Anglo American Platinum finance director Craig Miller has been appointed CEO of the mining giant, replacing Natascha Viljoen who will be departing after serving over three years in the role.
Miller will take over the helm of the world's largest platinum producer on 1 October. Viljoen, who has served as Amplats CEO since April 2020, resigned earlier in the year to join US miner Newmont as its chief operating officer. She is currently serving a lengthy notice period. Miller has been finance director since 2019. He began his career as a trainee accountant at Deloitte in Johannesburg and joined Anglo American in London as a finance manager in May 2000. He eventually worked as group financial controller, was chief financial officer of the iron ore business in Brazil and the coal business in South Africa, and was head of the group CEO’s office.
Viljoen said 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."