JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Coal mining and trading company Wescoal has appointed Bothwell Mazarura as group FD and CFO, effective July 1.
He would succeed former CFO Morne du Plessis, who resigned in September last year.
Izak van der Walt had been serving as acting CFO and would now take on the role of GM finance for operations.
Mazarura, a chartered accountant, had previously held various senior financial roles, including head of group finance, head of treasury and acting CFO at Lonmin from 2010.
Prior to joining Lonmin, he was a partner at Deloitte, a position he had held since 2002.
“We welcome Bothwell to the company and look forward to his participation and experience from a number of international and mining platforms which he brings to Wescoal,” chairperson Robinson Ramaite said.