Mr. Richard N. Duffy is Executive Vice President - Continental Africa of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., since July 2008. He joined the Company in 1987 and in 1998 was appointed Executive Officer and Managing Secretary. In November 2000, he was appointed Head of Business Planning and in 2004 assumed responsibility for all new business opportunities globally. In April 2005, this role was expanded to include green fields exploration. He holds BCom and MBA degrees.

Mr. Graham J. Ehm has been Executive Vice President - Australasia of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., since August 2010. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President - Tanzania since June 1, 2009. He has experience in mine operations and project management, covering the nickel, phosphate, copper, uranium and gold sectors. He was appointed General Manager Sunrise Dam Gold Mine in 2000, Regional Head - Australia in 2006 and Executive Vice President - Australasia in December 2007. He holds BSc Hons, MAusIMM and MAICD degrees and certifications.

Mr. R. W. Largent is Executive Vice President, Americas of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., since December 13, 2007. He has more than 30 years’ experience in the mining industry in both domestic and international operations as well as project management. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Colorado Mining Association, the Nevada Mining Association and the California Mining Association. He joined the company in 1994 as manager of gold operations for CC&V. He was named vice president and general manager of the Jerritt Canyon Joint Venture in 2000 and of CC&V in 2002. In January 2007, he was named Vice President for the North America Region.

Mr. M. D. MacFarlane has been appointed as Executive Vice President - Business Strategy of AngloGold Ashanti Limited, effective 11 June 2012. He was appointed as a consultant responsible for the South Africa Region’s Technology Innovation Consortium and drive to a new deep level mining paradigm in South Africa. He is accountable for business strategy and planning, risk management and Project ONE, while also retaining a strategic guiding role for the South Africa Region’s technology innovation project. Mike has a broad global mining experience, having previously been responsible for Vale’s Canadian mining operations, while also working on developing its sustainability approach. He has also worked in Australia with Mount Isa Mines.

Mr. David Collen Noko is Executive Vice President - Social and Sustainable Development of AngloGold Ashanti Limited, since 15 June 2012. He assumed responsibility for social and sustainable development, global security, Infrastructure and development strategies, human rights and public affairs. Prior to joining AngloGold Ashanti, David served as the Managing Director of CelaCorp (Pty) Ltd and as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. He was previously Vice President of the Chamber of Mines, South Africa, and is a member of the Institute of Directors, among a host of other directorships. His most recent position was Deputy Chairman of the Board at Harmony Gold Mining. David has experience in business leadership and in the sustainable development function in other mining organisations and has developed his skills across a broad platform of environmental and sustainability issues. He holds MBA; Post Graduate Diploma in Company Direction; Higher National Diploma – Engineering.

Mr. Mike P. O'Hare has been Executive Vice President - South Africa Region at AngloGold Ashanti Ltd since 2011. He joined Anglo American in 1977 and has held several positions at various gold mining operations within the group. His roles have included General Manager of Kopanang (1998), Great Noligwa (2003), Head of Mining and Mineral Resource Management for Underground African Mines (2006), Vice President: Technical Support for South African Mines (2008), Senior Vice President: Operations and Business Planning for South Africa Region (2010) and, in 2011, he was appointed Executive Vice President – South Africa Region.

Ms. Yedwa Z. Simelane has been Senior Vice President - Corporate Affairs at AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., since November 2009. She joined the Company in November 2000 from the Mineworkers' Provident Fund where she was Senior Manager of the Fund. She was appointed Executive Officer in May 2004 and Vice President - Government Relations in July 2008. She holds BA LLB, FILPA, MAP degrees and certifications.

Ms. Maria Esperanza Sanz Perez is Group General Counsel and Company Secretary of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., since September 1, 2012. She joined AngloGold Ashanti in June 2011 having previously worked in a number of industries and corporate organisations. She has held legal roles at Investec Bank, Basil Read, Afrox and Sappi. She was also Group Head of Sustainability at Sappi. She is responsible for group legal services as well as compliance and was appointed Company Secretary in September 2012.

