Geoffrey Campbell was appointed a non-executive director in 2002, a senior independent non-executive director in December 2003 and as non-executive Chairman in October 2005. A qualified geologist, he has worked on gold mines in Wales and Canada. He then spent 15 years first as a stockbroker and afterwards as a fund manager, during which time he managed the Merrill Lynch Investment Managers’ Gold and General Fund, one of the largest gold mining investment funds. He was also Research Director for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. Geoffrey is Managing Director of Boatlaunch Limited and a director of Oxford Abstracts. On 26 June 2006, he was appointed Non-executive Chairman of Emperor Mines Limited, resigning from this position on 1 November 2007.
Niël Pretorius was appointed Chief Executive Officer of DRDGOLD on 1 January 2009. After joining the company on 1 May 2003 as Legal Adviser, he was promoted to the position of Group Legal Counsel on 1 September 2004 and General Manager: Corporate Services on 1 April 2005. Niël was appointed Chief Executive Officer: DRDGOLD SA on 1 July 2006 and Managing Director on 1 April 2008. A director of Rand Refinery Limited, he has 15 years of experience in the mining industry.
Craig Barnes joined DRDGOLD in August 2004 as Group Financial Accountant. A chartered accountant, he has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of the Witwatersrand and a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) degree from the University of South Africa. Craig has over 10 years’ financial experience prior to joining DRDGOLD, he was with Liberty Group Limited for almost seven years, most recently as Head of Financial Reporting. Craig was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of DRDGOLD SA in July 2006 and Chief Financial Officer DRDGOLD in May 2008.
Robert Hume was appointed a non-executive director in 2001. He has 41 years’ experience in the auditing field of which the final 18 were spent as a partner in the East London (South Africa) office of KPMG. Since retirement in 1999, he has spent eight years as Investment Manager at Sasfin Frankel Pollak in East London. Robert is also a director of King Consolidated Holdings Limited.
James Turk was appointed a non-executive director in October 2004. He is the founder and a director of GM Network Limited (GoldMoney.com), the operator of a digital gold currency payment system. Since graduating from George Washington University in 1969, he has specialised in international banking, finance and investments. After starting his career with JP Morgan Chase, James joined RTB Inc, the private investment and trading company of a prominent precious metals trader in 1980. He moved to the United Arab Emirates in 1983 as Manager of the Commodity Department of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Since resigning in 1987, he has written extensively on money and banking.
Edmund Jeneker was appointed a non-executive director in November 2007. Trained as an accountant, he has specialised in business strategy and general management over the past 10 years. He currently holds the position of General Manager: Retail Bank at Absa Bank Limited.
DRDGOLD Limited (DRDGOLD) is a medium-sized, unhedged gold producer with investments in South Africa.
