LON
LOLMI
LON - Lonmin Plc - Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
Lonmin Plc
(Incorporated in England and Wales)
(Registered in the Republic of South Africa under registration number
1969/000015/10)
JSE code: LON
Issuer Code: LOLMI & ISIN:GB0031192486
("Lonmin")
Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
Lonmin announces the appointment of Alan Ferguson as Chief Financial Officer and
a Director of the Company with effect from 6 June 2007.
John Robinson, currently Chief Financial Officer will be resigning as a Director
of Lonmin with effect from 6 June 2007 and retiring from the Company at the end
of June 2007. John has been with the Lonmin group for 28 years the last 8 as
Chief Financial Officer. Lonmin is pleased to announce that John has agreed to
continue in a part time advisory role with the Group as the Chairman of the
Lonmin Development Trust and as one of Lonmin`s two representatives on the
Incwala Resources Board replacing Sir John Craven.
Alan Ferguson was appointed as Group Finance Director of The BOC Group (BOC) in
2005 and will be leaving BOC following the acquisition of BOC by the Linde Group
in late 2006. Before joining BOC, Alan worked for Inchcape plc for 22 years in
a variety of roles including as Group Finance Director from 1999 until 2005.
Alan is a Chartered Accountant.
Sir John Craven, Chairman of Lonmin said:
"I would like to thank John Robinson personally and on behalf of the Lonmin
Board for his immense contribution to the success of Lonmin over his long career
with the Company. He has been an integral part of the team which streamlined
and redefined the Company to create the focussed international PGM mining
company which Lonmin is today.
I am pleased to welcome Alan Ferguson to Lonmin. Alan had a long and
distinguished career with Inchcape and more recently as the Finance Director of
BOC. He will be a great addition to the Lonmin executive team and I look
forward to working with him in the future."
21 February 2007
Enquiries:
Alex Shorland-Ball +44 (0)207 201 6060
Vice President, Investor Relations
& Communications
Date: 21/02/2007 09:00:13 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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