Mr. Rhidwaan Gasant has been appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of AngloGold Ashanti Limited, since 12 August 2010 and is chairman of the Risk and Information Integrity Committee, and a member of the Audit and Corporate Governance, Nominations and Financial Analysis committees. He is a former chief executive officer of Energy Africa Limited and sits on the board of international companies in the MTN Group. He is currently chief executive officer of Rapid African Energy Holdings, a start-up oil and gas exploration company focused on Africa.

Ms. Nozipho Patricia January-Bardill has been appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., effective October 1, 2011. She chairs the Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee and is a member of the Audit and Corporate Governance, Safety, Health and Sustainable Development, Party Political Donations, Nominations and Transformation and Human Resources Development committees. She recently retired from the MTN Group where she served on several of the company’s subsidiary boards and was an executive director on its main board. She is a former South African Ambassador to Switzerland, Lichtenstein and the Holy See, and former Deputy Director General, Human Capital Management, and Head of the Foreign Service Institute in the then Department of Foreign Affairs (now the Department of International Relations and Co-operation). She is the founder and executive director of Bardill & Associates, a consulting company focusing on strategic communications, high-level government relations and stakeholder management. She also serves on the boards of Credit Suisse Securities, Johannesburg, Multi Motion Fuels (Pty) Ltd and the Health and Welfare SETA which she chairs. She was reappointed to the United Nations Expert Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerances for the period 2012-2016.

Mr. Michael James Kirkwood has been appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of AngloGold Ashanti Limited with effect from 1 June 2012. Mr. Kirkwood (AB, Stanford, Engineering Economics) is currently the Chairman of Circle Holdings plc (a London listed healthcare group) and of Ondra Partners, an independent financial advisory firm. Additionally he is a non-executive director of Eros International plc (a London AIM listed international media company) and of UK Financial Investments Ltd (the government entity established to manage the public ownership in UK banks). He is a experienced and respected banker who worked at the highest level in Citigroup during his 30 year career with the bank.

Professor Lumkile Wiseman Nkuhlu is Independent Non-Executive Director of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., since August 4, 2006. He served as Economic Adviser to the former President of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki, and as Chief Executive of the Secretariat of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) from 2000 to 2005. From 1989 to 2000, he served as Director of Standard Bank, South African Breweries, Old Mutual, Tongaat Hulett, BMW and JCI. He was President of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants from 1998 to 2000 and Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Transkei from 1987 to 1991. He has been Member of the Board of Datatec Limited. He was elected President of the Genevabased International Organization of Employers (IOE) in May 2008 for a period of two years. He is Member of the Financial Crisis Advisory Group of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). He holds BCom, CA (SA) and MBA (New York University) degrees and certifications.

Mr. Ferdinand Ohene-Kena is Independent Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd since 01, June 2010. He is the former Ghanaian Minister of Mines and Energy and is currently a member of the Ghana Judicial Council. He is the Chairman of the Ghana Minerals Commission and is a member of the President’s Economic Advisory Council. Fred is a member of the Safety, Health and Sustainable Development, Transformation and Human Resources Development, Party Political Donations and Nominations committees.

Mr. Sipho M. Pityana has been Independent Non-Executive Director of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., since 13 February 2007. He is chairman of the Safety, Health and Sustainable Development Committee and a member of the Remuneration, Party Political Donations, Investment, Nominations, Financial Analysis, Risk and Information Integrity, Social, Ethics and Transformation, and the Transformation and Human Resources Development committees. Sipho has experience in management and finance, and has occupied strategic roles in both the public and private sectors, including that of Director General of the national departments of both labour and foreign affairs. He was formerly a senior executive of Nedbank Limited and is currently the chairman of Izingwe Holdings (Proprietary) Limited, a local empowerment group and a investor in mining, engineering, infrastructure and logistics, and AngloGold Ashanti’s BEE partner. He serves as a non-executive director on the boards of several other South African companies.

Mr. Rodney John Ruston has been appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of AngloGold Ashanti Limited, with effect from January 1, 2012. He holds MBA, Business; BE (Mining). He is a member of the Investment, Safety, Health and Sustainable Development, Risk and Information Integrity, Nominations and the Social, Ethics and Transformation committees. Rodney, a mining engineer, has over 35 years of experience in the resources industry. He is currently the chief executive of County Coal Limited, an Australian-listed company which he joined in June 2012. He was previously chief executive officer and president of North American Energy Partners Inc.

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