Chris has served as CEO of Anglo American Platinum since September 2012. He was previously CEO of Kumba Iron Ore from 2008 and 2012 and prior to this, served as Anglo American Platinum’s head of operations for joint ventures. Chris has been with the Group for over 25 years, joining Anglo American Platinum where he progressed from shift supervisor to one of the youngest general managers in the company at that time.

Thabile Makgala is the Group Executive: Mining Engineering at Impala Platinum. In recognition of her vision, leadership and achievements, Thabile has presented on various platforms on topics of women empowerment in business, and the need for businesses to harness the potential of women in South Africa.

Paul Dunne was appointed as CEO of Northam Platinum Limited in 2014. Mr Dunne is credited with re-establishing the group’s empowerment status and growing the production profile down the cost curve. With significant geographic and asset diversification, Northam is being transformed into a long life, multi-asset and low risk PGM producer with shallow, modern and mechanised operations. Mr Dunne has a wealth of experience in the platinum arena and was previously in charge of running Implats’ Rustenberg and Marula operations. He also serves on the board of Zambezi Platinum (RF) Limited.

Steve Phiri is an admitted attorney to the High Court of South Africa. His qualifications include a B Juris degree, University of the North; LLB, Vista University; Diploma in Corporate Law, Rand Afrikaans University (now University of Johannesburg) and an LLM degree from the University of Johannesburg.

Steve was appointed CEO of RBPlat in April 2010. Prior to this appointment he was the CEO of Merafe Resources, a public company listed on the JSE, for a period of six years. He has served as a non-executive director on the Board of Impala Platinum Limited and brings to RBPlat a significant wealth of mining and business experience, gained over a period of more than 15 years. He has also served as a non-executive director on the boards of Zurich Insurance Company SA and the South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator.

In 2017, Mr. Phiri was elected as one of the Mineral Council South Africa’s three Vice presidents.

Gerick Mouton, a Mechanical Engineer by profession, is the Vice President & Executive Head: Capital Projects for Ivanplats (Pty) Ltd (an Ivanhoe Mines Company). His previous appointments include Vice President & Project Director for Ivanhoe Mines, Project Director for Bateman Engineering Projects, Project Manager for DRA Global and Group Five. Gerick has been involved in the strategic development, implementation and execution of multifaceted mining projects on the African continent for nearly 20 years and has extensive knowledge in developing mining projects in challenging social environments. Gerick has completed various projects in Botswana, Ghana, Zambia, Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Gerick is currently studying towards his Masters in Philosophy (Sustainable Development within the Minerals Resource Sector) through the University of Cape Town. Gerick has been with the Ivanhoe Mines Group for more than 5 years and is responsible for the development of the world famous Platreef PGM Project in Limpopo, South Africa.

Joseph Mathunjwa is the founder and Head of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) – one of the most progressive and fast growing trade unions in South Africa’s labour landscape.  Born in Amatikulu, in the northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Mathunjwa began his career as a laboratory attendant. He then worked as the laboratory assistant at BHP Billiton’s Douglas Colliery in Mpumalanga where he gained popularity among the workforce due to his interests in representing workers. It was at BHP Billiton where Mathunjwa honed and refined his skills for representing the workforce around him by managing to convince management to implement a bonus system for underground mine workers. His interest in trade unions came when he saw people being retrenched without companies making an effort to save their jobs. The first retrenchment that Mathunjwa fought for through the Labour Court was at BHP Billiton in 2005 where he successfully won the case. This paved the way for Mathunjwa to join the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) as a Chair of a local branch of the union. After parting ways with NUM in September 1999, Joseph laid the foundation for the formation of AMCU, which was formally registered in 2001, to address the swelling vein of discontentment among poor, black workers who were seeing little improvement in their lives two decades after apartheid ended. AMCU now makes a difference in the lives of its more than 200,000 members, with the Union enjoying steady growth year-on-year.  

Mr Baxter was appointed CEO of the Minerals Council in 2015. He has 28 years of high-level advocacy and strategy experience in the business and mining sectors. He was involved in the first mineral policy discussions with the ANC in 1992 and has participated (and often led) discussions on all aspects of mining, economic, investment, transformation and tax policy with government.  He previously chaired BUSA’s Econpol and Growth Task Team. He has played a key leadership role in rejuvenating the brand of the Minerals Council and brings material leadership, governance, strategy, investment and transformation skills to the table. He is a member of the Minerals Council Board, the BUSA Board, the TEBA Trust Board and he chairs the World Platinum Investment Council. He is vice-Chairman of the international Associations Working Group and vice-Chairman of the Mining Industry Association of Southern Africa (MIASA). He was recently awarded the SAIMM Brigadier Stokes platinum medal for his contribution to the South African mining sector.

Stephen Forrest, one of the PGM industry’s foremost authorities, known universally for his value-chain-spanning expertise, has spent a career working with a portfolio of major commodity companies and clients, in more recent years becoming the analytical link between producer and end-user, processor and investor, as part of SFA (Oxford), the leading PGM consultancy he set up in 2001.

