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J.H. Mensah,
Bannerman to retire from Anglogold Ashanti Board
Accra, April 10, Ghanadot/GNA – Mr
J.H. Mensah, former senior minister under the Kufuor
Administration, and Mr Reginald Bannerman, a Ghanaian
lawyer, have given notice of their intention to retire from
the Board of AngloGold Ashanti.
Their retirement will take effect from the annual general
meeting of the company to be held on May 15, 2009, according
to a statement issued by the company received in Accra, on
Friday.
The statement said in addition, Professor Wiseman Nkuhlu, a
South African member of board, has also give notice of his
impending resignation from the board as he is standing for
political office in the forthcoming general elections in
South Africa.
Mr Bannerman, 75, was appointed to the board in February
2006.
He has been in law practice since 1958 and is the principal
partner at Messrs Bruce-Lyle, Bannerman & Thompson Attorneys
in Ghana.
He is a member of the General Legal Council of Ghana and a
member of the board of the Valco Trust Fund.
A former lecturer in law at the Ahmadu Bello University in
Nigeria, he was also formerly the mayor of Accra.
Mr Mensah, 81, joined the Board in August 2006.
He was also chairman of the National Development Planning
Commission under the Kufuor Administration and former MP for
Sunyani East.
AngloGold Ashanti was established in 2004 through a merger
between AngloGold of South Africa and the then Ashanti
Goldfields of Ghana.
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