Meet our Board

BCom, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal; BCompt (Hons), University of South Africa, CA (SA)

Appointed to the Board: 2016
Experience and expertise: Auditing, financial accounting and governance

Mr Suleman serves as an independent Non-executive Director of Liberty Holdings Limited, Liberty Group Limited, Tiger Brands Limited and Albaraka Bank Limited, and is the Global Treasurer of the World Memon Organisation. He was previously Chair of KPMG South Africa (resigned February 2015).

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 is also non-executive director at Andrada Mining.

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.

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, Vox Royalty and Fuerte Metals (previously Atacama Copper) and was also previously a NED of Boart Longyear.

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.