Richard (rick) Menell
Senior Independent Director
management
Weir Group
Canada
Biography
Date of appointment Senior Independent Director since Febraury 2015, previously Non-Executive Director appointed April 2009. Committee membership Member of the Nomination Committee. Member of the Remuneration Committee. Expertise Rick was appointed Chief Executive of Anglovaal Mining in 1996, then Executive Chairman in 2002. In 2005, he was appointed President and Chief Executive of TEAL Exploration & Mining Inc. He was formerly Chairman of Avgold Ltd and Bateman Engineering BV. Rick is a Senior Advisor to Credit Suisse and Chairman of Credit Suisse Securities (Johannesburg) (Pty) Limited. He is a fellow of the Geological Society (London), and both the Australasian and South African Institutes of Mining and Metallurgy. Key external appointments Non-Executive Director of Gold Fields Ltd and Sibanye Gold Limited, both South African companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.
Research Interest
Exploration & Mining
