After obtaining his degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, London, Mr Murray commenced his career in 1984 with Impala Platinum Holdings Limited. Following a 17-year career in the South African platinum industry, Mr Murray joined Aquarius Platinum Limited in May 2001 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer.
Hugo Höll - BSc (Chem Eng), MBA
Managing Director *
Mr Höll joined AQPSA in 2002 as Project Manager responsible for the Everest South Feasibility Study. Mr Höll was appointed General Manager: Everest in 2004 to manage the Everest project from construction to commissioning and subsequently assumed operational responsibility. Mr Höll was appointed General Manager: Projects and Transformation in November 2007 and was appointed as Managing Director in September 2008. Mr Höll brings with him 15 years’ experience in the mining industry, 12 of which were at senior management level.
Anton Lubbe - BSc (Mining), GDE, MBA
Operations Director: West *
Mr Lubbe joined AQPSA in October 2008 as Operations Director Western Limb Operations. Mr Lubbe has 28 years of mining experience, with exposure to gold, platinum, chrome and copper. He has 10 years of experience as General Manager, three years as Divisional Director New Business for DRDGOLD, and three years contracting experience as Operations Director of JIC (Mining). He also served on the boards of DRDGOLD and its subsidiaries, and Westdawn Investments (Trading as JIC Mining).
Anton Wheeler - Pr Tech Eng
Operations Director: East *
Mr Wheeler joined AQPSA in April 2006 as Operations Director and after a term as Managing Director was appointed Operations Director: East in September 2008. Mr Wheeler commenced his career in gold and coal mining, moving to platinum mining in 1988 when he joined Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) where he held various senior positions including that of Operations Director of Zimplats.
Hélène Nolte - CA(SA)
Finance Director *
Ms Nolte joined AQPSA in July 2008 as Finance Director. She commenced her career at KPMG where she spent 10 years providing services to predominantly mining industry clients, her last position being that of Senior Audit Manager. She has been involved with AQPSA since 1999 in an audit capacity and from 2004 in a consulting capacity.
Hulme Scholes - BA Law & LLB
Commercial Director *
Mr Scholes joined AQPSA as Commercial Director in August 2008. Mr Scholes holds a BA Law and LLB degree from the University of the Witwatersrand and is an Admitted Attorney of the High Court of the Republic of South Africa. Mr Scholes specialises in mining and mineral law and has practiced exclusively in the field for 15 years. Prior to joining AQPSA, Mr Scholes was a partner at Werksmans Attorneys from 1999 and a Non-Executive Director for AQPSA from 2004.
Mr Byleveld joined AQPSA in April 2007 as General Manager Operations: Marikana and later took up the role of General Manager Projects in October 2008 after serving as General Manager Technical Services from December 2007. Mr Byleveld has more than 35 years experience in deep level gold mining and platinum mining. Mr Byleveld was previously employed at Lonmin.
Gabriël (Gawie) de Wet - B.Sc. Eng (Mech)
General Manager Engineering
Mr de Wet obtained his mechanical engineering degree from the University of Pretoria in 1986 and after graduation joined Iscor Mining Company. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Maintenance Engineering. Mr de Wet held various positions at Iscor’s Coal division until he joined Kroondal Mine in March 2000 as Engineering Manager. Mr de Wet was subsequently appointed as General Manager Engineering in March 2003.
Mkhululi Duka - B. Soc.Sc. (UCT), P.G.D. HRM (UCT), Cert. Advanced OD (UNISA), Cert. Financial Management (UNISA)
General Manager HR & Transformation
Mr Duka commenced his career as a Human Resources professional at Eskom in 1994 after graduating in a Bachelor of Social Sciences & Humanities degree from the University of Cape Town. Mr Duka acquired and shared his experience and HR expertise in various industries such as energy, government, banking, mining and oil & gas. He was Senior Human Resources Manager at the Petroleum Oil & Gas Corporation of South Africa (Pty) Ltd (PetroSA) before joining AQPSA in June 2008 as Group Human Resources Manager. Mr Duka was subsequently appointed as General Manager: HR & Transformation in August 2008.
Graham Ferreira - B.Compt, (Hons) B.Acc, CPA
General Manager Group Admin and Company Secretary
Mr Ferreira has been with AQPSA and its forerunners from May 1998. Mr Ferreira was appointed General Manager Group Administration and Company Secretary in 2001. He commenced his career with Ernst & Young in 1976 mostly servicing the mining industry clients and later gaining experience in the retail and trade exhibition industries.
Mr Phumo commenced his career as a learner official at Saaiplaas Gold Mine in January 1988 and after held various positions in the Harmony Group until he joined AQPSA in May 2007 as Mine Manager. Mr Phumo was subsequently appointed as General Manager Operations: Marikana in December 2007.
Jacques Pretorius - NHD Mining (Mining Engineering)
General Manager Operations: Everest
Mr Pretorius joined AQPSA in March 2004 as Mine Manager: Kroondal moving to the position of General Manager Operations: Everest in November 2007. Mr Pretorius commenced his career in 1990 with Impala Platinum where he held various senior management positions in projects and operations.
Gordon Ramsay - B.Sc. Honours Chem.Eng
General Manager Metallurgy
Mr Ramsay obtained his degree in chemical engineering from the University of Natal and has more than twenty five years of experience in the mining and metallurgical process industry. He joined Kroondal Platinum Mines Limited in 1998 as General Manager Metallurgy. Previous positions were at the Department of Metallurgy in Zimbabwe and at the JCI Group where he worked at both Consolidated Murchison and Rustenburg Platinum Mines.
AQPSA is an abbreviation for Aquarius Platinum (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd. This is the South African operating subsidiary of Aquarius Platinum Limited.
* Denotes Board Member of Aquarius Platinum (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd.
