Gold Fields has announced the appointment of Alex Dall as the permanent CFO after saying Phillip Murnane, who was appointed to the position last year, was unable to join the company.
The gold miner appointed Murnane to the post in August and he had been expected to start early this year.
“Mr Murnane has confirmed that, due to personal reasons, he is unfortunately unable to join the company,” Gold Fields said in a statement on Friday.
Dall has been serving as interim CFO since the retirement of Paul Schmidt in April last year.
As interim CFO, he successfully delivered the financial results for the six months ended June 2024, secured debt financing for the acquisition of Osisko Mining and led the transition of the finance function as part of the company's organisational restructure in 2024, Gold Fields said.
Dall has been pivotal in structuring, negotiating and executing group funding strategies, providing strategic oversight on M&A transactions, and driving corporate financial, tax and capital efficiency initiatives.
Dall is a qualified chartered accountant SA having obtained his Bachelor of Business Science and post-graduate diploma in accounting from the University of Cape Town. He joined Gold Fields in 2014 and was promoted to vice-president corporate finance in 2022, responsible for the group’s funding requirements.
He previously worked at KPMG, where he completed his articles in the energy and natural resources department.
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