Simon Scott
Position Independent Non-executive director
Appointed July 2024
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nomination Committee
Chair of the Risk Council
Simon Scott has over 25 years of experience in the mining industry. Between 2010 and 2016, he was Chief Financial Officer of Lonmin plc, a London Stock Exchange listed mining company and acted as CEO between 2012 and 2013.
Prior to that, Mr Scott was Chief Financial Officer of Aveng Limited a Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed construction company providing products and services to the mining industry globally. Mr Scott also held a variety of senior management positions in Anglo American Platinum Limited including as acting CFO. His early career was spent in various financial positions, including as CFO Southern Africa for JP Morgan Chase.
Mr Scott is a Chartered Accountant and holds degrees in both accounting and commerce from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He previously served on the board of AngloGold Ashanti Holdings plc., a global gold mining company (2019 – February 2024). He is currently a Non-Executive Director of First Quantum Minerals Limited, a global miner of copper, nickel, and gold listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and a Non-Executive Director of Sylvania Platinum Limited, a PGMs producing company listed on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market.