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Graham Ehm

30th May 2014

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

  

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Full Name: Graham Ehm
Position: Executive VP: group planning and technical at AngloGold Ashanti, a role focused on the development of the overall portfolio, covering mine plans, capital projects, studies and exploration
Main Activity of the Company: Gold mining
Date and Place of Birth: 1956, Australia
Education: BSc (Hons) Metallurgy
First Job: Process engineer, Queensland Nickel
Size of First Pay Packet: $11 000 a year
Value of Assets under Your Control: Awkward to quantify. I previously managed the Australian region for AngloGold Ashanti. The Tropicana gold mine’s capital expenditure was $830-million, and Sunrise Dam and Tropicana’s net present value is around $2-billion
Number of People under Your Leadership: Currently 200 – previously, in Australia, 1 000
Management Style: Aligned goals, engagement and teamwork
Personal Best Achievement: Leading the Australian team in expanding Sunrise Dam and developing the Tropicana gold mine. I enjoyed the Tanzanian experience in leading the Tanzanian Geita team in the Geita turnaround project

Personal Achievement: With my wife, Merrial, balancing family life with a demanding career

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: Personally, Merrial, who has been my support and maintained perspective and values in life, as well as my disabled daughter, Lauren, who, despite her difficulties, has achieved so much through dogged determination, showing us that it is ability that counts, not disability

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Professionally, my university professor, Dr Biswas, who introduced me to the mining industry and global opportunities and the excitement the industry offers. In my career, Tom Duckworth, former head of metallurgy at BP Minerals, who opened an opportunity to work on the Olympic Dam study and project team, which set me on a path of project and general management

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Unfortunately, he recently died – Nelson Mandela – and FW De Klerk, for their courage, humanity and forgiveness. I would also like to meet Paul Hewson (Bono), U2 lead singer, for his political activism

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Mark Cutifani, former AngloGold Ashanti CEO, from whom I learned much about values, leadership and managerial systems, and Michael Chaney, former CEO of Wesfarmers, for business leadership

Philosophy of Life: To add value to the lives of people with whom I work and live – success is achieved by working together

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Being GM of the Sunrise Dam gold mine

Biggest Ever Disappointment: For the first time in my career, a fatality occurred on my watch at the Geita gold mine, when two trucks collided, causing a fire and the death of two Tanzanians

Hope for the Future: That we find a solution to religious extremism, which results in the oppression of women and the suffering of children

Favourite Reading: A good espionage novel and biographies of iconic achievements, such as Mallory’s attempts on Everest in the 1920s

Favourite TV Programme: None

Favourite Food/Drink: Roast lamb/a good red wine

Favourite Music: Neil Diamond, Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, Yothu Yindi

Favourite Sport: Trekking, rock climbing and mountaineering; as a couch potato, rugby and tennis

Hobbies: Home and gardens

Car: Holden Jackaroo

Pets: Two Border Collies

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Aggression and disrespect of people

Married: To Merrial

Children: Dane, 28, an oil and gas engineer with Schlumberger; Lauren, 25, who is disabled but works full-time with House with No Steps

Clubs: None

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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