The Kumba Board has appointed Mpumi Zikalala as CEO. Mpumi, currently Managing Director of De Beers Managed Operations, succeeds Themba Mkhwanazi who has been appointed CEO of Anglo American's global Bulk Commodities business following the decision of Seamus French to leave the group after 14 years. Both appointments will take effect on 1 January 2022. Mpumi will join the Kumba Board as an executive director and brings over 20 years of mining experience, having started her career as a Chemical Engineering bursar at Anglo American and having held a number of senior operational and commercial leadership roles at De Beers.