BSc
Des qualified as a geologist and joined the Assore group in 1968. He was appointed to the Assore Board in 1974 and, on retirement of his father in 1992, he was appointed Chairman and Managing Director. In that year, he was also appointed Deputy Chairman of Assmang Limited and in 1999, he became Chairman of Assmang. He is a fellow of the Institute of Directors (IOD) and of the Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA).

BA, CA (SA), MBA
Chris completed articles with Alex. Aiken & Carter (now KPMG) and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1982. In 1989 he joined the Assore group as Group Accountant. In 1992 he was appointed Group Financial Director and made Chief Executive Officer in June 2004 when the roles of Chairman and Managing Director were split. He was appointed to the Assmang Board as a non-executive director in 1993 and currently chairs the Assmang Audit Committee. He is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).

BSc Eng, BCom, MBA
Phil trained as a mining engineer obtaining a BSc (Eng) at Pretoria University in 1975. Thereafter he joined Iscor, and in 1977 he took up a position with Assmang where he advanced to Mine Manager. In 1982 he joined Sasol as General Mine Manager and was subsequently promoted to Operations Manager at Secunda Collieries, responsible for four mechanised mines. In 1988 he joined manufacturing company Sandock-Austral as Managing Director. In 1991 he was invited to join Assore in his current position as Group Technical Director and was appointed to the Assmang Board in 1992. He is a member of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) and the Institute of Directors (IOD).

Mine Managers Certificate of Competency, MDPA (Unisa), RMIIA
Appointed to the board on 20 January 2005, André Wilkens was formerly the chief executive of ARMplatinum, a division of ARM. Prior to this, he was chief operating officer of Harmony following the merger of that company with ARMgold in 2003. He served as chief executive officer of ARMgold after joining the company in 1998. The balance of his 34 years’ mining experience was gained with Anglo American Corporation of South Africa, where he commenced his career in 1969 and culminated in his appointment as mine manager of Vaal Reefs South Mine in 1993. Andre Wilkens was appointed to his current position of Chief Executive Officer of African Rainbow Minerals Limited in 2004.

Jan Steenkamp started his career with the Anglovaal Group in 1973. Trained as a mining engineer, he has worked at and managed group mining operations within the gold, copper, manganese, iron ore and chrome sections. He was appointed as Managing Director of Avgold Limited in September 2002 and also serves on the board of Assmang Limited. In May 2003, Jan was appointed to the Avmin board and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Avmin on 1 July 2003 after serving as Chief Operating Officer. Jan currently holds the position of Chief Executive of ARM Ferrous.

* Member of the audit committee
† Executive director
# Member of the operations committee
‡ British

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