Jeremiah Skhulumi Vilakazi (62)

Memberships: Social, ethics and sustainability committee (Chairman); Nominating and governance committee; and Investment committee

Jeremiah (Jerry) Vilakazi is a Sibanye-Stillwater Independent non-Executive Director and was appointed on 1 January 2013. Jerry was recently appointed Adjunct Professor by Unisa in the Department of Business Management. He is currently a non-executive director of Blue Label Telecoms Limited, Cell C Limited and Palama Industrial Proprietary Limited. He previously held the position of Chairman of Netcare Limited and directorships of Pretoria Portland Cement Company Limited, Goliath Gold Limited, SANPARKS and Computershare Limited. He is a past CEO of Business Unity South Africa NPC and Managing Director of the Black Management Forum NPC. He has served on the King Committee on Corporate Governance charged with reforming corporate governance in South Africa for an extended period of close to a decade. Jerry served as Chief Director of the Department of Home Affairs prior to being appointed Public Service Commissioner in 1999 and later serving on the National Planning Commission and the Presidential Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment Advisory Council. He has also served as Chairman of the Mpumalanga Economic Growth Agency, Mpumalanga Gambling Board and of the State Information Technology Agency (SOC) Proprietary Limited.