Meet our Board

Appointed to the Board: 1 August 2025

John MacKenzie is a seasoned mining executive with more than 35 years of operational and investment experience in the global resources sector. He is the former Chief Executive Officer of Capstone Copper, having led the company from March 2022 to May 2025 following the merger of Capstone Mining and Mantos Copper, which he founded in 2015. His extensive leadership tenure includes serving as CEO Mining at Audley Capital, CEO Copper and member of the executive committee at Anglo American plc, and CEO Zinc at Anglo Base Metals.

John’s early career began in deep-level gold mining in South Africa, and his professional footprint spans Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, Namibia, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and the United States. He served as a non-executive director and Chair of the Project Assurance Committee at Kaz Minerals plc from 2015 to 2021.

He holds a Master of Science in Mining Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand, a Master of Business Leadership from the University of South Africa and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

BSC Metallurgy, Adelaide University; MBA La Trobe University; Honorary Doctorate, Adelaide University

Appointed to the Board: 2021
Experience and expertise: Mining, management, governance, diversity

Ms McGill was appointed as a director of Gold Fields on 22 November 2021. She has more than 30 years of operational leadership experience in the mining and resource sectors. During her executive career she has delivered turnarounds of complex, capital intensive businesses. Ms McGill held chief executive level roles within BHP for both BHP Mitsui Coal and Olympic Dam Corporation. She is an experienced company director, currently serving on the boards of New Hope Group and 29 Metals, both listed in Australia. She was awarded the Order Of Australia for her work in the resource sector and her leadership on inclusion and diversity.

BSc Agriculture, University of Ghana; MA Banking and Finance, Finafrica Institute, Italy

Appointed to the Board: 2016
Experience and expertise: Investment banking, financing

Mr Andani is currently Chief Executive and Executive Director of Stanbic Bank Ghana; the Board Chairman of the Ghana CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) and a director of SOS Villages Ghana and has held other corporate directorships in the past.

BA Economics, Dartmouth College; MBA Universidad de Chile and Tulane University

Appointed to the Board: 2022
Experience and expertise: Mining, communication, governance, stakeholder relations

Ms Bitar is President of Azerta, one of Chile's leading strategic communications and public affairs agencies, which also operates in Peru. She has 25 years of experience working as a consultant, specialising in public affairs, crisis management, communications and sustainability. She has more than 12 years of board experience in public and private companies both in Chile and abroad, including with leading gold miners Goldcorp and Newmont

MBA (Business Administration), University of Wales; BComm, University of South Africa; NHDip (Metalliferous Mining), Witwatersrand Technikon

Appointed to the Board: 2016
Experience: Mining; capital projects, commercial and operational management, risk management, energy management, mineral resource management

Mr Goodlace was appointed as non-executive director of Gold Fields on 1 July 2016. His mining career commenced in 1977, spanning more than 42 years working with different organisations. He had previously served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer for Gold Fields. He went on to subsequently serve as CEO at Impala Platinum and Metorex. He served on the Impala Platinum board for two years as an independent non-executive director and 4.5 years as an executive director. He spent three years as executive director of Metorex. Since June 2021, Mr Goodlace has been non-executive Chairperson at Kumba Iron Ore. He resigned from Andrada Mining effective 30 September 2025.

B.Compt and CTA, University of the Free State; Higher Diploma in Tax Law, University of the Witwatersrand

Appointed to the Board: 2023
Experience and expertise: Accounting and auditing, mergers and acquisitions, management

Mr Smit was appointed as director of Gold Fields on 1 June 2023. He spent 35 years in the audit profession with KPMG and has extensive experience in audit, tax and advisory with a strong focus on the mining sector across Africa, South America, and Australia. Mr Smit was KPMG's lead partner on the Gold Fields audit from 2010 to 2017. He retired from KPMG in 2019 and has since been working as an independent consultant.

Honours Bachelor of Science, Geology, University of Western Ontario; P.Geo, Ontario; ICD.D, Directors' Education Programme, Institute of Corporate

Appointed to the Board: August 2024
Experience and expertise: Exploration; Management; Geology; Innovation & Digital Transformation; Business Development

Ms McCrae, a Canadian, is a seasoned professional geologist and mining executive with more than 25 years of experience in the resources industry, having held senior executive positions at Barrick Gold and De Beers Canada.

Her expertise spans from early-stage exploration activities, with a track record of driving economic discoveries, to mine sites in a number of leading mining jurisdictions. She also serves as a board member of Probe Gold and Fuerte Metals (previously Atacama Copper).

Shannon was previously a NED of Boart Longyear and Vox Royalty.

CA(SA);  Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting, University of Durban Westville; Bachelor of Accounting, University of Durban Westville

Appointed to the Board:August 2024
Experience and expertise: Audit; Financial Accounting Standards; Financial Services; Risk; Remuneration; Corporate Governance

Ms Bassa, a South African and qualified Chartered Accountant, has extensive corporate and regulatory accounting experience. She is currently a Non-Executive Director of the JSE Ltd. She previously served as lead independent director of Investec Plc and Investec Ltd, Woolworths Holdings and was an NED of Kumba Iron Ore, Mediclinic International, Oceana Group, Mercedes Benz SA, Sun International and Vodacom South Africa.

Ms Bassa was a partner of Ernst & Young. after which she joined the Absa Group in 2002, where she served as an Executive Director of Absa Bank, a member of the group’s Executive Committee, and Head of the Private Bank.

From an accounting industry perspective, she has chaired the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors and the Auditing Standards Board and has served on the boards of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Financial Services Board and the Accounting Standards Board.

Appointed to the Board: 1 August 2025

Michael Rawlinson is a highly experienced mining finance professional and non-executive director with deep sector expertise spanning M&A, capital markets, and board governance. He has served on the boards of several listed mining companies including Adriatic Metals, Capital Limited, and Andrada Mining. Michael was most recently Senior Independent Director of Hochschild Mining plc, where he chaired the Remuneration Committee and contributed across audit, nominations, and sustainability functions.

He brings more than two decades of investment banking experience, having held senior roles at Barclays, Liberum Capital (where he was a founding partner), and JP Morgan Cazenove. Notable career highlights include advising on major transactions for Glencore, Anglo American, and Sibanye Gold.

Michael holds a first-class honours degree in Economics from the University of Birmingham and a Master’s degree in Environmental and Resource Economics from University College London.

He currently chairs Adriatic Metals plc and continues to advise mining-focused firms and investors on capital allocation, governance, and strategic development. He joined the Gold Fields Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 August 2025.