Harry James Rodolph Kenyon-Slaney (62)
Independent Non-Executive Director
BSc (Hons) (Geology), Southampton University; International Executive Programme, INSEAD (France)
Memberships: Safety and health committee (Chairman); Remuneration committee; Social, ethics and sustainability committee; Risk committee; and Investment committee
Harry Kenyon-Slaney is a Sibanye-Stillwater Independent non-Executive Director and was appointed on 16 January 2019. He is currently Chairman of Gem Diamonds Limited, a member of the Advisory Board of Schenck Process Holding GmbH, a member of the Advisory Board of Phoenix Copper Limited and a senior advisor to McKinsey & Co., in which roles he uses his wide experience to support operational, health and safety and business transformation programmes. Harry, who has more than 39 years of experience in the mining industry, principally with Rio Tinto PLC (Rio Tinto), is a geologist by training and his experience spans operations, marketing, projects and business development. Until 2015 and as a member of Rio Tinto’s Group Executive committee, he held the roles of Chief Executive – Energy, and before that, Chief Executive – Diamonds and Minerals. Prior to this, he led Rio Tinto’s global titanium dioxide business, was chief executive of Rio Tinto’s listed subsidiary, Energy Resources of Australia Limited, and General Manager Operations at Phalaborwa Mining Company Limited in South Africa, and he has held senior marketing roles in copper, uranium and industrial minerals. He began his career as an underground production geologist on the gold mines in South Africa where he has lived and worked for more than 15 years.