Majors welcome new directors

Sibanye-Stillwater and Bowen Coking Coal have welcomed new non-executive directors to their ranks.

Sibanye-Stillwater

Philippe Boisseau joins the gold miner from Spanish multinational oil and gas, chemicals and renewable energy business Compañía Española de Petróleos and TotalEnergies.

With 25 years of executive leadership experience in various roles, Boisseau has experience in operations, sales and marketing, partnership building, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and investing.

Boisseau is a non-executive director of Centrica and also serves as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee, the Nominations Committee and the Safety, Environment and Sustainability Committee.

“The board welcomes Philippe to Sibanye-Stillwater and looks forward to his valuable contribution to the ongoing development of the group,” Sibanye-Stillwater said in an announcement.

Bowen Coking Coal

Bowen appointed Malte von der Ropp as its new non-executive director with glowing reports from its largest shareholders.

“The company is very pleased to welcome Mr van der Ropp to the Bowen board,” Bowen executive chairman Nick Jorss said.

“He has been strongly endorsed by some of our largest shareholders, to whom he is valued as a highly commercial, strategic, focused and committed operator.”

von der Ropp currently holds positions on supervisory and advisory boards in the European technology sector and has worked with tech giants like amaysim Australia.

“Given his broad experience, he will also be a welcome addition to the company’s Audit and Risk Management and Nomination and Remuneration Committees,” Jorss said.

“We intend to continue to refine our board with suitably qualified personnel with experience across all aspects of Bowen’s business to build shareholder value.”

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