Leadership team

Norman started his career working for the mining industry in Zambia for four years before joining Deloitte & Touche, where he worked for 17 years. His qualifications include Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and Fellow of the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants. Norman has over 18 years of experience as a senior executive at the Anglo American Group. He joined the Anglo American Group in 2001 at Konkola Copper Mines plc and in 2003 was appointed Global CFO of Anglo American Coal. He became Finance Director of the Company in 2006 and later became joint acting CEO. Norman was CEO of Scaw Metals from 2008 to 2009 and CEO of Thermal Coal from 2009 to 2012. From 2012 to 2016, he was CEO of Kumba Iron Ore. Norman served as deputy chairman of Anglo American South Africa between 2015 and 2019, when he then retired from executive duties. He is currently chairman of the Company, a role to which he was appointed on 17 April 2019, and he became independent in April 2022. He is a board member of the South African Reserve Bank and he is a trustee of Malaria No More UK. He has extensive knowledge and skills in mining.

Sayurie has been with Anglo American for over 15 years. She previously held the roles of senior manager: performance reporting at Platinum and principal accountant: corporate development at Kumba Iron Ore, among others. Her most recent role was financial controller, where she was responsible for leading the Platinum financial reporting, performance reporting, governance and controls and systems integration teams. Recent highlights of her career include leading the Finance team through the external audit rotation in 2020, the JSE controls compliance attestation programme and the migration of the ERP system to a standard SAP platform (AOP).

Hennie Faul has over 30 years of mining industry experience as a qualified mining engineer and senior manager. He has led ESG, operational, and project functions across five continents, covering various mine categories and processes. Hennie was previously employed by Anglo American, joining the business in 2004, and holding senior engineering roles and later became group head of mining. From August 2013, until July 2019, Hennie was CEO of Anglo American’s Copper Business, overseeing operations in Chile and Peru, achieving significant improvements in safety, productivity and financial performance. Hennie has extensive board experience, serving as chairman and as a member of various committees.

Dorian Emmett has had an extensive career in the mining industry. He joined Anglo American in 1975 (Johannesburg Consolidated Investment) and held various technical and commercial executive roles. He became an executive director of Anglo American Platinum in 1996 as chief operating officer at the company until 2004. He plays a pivotal role in the company’s management, restructuring and operational efficiency programmes. In 2004, he assumed the role of global head of sustainable development for Anglo American, shaping the sustainability, safety, health, social and environment programmes and processes for the group. He retired in 2016, and assumed the role of advisor to the chief executive, focusing on furthering transformation initiatives with labour unions and the government regulator, as well as between the mining industry and the faith community. As part of his role, Dorian has held the chairmanship of our safety and sustainable development committee at Anglo American Platinum since 2009.

Lwazi served as chief executive officer of Deloitte Africa from June 2013 until May 2022 and continued to serve as partner of the firm until end September 2022 to oversee the completion of several projects. During his 25+ year tenure with Deloitte he served in a number of leadership roles, including being a member of the Deloitte Southern Africa Board of Partners and Directors, holding executive responsibility for the firm’s strategy and the financial advisory business, as well as being the head of M&A Advisory. Lwazi is a past president of the Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants in Southern Africa (ABASA), a former chairman of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), as well as former chairman of the African Children’s Feeding Scheme (ACFS).

Roger has spent more than 49 years in the South African mining sector, including more than 30 years in senior management roles at both operations and head offices of large gold mining companies. As a consulting engineer from 2002 mainly with SRK Consulting South Africa, he has worked extensively in mine valuation, due diligence and engineering studies. He also played a leading role in developing reporting standards through the South African Mineral Resource Committee (SAMREC) and the global Committee for Mineral Reserves International Reporting Standards (CRIRSCO). He still serves on these two committees.

External directorships: None

Appointed a director in July 2020

Deborah is a chartered accountant with more than three decades’ experience across corporate finance, restructuring & debt management, performance improvement and auditing. She qualified as an ACA accountant at what is now known as PWC and then spent eight years as finance executive with the Africa-focused miner, Lonrho plc. Since then, Deborah has held positions with Deloitte, BDO and Gazelle Corporate Finance. Deborah has extensive boardroom experience, having been appointed as a non-executive director and Audit Committee Chair at Ithaca Energy, Serabi Gold and Petra Diamonds. Deborah brings a wealth of London Stock Exchange experience to the Valterra Platinum Board.

Craig previously served as Anglo American Platinum’s finance director since 2019. Prior to this, he held various roles including chief financial officer at Anglo American Iron Ore Brazil and chief financial officer at Anglo Thermal Coal. With over 23 years of mining industry experience, he is a seasoned senior executive who has worked in South Africa, Brazil, and the UK, with expertise spanning Anglo American’s PGMs, base metals and bulk commodities businesses.

Appointment date: October 2023

Virginia joined Anglo American Platinum from Kumba Iron Ore, where she served as executive head of human resources since 2010. She was previously the HR director at Afrisam South Africa Limited. With over 15 years’ experience at executive level in human resources in the mining and manufacturing industries, she brings extensive experience in executing transformational and mission-critical projects and initiatives to turn around business performance.

Appointed in August 2021.

Willie began his career at Anglo American in 1997, where he progressed through various roles, becoming production manager in 2007. He then served as mineral resource manager at the corporate office, before moving to Northam Platinum in 2010 to take up the position as mine manager for Booysendal, which at that stage was in project phase. He led the Booysendal project and operational teams from feasibility to project execution and steady state, delivering an operation reaching multiple phases of organic growth on time and within budget. Willie went on to become the general manager of Northam Platinum Booysendal in 2013.

In 2019, Willie was promoted to operations executive at Northam Platinum, responsible for Eastern Limb operations, as well as capital projects, technical services, security and processing (including safety, health and environment).

Willie returned to Anglo American Platinum as executive head of mining operations where he is responsible for the company’s production across the Mogalakwena, Amandelbult, Mototolo and Unki operations. He is also a board member and the chairman of Mine Rescue Services South Africa.

Appointed in February 2025

Martin joined Anglo American in 2007 and has been in the mining sector for over 20 years. His extensive industry experience and business knowledge was gained through holding positions at Kumba Iron Ore and Anglo American Platinum.

Serving 17 years in senior management roles in the finance, strategy and business development teams, Martin’s most recent position was as head of strategy and business development. He played a leading role in reshaping the Anglo American Platinum mining portfolio, which included the disposal of the Rustenburg, Union, Bokoni JV and Kroondal JV operations, in separate multi-billion rand transactions. Martin has worked closely with the executive board over several years to develop and refine Anglo American Platinum’s strategy and priorities.

Appointed in October 2024