Our purpose is to create a better future. We accomplish this through the metals we produce, the way we do business and through our superior performance.
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Implats has the advantage of geographical diversification and exploits platiniferous horizons within the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe and the palladium-dominant orebody located in the Lac des Iles Intrusive Complex in Canada. The Bushveld Complex and Great Dyke layered intrusions are unique in terms of size and geological continuity.
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Decarbonisation is an urgent global challenge. There are increasing opportunities to use platinum-catalysed fuel cells to provide zero-emitting, carbon-free energy, in electricity and mobile applications.
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Employee accommodation and living conditions remain key strategic issues for improving the wellbeing of our employees and host communities in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Our focus remains on facilitating the creation of sustainable human settlements and access to decent accommodation for employees who are residing in informal structures.
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The increasing evidence globally of physical climate impacts – wildfires, floods, rising temperatures – is driving a greater sense of urgency in building adaptive capacity and resilience to climate.
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Good corporate governance contributes to value creation by ensuring accountability through reporting and disclosure, effective risk management, clear performance management, transparency and ethical and effective leadership.
The diversity of our directors in terms of gender, race and professional background facilitates an environment for constructive dialogue and enables the board to consider the needs of a wide range of stakeholder interests.
The Implats board believes these qualities of governance enable the Implats Group to create value for stakeholders in a sustainable manner over the short, medium and long term.
B Proc, B Juris, LLB, LLM
Experience
Thandi was previously a long-serving member of the Implats board until she stepped down in 2015. She has held several senior level positions in the public sector including as the director of the CCMA. Thandi serves as a director of Peotona as well as several Peotona investee companies. She is chairman of the board of BP Southern Africa.
Board appointment:
August 2020
BCom, BAcc, CA(SA)
Experience
Dawn has formerly held positions as financial director at both Implats and Rand Refineries. She is a director and a chairman of the audit committee at Anglo Gold Ashanti Pension Fund and Transit Freight Forwarding (Pty) Ltd and at Aveng Moolmans (Pty) Ltd.
Board appointment:
August 2018
MSc Chemical Engineering, BCom
Experience
Ralph brings diverse experience to the Board, having built a distinguished reputation in various leadership positions across the mining industry. He has previously served as director of Anglo Platinum, Simmer and Jack, Sasol and Northam Platinum. He currently serves as an independent non-executive director on the boards of Murray and Roberts Holdings Ltd and Omnia Holdings Ltd.
Board appointment:
January 2021
MSc and PhD
Experience
Sydney is the chairman of the subsidiary Zimplats Holdings Limited and a non-executive director of Transnet Limited (SOC), Adcorp and Absa Bank subsidiary in Mozambique. He also is the director of the Centre of Public Policy and African Studies at the University of Johannesburg.
Board appointment:
March 2015
BSc (Environmental studies), MBA
Experience
Mpho was a non-executive director at Alexander Forbes, Vodacom SA, African Bank and chairperson of the Commission for Employment Equity. She is currently a director of Search Partners International and an independent non-executive director of Sasol Limited.
Board appointment:
April 2015
BCompt (Hons), CA(SA)
Experience
Preston has held various senior positions at MMI Holdings, Metropolitan Group and Old Mutual, South Africa. He is a former audit partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers. He currently serves as a non-executive director of Santam, various Sanlam and Santam subsidiary companies including MiWay, African Rainbow Life (ARL), Sanlam Investments, and Sanlam Emerging Markets. He chairs the ARL board. He is the chairman of various audit and risk committees in the Sanlam Group and he also chairs the Volkswagen Financial Services risk committee.
Board appointment:
August 2018
BSc (Mining engineering), BCom (Hons)
Experience
Bernard is a former CEO of Harmony Gold. He is currently a non-executive director of Omnia Holdings Limited, Zimplats Holdings Limited and Impala Canada Limited.
Board appointment:
March 2015
BCom (Accounting), BCom Hons (Management accounting), MBA, (CA)SA
Experience
Mametja brings extensive financial experience and expertise to the board having worked previously as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and UBS AG, and as an auditor at KPMG. Her expertise spans audit, mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt, capital markets, as well as BEE transaction advisory in a number of industries including mining, telecommunication, financial services and manufacturing. She is the founder and CEO of Moshe Capital Proprietary Limited, a South African advisory and investment firm.
BSc (Electrical engineering)
Experience
Billy offers strong operational and technical leadership experience in the mining sector and was formerly head of operations and integration at Kumba Iron Ore Limited and country head of Rio Tinto (South Africa) Limited. He is a non-executive director at Metair Investments Limited and Exxaro Resources Limited, in addition to his role as CEO of Kolobe Nala Investments Proprietary Limited.
Board appointment:
September 2022
BSc (Mining engineering)
Experience
Nico was appointed to the board as chief executive officer and executive director. He has had a long career in the mining industry, which has exposed him to multiple commodities ranging from diamonds and gold to platinum. Nico serves as chairman of subsidiaries Impala Platinum Limited and Impala Canada Limited. He is also a non-executive director of Zimplats Holdings Limited.
Board appointment:
April 2017
BComm, HDipAcc, CA(SA)
Experience
Meroonisha was appointed to the board as chief financial officer and executive director. She previously spent 10 years at Deloitte after which she held various senior positions at Anglo American Platinum and AngloGold Ashanti. Meroonisha serves on the boards of Impala Platinum Limited, Impala Canada Limited and Zimplats Holdings Limited.
Board appointment:
August 2018
BA (Psychology), Honours (Political science)
Experience
Lee-Ann has held senior positions in human resources across financial services, mining and telecommunications industries. She serves on the boards of Impala Platinum Limited and Impala Canada Limited.
Board appointment:
November 2017
BCom (Hons), CA(SA)
Experience
Boitumelo was appointed to the board as a non-executive director representing Royal Bafokeng Nation (RBN). She serves on various boards linked to the Royal Bafokeng entities and was previously a non-executive director of Impala Platinum Limited.
Board appointment:
August 2019
Chief Executive Officer: Impala Canada
Chief Financial Officer
Company Secretary
Chief Executive Officer: Zimplats
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Executive: Impala Rustenburg
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Technical Officer
Group Executive: Corporate Development
Group Executive: People
Group Executive: Refining and Marketing
Group Executive: Corporate Affairs