Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> November 28, 2000
CHRISTOPHER M.T. THOMPSON has held the post of Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Gold Fields Limited since September 1998. Prior to
joining Gold Fields, Mr. Thompson was extensively involved in venture
capital investing in the gold mining industry for 15 years, most
recently as CEO of Castle Group Limited in Denver, Colorado, managing
the successful Emerging Markets Gold Fund, where he acquired extensive
experience in the development of new mines around the world. In the
years prior to this, he spent eight years with the Anglo American
Corporation in Canada and South Africa in various executive and
directoral capacities, principally related to Anglo American gold
interests in South Africa and base metal interests in Canada. From 1978
to 1982 he was an Analyst and Director of Gordon Securities in Canada.
Mr. Thompson holds a BA from Rhodes, South Africa and an MSc Management
Studies from Bradford, UK. Profile
Mr. Thompson: Gold Fields is the third largest, and really close to
being the second largest, gold producer in the world.
