Willie Jacobsz Email & Phone Number

Boston, Usa And Johannesburg, South Africa

Group Head of Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations and member of the Group Executive Committee to March 2016.• Developed and executed integrated global corporate affairs, stakeholder engagement and reputation management strategies, plans and tactics to articulate the Company’s value proposition to the investment community, employees, host and labour source communities, the media, regulators and other stakeholders.• Assembled and managed a global corporate affairs, stakeholder engagement and reputation management team with the capabilities and perspectives to execute relevant programs in all operational jurisdictions and communities.• Built a best in class global investor relations program that increased international shareholdings from 5% in 2001 to 70% in 2015. Investor relations activities included marketing to the investment community through targeted communications and strategic relationship management, road shows, conferences, investor days, site visits, expectations management, shareholder analysis, targeting, proxy solicitations, quarterly and annual reporting and industry benchmarking. • Directed internal and external communications for numerous corporate special events, including a new listing on the NYSE, several M&A events, multiple equity and bond offerings, the successful defense against an hostile take-over bid, several proxy battles, as well as the splitting off and unbundling of assets.• Managed crisis communications for multiple political, community and labor challenges, industrial, mining and environmental accidents, leadership changes and other reputational threats. • As custodian of the Group's brand and corporate identity, developed and implemented the brand and corporate identity strategy. Directed and managed all printed and electronic media including social media, websites, marketing material, press releases, annual reports, SEC filings and the writing of a book on the Company’s history.

Boston, Ma And Johannesburg, South Africa

As Group Head of Sustainable Development (concurrent with corporate affairs and investor relations role), initiated and served as champion for the adoption of sustainability as a key business driver at all levels of the Company, as well as a key driver of socio-economic development in host and labour source communities across Southern Africa, West Africa, Australia and central South America. • Assembled and led a global team of sustainable development professionals at the corporate and operational levels, capable of addressing key sustainability issues such as health and safety, environmental management, carbon footprint, water, and socio-economic and community development.• Directed the development and execution of Group, country and operational sustainable development strategies, plans and tactics.• Directed philanthropy and corporate social responsibility across the Group through various country specific foundations.• Achieved global recognition for excellence in sustainable development and inclusion in the Top 5 in the Metals and Mining sector of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Founding Head of Corporate Affairs, Investor Relations and Sustainable Development for the newly established Gold Fields Limited, formed from the merger of the gold assets of Gold Fields of South Africa and Gencor in 1998. • Built the new Corporate Affairs, Investor Relations and Sustainable Development discipline from the ground up.• Developed and implemented a new Brand and Corporate Identity for the Group as well as a long-term stakeholder engagement strategy.• Managed cultural integration following the merger and aggressively marketed the new Company to employees, host communities, investors and other stakeholders.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Managed the Group-wide Vulindlela Transformation Program aimed at revitalizing all aspects of the operations of Gold Fields of South Africa (GFSA), and to unlock value for shareholders. The final outcome was the dissolution of GFSA as an industrial and mining conglomerate, and the unbundling and sale of its non-core assets. Gold Fields Limited survived as a focused gold mining company and continued the heritage of the Gold Fields Group.• As Company co-lead conceptualized and designed the transformation program and sold it to the Executive Committee and the Board.• Assembled, managed and directed an inter-disciplinary and multi-stream team of approximately 120 consultants.• Developed a new strategic direction for the Group and its various business units, and advised the Executive and Board.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Directed and managed the Gold Fields Foundation, the Corporate Social Investment vehicle for Gold Fields of South Africa. Operating in all host communities and labor source countries of Southern Africa, the Foundation engaged in the funding and managing of a wide range of sustainable development, education, health care and environmental education projects.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Developed and executed advocacy, fund raising and communication strategies for the Johannesburg Child Welfare Society, the largest privately funded advocacy and service delivery NGO in South Africa.