Robert van Niekerk was appointed as the Chief Transformation Officer in January 2026, transitioning from his role as the Chief Technical and Innovation Officer for the Group since 31 May 2022. Previously he served as the Executive Vice President: Group Technical Services (from April 2020). Between 2013 and 2020 he held several positions in the Group, including Executive Vice President: SA PGM operations, Divisional CEO: Platinum and Executive Vice President: Organisational Effectiveness. Prior to joining Sibanye-Stillwater (in February 2013), he was the Senior Vice President and Group Technical Head of Mining at Gold Fields. He previously occupied several senior operational and executive management positions at Harmony, Anglo American Platinum Limited (Anglo American Platinum), Uranium One and Gold One. Robert began his mining career in 1982 as a Learner Official and progressed through the ranks at a number of underground and surface mining operations locally and outside of South Africa.