Directors
:
C A Carolus (Chair), N J Holland
†
** (Chief Executive Officer), P A Schmidt** (Chief Financial Officer), K Ansah
#
, R Dañino*, A R Hill
≠
, D L Lazaro^,
R P Menell, D N Murray, D M J Ncube, R L Pennant-Rea
†
, G M Wilson
†
British,
≠
Canadian,
#
Ghanaian, *Peruvian, ^Filipino, ** Executive Director
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MEDIA RELEASE
GOLD FIELDS APPOINTS NEW HEAD FOR WEST
AFRICA REGION
Johannesburg, 30 July 2013: Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields)
(JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) is pleased to announced the
appointment of Alfred Baku as Senior Vice-President and Head of its
West Africa Region, the largest geographic contributor to the
company’s production. Mr Baku will also join the Group Executive
Committee. The appointment will take effect on 1 August 2013.
Mr Baku, who is currently Vice-President of Operations for the West
Africa region, is the first Ghanaian to head up the region. He will be
based in Accra.
Having worked his way up through the ranks, Mr Baku is a seasoned
Gold Fields employee with 19 years of mining experience with Group
companies in both Ghana and Australia. He first joined the Damang
gold mine in 1997 as Production Engineer and became a member of
Damang’s senior management team in 2002. During his time in
Australia, in 2005, he was Strategic Mine Planner at the Group’s St
Ives mine and Relieving Mine Manager at the Agnew mine. In
October 2008 he became the first Ghanaian to be appointed as
General Manager of Damang and in 2010 as General Manager of
Tarkwa. In 2011 he was promoted to Vice President of both
Ghanaian operations.
Mr Baku holds an MSc degree in Mining Engineering from the
University of Mines and Technology in Ghana. He also holds a
Statutory Mine Manager’s certificate and is a member of the
Australian Institute of Mining Metallurgy (AusIMM).
Nick Holland, CEO of Gold Fields, commented: "We are delighted to
announce Alfred’s promotion to head up our West Africa region and
to our Group Executive Committee. He brings strong continuity,
technical depth and leadership to our operations in West Africa and
has well established relationships with our key stakeholders. Our
West African operations are a key component of our portfolio of
assets and Alfred is well suited to lead this region into the very
challenging next phase of its development.