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Miningmx reports that Christine Ramon, CFO of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA), is to take early retirement. This was indicated by the gold producer in an announcement on Tuesday.
As interim CEO, Ramon anchored AGA during perhaps its most tumultous period. In addition to the Covid pandemic, Ramon saw off a merger attempt by Sibanye-Stillwater, and managed the company during the morale-weakening dysfunction at its board level that had sexual harassment charges against its then chairman Sipho Pityana at its root. She was also interim CEO in the aftermath of a pillar failure which killed an employee and brought the re-engineered Obuasi mine in Ghana to a halt in May 2020. Ramon took up the role of interim CEO following the surprise resignation of Kelvin Dushnisky in June 2020 until the appointment of Alberto Calderon as full time CEO, just over a year later. Ramon said in a statement that following the tragic loss of her husband to Covid last year, she had decided to spend more time with her two children. Ramon’s early retirement begins in June and ends seven years at the company. AGA said a process to identify Ramon’s replacement “will commence, with a view to enabling a smooth transition to her successor”.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by David McKay at Miningmx
- Read too, AngloGold Ashanti launches sweeping operational review, at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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