Special Event Guest Speakers

Special Event Guest Speakers

• 2023 -  Deputy Prime Minister Vital Kamerhe Lwa Kanyiginyi Nkingi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 2022 - Benjamin Sekano, General Manager, Ivanplats Mine: Mokopane
• 2021 - The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
• 2020 - Honourable Mary Ng, Canadian Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and Trade Development
• 2019 - His Excellency Tom Thabane, Prime Minister of Lesotho
• 2018 - Honourable Jim Carr, Canadian Minister of Trade Diversification
• 2017 - Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank
• 2016 - His Excellency Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister, Federal Republic of Ethiopia
• 2015 - Judge Albie Sachs, retired South African Constitutional Court Judge
• 2014 - Special Meeting with Mildred Oliphant, Deputy President, Republic of South Africa regarding best practices in South Africa's mining industry 
• 2013 - Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa 

Indaba Keynote Speakers

• 2024 - Joe Lombard, Vice Chair, Hatch
• 2019 - Dr. Patricia Makhesha Managing Director of Ivanhoe's Platreef Project 
• 2018 - Steve Letwin, President and Chief Executive Officer, IAMGOLD Corporation
• 2017 - Wale Adeosun, Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, Kuramo Capital Management

• 2016 - H.E. Fatima Haram Acyl, Commissioner, DTI, African Union Commission

• 2015 - Trueman Goba, Chair, Hatch Goba Limited, South Africa

• 2014 - Charles Sirois, Chair, CIBC, Chair, Telesystem Ltd., Founder of Tandem Expansion Fund, Board Member, Rogers Communications, Founding Partner and Chair, Enablis Engrepreneurial Network

• 2013 - Robert Friedland, Executive Chairman and Founder, Ivanplats Limited

• 2012 - Sir Rupert Soames, Group Chief Executive, Aggreko

• 2011 - Bobby Godsell, Past Chairman, ESKOM Holdings and past Chief Executive Officer, AngloGold Ashanti Limited

• 2010 - Greg Hawkins, Chief Executive Officer, African Barrick Gold

• 2009 - Mark Bristow, President and Chief Executive Officer, Randgold Resources Limited

• 2008 - Warren Newfield, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Chairman, CIC Energy Corp., and Founder, Chairman, Tau Capital Corp.

• 2007 - Patrick Lamarre, President and Chief Executive Officer, SNC Lavalin Nuclear, President, SNC Lavalin Power Ontario, and President, SNC Lavalin Engineers & Constructors

• 2006 - Arthur Mashiatshidi, Chief Executive, Decorum Capital Partners, New African Mining Fund

• 2005 - Richard Molyneux, President and Chief Executive Officer, De Beers Canada

• 2004 - Derek Cooper, Chairman, Standard Bank

• 2003 - Cyril Ramaphosa, Chairman, Millennium Consolidated Investments

• 2002 - Nicky Oppenheimer, Chairman, De Beers

Annual Mining Breakfast Previous Speakers

• 2024 - Peter Marrone, Chairman and CEO, Allied Gold
• 2023 - Marna Cloete, President at Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.
• 2022 - Clive Johnson, President and CEO, B2gold Corp
• 2021 - Gordon Stothart, President and Chief Executive Officer, IAMGOLD Corporation
• 2020 - Mark Bristow, President and CEO at Barrick Gold
• 2019 - Harry Anagnostaras-Adams, Managing Director, KEFI Minerals plc.
• 2018 -The Hon. Abubakar Bawa Bwari, Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Republic of Nigeria and Rod Quick, Group General Manager, Evaluation, Randgold Resources
• 2017 - Issa Dominique Konate, Special Advisor to the President, Republic of Burkina Faso and John Dorward, Chief Executive Officer, Roxgold Inc.
• 2016 - Sipho Pityana, Chairman of AngloGold Ashanti - Keynote Speaker and Godfrey Oliphant, Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources, Republic of South Africa, and Frank Mugyenyi, Senior Industry Advisor, African Union Commission (AUC)
• 2015 - Ngoako Ramathlodi, South Africa's Minister of Mineral Resources and Paul Brink, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Franco-Nevada Corporation
• 2014 - Right Honorable Dr Hage Gottfried Geingob, Prime Minister, Republic of Namibia, Stephen Masele, Deputy Minister, Energy & Minerals, Republic of Tanzania and Clive Johnson, President & Chief Executive Officer, B2Gold Corp
• 2013 - Godfrey Oliphant, Deputy Minister of Mines, South Africa and Robert Friedland, Executive Chairman and Founder, Ivanplats Limited
• 2012 - Dr. Gabi Schneider, Director, Namibian Geological Survey and Inge Zaamwani, Managing Director, Namdeb
• 2011 - Susan Shabangu, South African Minister of Mineral Resources and R. Michael Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer, Platinum Group Metals Ltd.
• 2010 - Anthony Andrews, Executive Director, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) and Simon Village, Chairman, Banro Corporation
• 2009 - Gordon Miller, Chief Executive Officer, First Uranium Corporation and Simmer and Jack Mines Limited and Hon. P.H.K. Kedikilwe, Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources for Botswana
• 2008 - Peter Kinver, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Barrick Gold Corporation
• 2007 - Buyelwa Sonjica, Minister: Minerals and Energy, Republic of South Africa and Bridgette Radebe, President, South African Mining Development Association and Executive Chairperson, Mmakau Mining
• 2006 - Lulu Xingwana, South African Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy and Rick Menell, President & CEO, Teal Mining & Exploration and Deputy Chairman, African Rainbow Minerals
• 2005 - Richard Duffy, Executive, New Business Development, AngloGold Ashanti and Abe Mngomezulu, Deputy Director General, South African Department of Minerals and Energy
• 2004 - Patrick Evans, President and CEO, SouthernEra Resources
• 2003 - Ian Cockerill, President, Goldfields and  Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, South African Minister of Minerals and Energy
• 2002 - Susan Shabangu, South African Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy
• 2001 - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, South African Minister of Minerals and Energy

• 2000 - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, South African Minister of Minerals and Energy

Previous Business Person of the Year Award Winners (sponsored by Hatch)

• 2015 - Wayne Floreani, Vice-President, MineAfrica 
• 2013 - Robert Francki, Global Managing Director, Project Delivery Group, Hatch
• 2012 - Firdosh Bulsara, General Manager, MyEscapades
• 2011 - Ronald W. Thiessen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hunter Dickinson Inc. Chairman, Great Basin Gold Ltd., Past Director, Past President and Chief Executive Officer, Anooraq Resources Corporation
• 2010 - Laurel Keenan, Canadian Director, Wines of South Africa and President, Propeller Communications
• 2009 - David Creighton, Chief Executive Officer, Cordiant Capital
• 2008 - Ronald  Nolan, Past Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hatch and Chairman, N-Solv Corporation
• 2007 - Jossef Pikulak, Director of International Trade & Development, Global Fresh Imports & Export, a division of Tom Lange Company Inc.
• 2006 - Robert Franklin, Past Chairman, Placer Dome