Stephen’s industry track record is significant, not least for the many facets it encompasses, having worked as a Commodities Strategist, Fund Manager and Operations Manager, risen to the highest levels of mining management, conducted trade finance and capital-raising exercises in the Eastern Bloc and Western world, and accomplished Top Rating as a Mining Analyst covering platinum-group metals, base metal and coal markets. Through this multifaceted history, he has built up an exclusive network of contacts that transcends individual industrial sectors and value chain linkages, placing him in a unique position to provide crosscommodity expertise to a trusting client base.

Leveraging off this vast relationship set, in 2001 he founded SFA (Oxford), an independent consultancy covering a broad spectrum of mining-, minerals- and commodity-related issues, including macroeconomic analysis, supply and demand scenarios, in-depth cost analysis, derivative research and price forecasting. He has since led SFA towards becoming the industry standard in commodity research, managing the mapping of the entire PGM value chain, assisting company clients in more than $5 billion in strategic transactions, and offering otherwise unobtainable insights into the PGM and other commodity industries.

Suki is the Bank’s Precious Metals Analyst, based in New York. She covers the markets for gold, silver, platinum, palladium and other platinum-group metals, along with the key producing countries and consuming sectors. She joined Standard Chartered in 2015 from Barclays, where she spent 11 years, most recently as Head of Metals Research. Previously, she was a Chartered Accountant at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Suki is a member of the Public Affairs Committee of the London Bullion Market Association, and regularly features in the media. She is an ACA Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Huw Daniel is currently based in Hong Kong where he leads Platinum Guild International (PGI), the world’s leading authority on the platinum jewellery industry. CEO Daniel oversees platinum jewellery marketing strategies and budgets globally. Prior to his promotion as CEO in 2015, he oversaw strategy and business development as President of Platinum Guild International USA for 12 years.
CEO Daniel has over 25 years of experience in marketing and communications including 15 years at PGI. Previously he worked at Saatchi and JWT across Europe, Asia and the US, with a client list including Procter & Gamble, De Beers, LVMH and the European Commission.

Benny Oeyen is from Belgium but was born and grew up in Germany.  He has worked and lived in Belgium, the USA, Switzerland, Germany, China and now the UK.  He has a Masters’ Degree in Economics from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.  He has 28 years of global automotive experience.  He worked for Mazda Motors European HQ in Brussels as their European Product Manager. Benny was with DaimlerChrysler as a Senior Product Manager at their European HQ, as a Senior Manager, Product Strategy at their World HQ in Detroit, USA, and finally as Managing Director in Zurich, Switzerland.  He has also worked for Hyundai Kia as their Chief Marketing Officer for Europe in Frankfurt, Germany and at General Motors China as their Vice President, Product Strategy in Shanghai.  Since Nov 2017 he has been the Executive Head, Market Development for Anglo American in London.  

Trevor leads research for the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC), a market authority on platinum investment formed to stimulate global investor demand for physical platinum. This is done through providing actionable insights to investors and targeted development of platinum investment products; with offices in London and Shanghai.
Trevor joined the WPIC from Anglo American Platinum where he was the Head of Market Intelligence and Market Relations. He was Anglo American Platinum’s Head of Investor Relations until 2008 when he joined the platinum marketing team in London to focus on commodity research and market development.
A precious metals specialist with over 30 years’ experience in the equity and metals market, Trevor moved into the platinum industry in 2000 following 17 years in gold mining, which saw him undertake roles in engineering, mineral economics and corporate finance.

Bernhard Fuchs joined Degussa’s precious metals business in 1999, after having worked as a banker and lawyer (Dr. in law). Following his assignment as assistant to the CEO, he was in 2002 appointed as CFO of Allgemeine Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt AG. In 2009 he moved to China as President Umicore Greater China, overseeing the growth of the group in precious metals as well as other specialty metals. Since 2014 he has been responsible for Umicore’s global Precious Metals Management as well as for the global sales organization of the Umicore group. He also serves as Chairman of Umicore AG, Umicore’s largest entity in Germany with 1.000 employees at three sites. He is a board member of the International Platinum Association (IPA), as well as of the German Precious Metals Federation.

Kevin is a Founding Partner of AP Ventures, which spun out of Anglo American and had a first close of US$200m in July 2018.
Kevin has a broad range of international experience spanning over 16 years, having worked extensively across Europe, South Africa and the United States. Prior to launching this fund, he was with Anglo American plc for ten years in various senior Commercial and Corporate Finance positions.
In his most recent role, Kevin had operational responsibility for Anglo American’s Corporate Venture Capital Fund, the predecessor fund to AP Ventures Fund I. He focussed primarily on the energy and clean technology sectors. Kevin is a board member of United Hydrogen.
Kevin received his honours degree in Business Science from the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Mandi joined Kagiso Asset Management in October 2013 as an Associate Analyst, and was promoted to Investment Analyst in June 2016, with responsibilities for covering the metals and mining sector, she also co-ordinates ESG integration in the investment team. In October 2018, Mandi was promoted to Portfolio Manager.
She started her career in asset management as a Junior Fixed Income Analyst with Atlantic Asset Management in 2012.