Anglo Gold Ashanti
This is not a Trust or Foundation but a very profitable multi million pound world business based in South Africa with a Cornish connection.
Sir Sam Esson Jonah is the President of Anglo Gold Ashanti and earned an Associateship in Mining Engineering at the Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall.
As Chief Executive of Ashanti Goldfields, Sir Sam Jonah supervised the transformation of Ashanti Goldfields into a mining multinational, increased gold production from 240,000 ounces per annum to over 1.6 million ounces in over ten years and overseen the Company's listing as the first operating African company on the New York Stock Exchange.
Currently, the Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, Mr. Jonah serves on various boards including Lonmin, the Commonwealth African Investment Fund (Comafin), the Advisory Council of UN Secretary General's Global Compact, President Thabo Mbeki's International Investment Advisory Council of South Africa and President Kufuor's Ghana Investors' Advisory Council. As well as his directorships, Mr Jonah is a member of the Advisory Board of the London Business School.
He has been decorated with several awards and honours, among them an honorary Doctor of Science (D.Sc) degree awarded jointly by the Camborne School of Mines and the University of Exeter (UK) in 1996.
Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain & Northern Ireland and Head of the Commonwealth, conferred on Sir Sam Jonah an Honorary Knighthood which was presented by the Prince of Wales at a ceremony in June, 2003. The award is in recognition of Dr. Jonah's exceptional achievements as an African businessman, a leading business executive from the Commonwealth and an international public figure.
Contact
+ 27 (0)11 637 6000 (South Africa)
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