local entities. She has extensive knowledge on the new Companies Act and has particular interest in company secretarial and corporate governance matters.

Thulo Mogotsi Moletsane

BA, LLB

CHAIRMAN AND NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: ERGO MINING OPERATIONS PROPRIETARY LIMITED

Thulo Mogotsi-Moletsane is the Chairman and Non-executive Director of Ergo. He is an executive director of Khumo Bathong Holdings Proprietary Limited and a director of Khumo Mining and Investments Proprietary Limited. He was appointed a Non-executive Director of Ergo Mining Operations Proprietary Limited in August 2010, having completed a Mining Qualifications Authority Executive Programme.

Jaco Schoeman

National Diploma (Analytical Chemistry), BTech (Analytical Chemistry)

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Jaco Schoeman joined DRDGOLD in 2011 as Executive Officer: Business Development to focus on expanding the group’s surface retreatment business and extracting maximum value from existing resources. In July 2014, he was appointed Operations Director: Ergo Mining Operations Proprietary Limited.

Henry Gouws

National Higher Diploma (Extraction Metallurgy), MDP

MANAGING DIRECTOR: ERGO MINING PROPRIETARY LIMITED

Henry Gouws is the Managing Director of Ergo. Henry has over 30 years' experience in the mining industry. He graduated from Technikon Witwatersrand and obtained a National Diploma in Extraction Metallurgy in 1990 and a National Higher Diploma in Extraction Metallurgy in 1991. He completed a Management Development Programme in 2003 through Unisa School of Business Leadership and an Executive Development Programme in 2012 through the University of Stellenbosch Business School. He was appointed Operations Manager of Crown in January 2006 and General Manager in July 2006. He was appointed to his current position in 1 October 2011.

Mark Burrell

BCom (Accounting), MDP

FINANCIAL DIRECTOR: ERGO MINING PROPRIETARY LIMITED

Mark Burrell is the Financial Director of Ergo. Mark holds a BComm Accounting degree and has completed a Management Development Programme and has over 20 years' experience in the mining sector. He joined DRDGOLD in 2004 on a consulting basis and later that year, was appointed as Financial Manager of the Blyvooruitzicht operation. He was appointed as Financial Director of Ergo in January 2012. Mark serves as a director on the board of Rand Refinery Proprietary Limited.

Kevin Kruger

BscEng (Mechanical Engineering), MDP, PMD, Government Certificate of Competency (Mines)

MANAGING DIRECTOR: FAR WEST GOLD RECOVERIES PROPRIETARY LIMITED

Kevin Kruger has 32 years' experience in the mining industry in Africa. He joined the mining industry in January 1987 as a second year engineering student. Kevin graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand at the end of 1989 obtaining his BSc (Mechanical Engineering and his government certificate of Competency (mines) during 1993. Kevin was appointed as junior engineer in December 1989, section engineer in March 1994 and engineer in September 1994. He was appointed as engineering manager in 2003, general manager - technical services in 2004 an managing director in Chizimgold 2010. On 1 October 2013 he appointed as Technical Director at Ergo where he was responsible for the environmental, health and safety, mineral resources and engineering portfolios. On 1 August 2018, Kevin was appointed Managing Director of FWGR.

Henriette Hooijer

BCom (Hons), CA(SA)

FINANCIAL DIRECTOR: FAR WEST GOLD RECOVERIES PROPRIETARY LIMITED

Henriette Hooijer is the Financial Director of FWGR. She joined DRDGOLD in May 2016 and was appointed as Financial Director of FWGR in August 2018. Before joining DRDGOLD, she spent 11 years in the professional services industry at KPMG, performing, inter alia, audits of listed companies in the mining industry, including SEC registrants.

Shalin Naidoo

B Tech, MBA

CHIEF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Shalin Naidoo joined DRDGOLD as Chief Information and Technology Officer on 2 November 2020. Ranked amongst South Africa’s Top 8 Visionary CIOs by the institute of IT Professionals in South Africa (IITPSA) and International Data Corporation CIO of the Year in 2019, he has 10 years’ experience in leadership and strategy. He has worked previously in the mining sector for Anglo American Platinum and Tronox.