Committees: Nominating and governance committee; Safety and health committee; and Social, ethics and sustainability committee
Richard (Rick) Menell is a Sibanye-Stillwater non-executive director and was appointed on 24 February 2020 and to the predecessor board Sibanye Gold Limited on 1 January 2013. He has over 44 years’ experience in the mining industry. Previously, he occupied the positions of President of the Minerals Council, President and CEO of TEAL Exploration & Mining Inc., chairman of Anglovaal Mining Limited and of Avgold Limited, chairman of Bateman Engineering Limited, deputy chairman of Harmony and of African Rainbow Minerals Limited. He has also been a director of Telkom SA SOC Limited, Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, Weir Group PLC, Mutual and Federal Insurance Company Limited and Deputy chairman and non-executive director of Gold Fields. He recently retired as Senior Advisor to the Credit Suisse Group AG (Credit Suisse Group). Rick is a trustee of the Carrick Foundation and of the Claude Leon Foundation. He is co-chairman of the City Year South Africa Youth Service Organisation, co-chairman and trustee of the Palaeontological Scientific Trust and was appointed to the board of Perseus Mining as an independent non-executive chairman in 2024. In August 2025 he was appointed Chairman of Globeleq, a sustainable power developer and operator working throughout sub–Saharan Africa. He serves as a Trustee of the University of the Western Cape Foundation.
