TIDMHRM
HARMONY
PRESS RELEASE
HARMONY APPOINTS FINANCIAL DIRECTOR DESIGNATE
Johannesburg. Friday, 24 July. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited ("Harmony")
is pleased to announce that following a comprehensive executive search process
for a Financial Director, Hannes Meyer has been appointed to Harmony's
Executive Management team as Financial Director Designate with effect from 1
August 2009.
Frank Abbott, Harmony's Interim Financial Director since August 2007, has given
notice of his early retirement. Frank will hand over his financial director's
responsibilities to Hannes on 1 November 2009, on which day Hannes will be
appointed to Harmony's Board as Financial Director. 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.
Hannes is a 39 year-old, qualified chartered accountant with more than 13 years
experience in the mining industry. Having first worked at Randgold Resources
Limited's mining operations in Mali, Hannes joined AngloGold Ashanti
("AngloGold") Limited and was later appointed Senior Financial Manager:
Business Development. He spent seven years with AngloGold during which he
gained extensive experience in all facets of corporate finance. Hannes then
joined TEAL Exploration & Mining Incorporated ("TEAL") as Chief Financial
Officer and was appointed as Acting Chief Executive Officer of TEAL in 2008.
Harmony's Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs says, "Hannes not only has
vast financial experience, but is also very familiar with the mining industry.
We searched for an individual with financial engineering abilities and Hannes
was by far the strongest candidate. I am pleased that Frank has agreed to stay
on to ensure an effective hand-over and continuity of the financial
responsibilities."
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Issued by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
24 July 2009
For more details contact:
Graham Briggs
Chief Executive Officer
on +27(0)83 265 0274
or
Marian van der Walt
Executive: Corporate and Investor Relations
on +27(0)82 888 1242
Corporate Office:
Randfontein Office Park
P O Box 1
Randfontein
South Africa 1796
T +27 (11) 411 2000
www.harmony.co.za
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