HARMONY APPOINTS FINANCIAL DIRECTOR DESIGNATE
Johannesburg. Friday, 24 July. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) is pleased to
announce that following a comprehensive executive search process for a Financial Director, Hannes
Meyer has been appointed to Harmonys Executive Management team as Financial Director Designate
with effect from 1 August 2009.
Frank Abbott, Harmonys Interim Financial Director since August 2007, has given notice of his early
retirement. Frank will hand over his financial directors responsibilities to Hannes on 1 November
2009, on which day Hannes will be appointed to Harmonys Board as Financial Director. Frank will
remain on the Harmony Board as an executive director responsible for strategic planning up to the
end of December 2009, after which he will serve as non-executive director of Harmony.
Hannes is a 39 year-old, qualified chartered accountant with more than 13 years experience in the
mining industry. Having first worked at Randgold Resources Limiteds mining operations in Mali,
Hannes joined AngloGold Ashanti (AngloGold) Limited and was later appointed Senior Financial
Manager: Business Development. He spent seven years with AngloGold during which he gained
extensive experience in all facets of corporate finance. Hannes then joined TEAL Exploration &
Mining Incorporated (TEAL) as Chief Financial Officer and was appointed as Acting Chief Executive
Officer of TEAL in 2008.
Harmonys Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs says, Hannes not only has vast financial
experience, but is also very familiar with the mining industry. We searched for an individual
with financial engineering abilities and Hannes was by far the strongest candidate. I am pleased
that Frank has agreed to stay on to ensure an effective hand-over and continuity of the financial
responsibilities.
end.
Issued by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
24 July 2009
For more details contact:
Graham Briggs
Chief Executive Officer
on +27(0)83 265 0274
or
Marian van der Walt
Executive: Corporate and Investor Relations
on +27(0)82 888 1242
Corporate Office:
Randfontein Office Park
P O Box 1
Randfontein
South Africa 1796
T +27 (11) 411 2000
www.harmony.co.za
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