Westonaria, South Africa - October 4, 2013, Westonaria, South Africa - Sibanye Gold, a gold mining company, announced the appointment of Chris Chadwick and Robert Chan as non-executive directors and Zola Skweyiya as an independent non-executive director.
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Mr. Chadwick is a Chartered Accountant who passed the South African Chartered Accountant Board exam in 1991, the same year he completed his articles at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited.
Mr. Chadwick's early career was spent with Comair Limited, which he assisted in growing tenfold over a period of four years. After financial executive roles in the advertising, fast-moving consumer goods and services industries, he moved into the Information Technology industry in financial and strategic director roles for five years.
Mr. Chadwick joined Gold One (previously Aflease Gold) in July 2008 as a board director and is the Chief Financial Officer and Acting CEO of Gold One.
Mr. Chan is an experienced banker with more than 39 years of experience in both commercial and investment banking, having worked in London, Malaysia and Singapore. He retired from the United Overseas Bank Limited on 31 December 2011 after 35 years of service, 25 years of which as the Chief Executive Officer, United Overseas Bank, Hong Kong.
Mr. Chan served as an independent, non-executive director of Noble Group Limited since 1996. He is an independent, non-executive director of Hutchison Port Holdings Trustees Pte. Ltd., the Trustee-Manager of Hutchison Port Holdings Trust, a business trust listed in Singapore, as well as Quam Limited.
Mr. Chan is currently non-executive Chairman of The Hour Glass (HK) Limited and an independent, non-executive director of Gold One. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Economics) honours degree and a Master's degree in Business Administration. He is also a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors.
Mr. Skweyiya was Minister of Public Service and Administration from 1994 to 1999 and Minister of Social Development from 1999 to 2008. He was the founding member that set up the Centre for Development Studies at the University of the Western Cape. He also served on the board of trustees of the National Commission for the Rights of Children. ■