Northam Platinum Limited announced that Mr. T.I. (Temba) Mvusi and Ms. H.H. (Hester) Hickey have been appointed as independent non-executive directors to the board of Northam and as members of the audit and risk committee, with effect from January 1, 2016. Mr. Mvusi currently serves as Chief Executive: Group Market Development and as an executive director of Sanlam Limited, the latter a position he has held since 2009. Mr. Mvusi serves on the social, ethics and sustainability committee of Sanlam and Sanlam Life Insurance Limited, as well as holding a number of Sanlam group directorships, including Sanlam Investment Management.

Mr. Mvusi's qualifications include a BA (UNISA), ELP (Wharton School of Business), MAP (Wits) and PDP (UCT). Ms. Hickey is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and is a past chair of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. Ms. Hickey serves as a board member and a member of the audit and risk committees of various companies listed on the JSE, including across the resources sector.