# Natascha Viljoen President and Chief Executive Officer ## Career chronology - **From October 2023; CEO from 1 January 2026: Newmont** — Chief operating officer, then president and CEO. [Newmont 2026 proxy statement]() (Director biography and executive compensation narrative) - **2020–2023, precise departure date not independently checked: Anglo American Platinum** — Chief executive officer. [Newmont 2026 proxy statement]() (Viljoen biography) ## Education and qualifications ### Reported qualifications [viljoen_education] Issuer or professional biography · issuer reported · low materiality Issuer reports a North-West University engineering degree and University of Cape Town executive MBA. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Qualifications are reported by the cited issuer or profile and were not independently verified. **Relevance:** Relevant professional background. [Newmont 2026 proxy statement]() (Named-person qualifications) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Quarterly production and cash generation [viljoen_q3] Q3 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality In Q3 2026 Newmont reported 1.302 million attributable ounces of gold and US$1.9 billion of free cash flow; gold price and many operational teams influence results. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Viljoen was chief executive during the quarter; the disclosure does not isolate individual contribution. **Relevance:** Indicates delivered company-level operating and financial results. [Newmont third quarter 2026 results]() (Q3 2026 results, summary and production tables) ## Industrial safety ### Tanami workforce fatality [viljoen_tanami] Late 2023–February 2026 · documented · high materiality Newmont reported no work-related fatalities at its operated sites or facilities in 2025 after five colleagues died over nine months in late 2023–2024. Newmont reported that a worker died at Tanami on 4 February 2026 and suspended site activity. NT WorkSafe and police began inquiries; a possible winch failure was preliminary. Newmont said in April that its investigation was complete and site work had resumed; its sustainability report said external authorities were still investigating as of publication. No final regulator outcome was located. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Viljoen was CEO during the February 2026 event and COO during part of the 2023–2024 period; neither her personal involvement nor fault in any incident was established. **Relevance:** Relevant to company-level safety oversight. [Media statement: Tanami incident]() (Company statement, incident and suspension); [Tanami worker death under investigation]() (NT WorkSafe and police inquiry); [Newmont Q1 2026 results call transcript]() (Viljoen Q1 2026 earnings call); [Newmont 2025 sustainability report]() (pp. 43–44, 2025 safety performance and 2023–24 deaths) ## Litigation and enforcement ### Securities action dismissed with judgment for Viljoen [viljoen_karas] 2024–October 2026 · documented · high materiality The Karas securities class action alleged misleading statements about 2024 operating performance. The original August 2026 dismissal order identifies Viljoen as a defendant and granted the motion to dismiss; on 17 September final judgment was entered for Newmont, Viljoen and the other initially named officers. Separate derivative complaints remained in process, with a further report ordered for November 2026. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The docket names her; allegations are not findings of wrongdoing and the dismissal and separate derivative procedural status must both be stated. **Relevance:** Directly relevant governance and disclosure history. [Karas v Newmont, Order Granting Motion to Dismiss, docket 52]() (pp. 1, 5–27, parties and order); [Karas v Newmont docket 1:25-cv-00341]() (Docket party list and entries 52, 54–56); [Newmont 2026 third quarter Form 10-Q]() (Note 17, Karas and Gunderson litigation) ## Suitability for the current role ### Relevant professional experience [viljoen_career] Career and current appointment · analyst inference · low materiality Newmont reports Viljoen led global operations, projects and safety before becoming CEO, and previously led Anglo American Platinum. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Listed roles are documented by cited sources; assessment of their relevance is analytical, and individual performance is not established solely by holding office. **Relevance:** Provides context for the current executive role. [Newmont 2026 proxy statement]() (Director biography and executive compensation narrative) ## Evidence gaps - Full former-employer outcomes and precise tenure were not independently established. - Independent verification of education, professional memberships and credentials is incomplete. - Court, regulator and adverse-media searches are a limited public-source screen and do not establish absence of other matters. - One broad combined named-person search was reused for multiple topic logs; separate comprehensive career, education, success, failure, fraud, safety, environment, legal and governance searches were not performed.