Published: August 10, 2023 |

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The board of Anglo American Platinum Limited has appointed Craig Miller as CEO, effective from October 1, 2023. This appointment follows Natascha Viljoen’s decision in February to take up the COO role at Newmont Corporation.

“I am pleased to extend a warm welcome to Craig Miller in his new role. Throughout the past four years, Craig has been an invaluable member of the leadership team and our board, leading strategy development and execution and driving successful cost and value optimization across the business,” said Norman Mbazima, chairman of Anglo American Platinum.

“In his new position, Craig will continue to prioritize safe, stable, and capable operations while fostering our high-performance culture, all aimed at delivering sustainable ounces and industry-leading returns through the cycle,” added Mbazima.

Craig is currently the finance director of Anglo American Platinum, a role he has held since 2019. With more than 23 years of mining industry experience, he is a seasoned senior executive who has worked in South Africa, Brazil, and the UK, with expertise spanning Anglo American’s PGMs, base metals and bulk commodities businesses.

“I also want to thank Natascha for her outstanding contribution to Anglo American Platinum. Under her leadership, the business achieved new safety milestones, made substantial investments in asset integrity and mine development, and successfully navigated the unprecedented challenges brought on by the pandemic. Moreover, her strategic approach has ensured that the company is well-positioned to unlock further stakeholder value for many decades to come,” said Mbazima.

“I am really excited to take on my new role at Anglo American Platinum and look forward to building upon our well-established strategic priorities, which have helped us adapt and thrive through the challenges of the last few years. Against the backdrop of macro-economic uncertainties, including high inflation and lower metal prices, we must remain agile, adapting to market realities while focusing on efficiency and prudent resource management,” said Craig Miller.

“We have the foundations in place for safe and sustainable operations and continued value delivery, and will continue investing in our growth projects in a disciplined manner,” added Miller.

“Safety will remain our utmost priority, and we will continue to cultivate a diverse, inclusive and high-performance culture, underpinned by our values. Optimizing our operations, forging strong partnerships, and seizing opportunities to create additional value for our stakeholders — with the collective support of every Anglo American Platinum colleague — will be fundamental to our success,” concluded Miller.

“It has been an incredible honor to lead this exceptional business and its remarkable team. Craig has been an integral member of our leadership team, and will carry forward the important work we have done to put the building blocks in place for long-term success. Our focus on creating physically and psychologically safe workplaces have seen us achieve new safety milestones, improve operational efficiencies, receive international recognition for our environmental, social and governance (ESG) work, and deliver superior returns to shareholders and society at large,” said Natascha Viljoen.

“I want to thank every colleague and partner for their hard work, dedication, and unwavering support during this leadership transition,” added Viljoen.

The recruitment process for Craig’s successor is under way.

Prior to joining Anglo American Platinum in 2019, Craig held numerous roles across Anglo American, including Group financial controller, chief financial officer of the iron ore business in Brazil and coal business in South Africa, and head of the Group CEO’s office. Craig began his career as a trainee accountant at Deloitte in Johannesburg and joined Anglo American in London as a finance manager in May 2000.

Anglo American is a leading global mining company and its products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Their portfolio of world-class competitive operations, with a broad range of future development options, provides many of the future-enabling metals and minerals for a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast growing every day demands of billions of consumers. With people at the heart of their business, they use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and to mine, process, move, and market products to their customers — safely and sustainably.

As a responsible producer of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum group metals, premium quality iron ore and metallurgical coal for steelmaking, and nickel — with crop nutrients in development — they are committed to being carbon neutral across our operations by 2040. More broadly, their Sustainable Mining Plan commits them to a series of stretching goals to ensure they work towards a healthy environment, creating thriving communities, and building trust as a corporate leader. They work together with business partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock enduring value from precious natural resources for the benefit of the communities and countries in which they operate.

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