Engineering News reports that Gold Fields chairperson Cheryl Carolus will step down from her role and as a non-executive director with effect from the annual general meeting (AGM) in 2022.

In her remarks to the 2021 AGM, Carolus said she believed that after 12 years it was time for her to move on in the best interest of the company and good governance. She said the announcement was being made timeously and transparently to enable the board to find a successor. “Finding a successor to Nick Holland as CEO was an imperative over the past year and I believe in Chris Griffith we have found the right person to take Gold Fields to the next level," said Carolus. She expressed the belief that a year was adequate for herself and the board to ensure a smooth leadership transition for Griffith and to enable an orderly handover to her successor. Carolus has been a non-executive director of Gold Fields since 2009 and its chairperson since 2013. The nominating and governance committee of the board will commence the search for a new chairperson shortly. In her address to the AGM, Carolus paid tribute to colleagues who had lost their lives due to mining accidents and the Covid-19 pandemic since the beginning of last year. The pandemic has claimed the lives of 11 Gold Fields employees and contractors to date, while two South Deep employees have died as a result of underground mining incidents since January 2020.

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