Impala Platinum Holdings Limited announced the appointment of Ms. Meroonisha Kerber, Ms. Dawn Earp and Mr. Preston Speckmann to the Board of Directors of Implats with effect from 1 August 2018. Ms. Kerber, BCom CA (SA), joins Implats as chief financial officer and an executive director of the Implats Board. She is an experienced finance executive having served as Senior Vice President, Finance at AngloGold Ashanti Limited.

Ms. Earp, BCom, BAcc CA (SA), has been appointed to the Implats Board as an independent non-executive director and as chairman of the audit committee. Ms. Earp has a long career in the mining industry and has previously served as chief financial officer at Implats and as finance director at Rand Refinery Limited. Mr. Speckmann, BCompt.

CA (SA), has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Implats Board and as a member of the audit committee. Mr. Speckmann has extensive experience in the financial services industry and served as Group Finance Director of MMI Holdings Limited for a period of 16 years. He currently serves on the boards of Santam Limited as well as various Santam Limited and Sanlam subsidiary companies as an independent non-executive director.

It is further announced that Ms. Mpho Nkeli will, with effect from 1 August 2018, no longer serve as a member of the reconstituted audit committee.