Dr Stanley Segula

Career chronology

• As stated in 2026 company roster: Zimplats Holdings / Zimbabwe Platinum Mines — Director Strategy and Business Development; incoming Chief Executive Officer effective 1 November 2026. 2026 integrated annual report (PDF physical p.25, management executive biographies)

Business failures and setbacks

Bimha ground failure and redevelopment

2014–2024 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The issuer reported Bimha’s precautionary closure in 2014 due to unsafe ground and a US$22.9 million write-off for inaccessible/damaged infrastructure in FY2015. The 2026 report says the mine later reached design capacity and its upgrade was completed in June 2024.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. CEO or operating-company COO responsibilities overlapped the closure; no source attributes the geological failure to the person.

Relevance: Shows both a substantial operational setback and later recovery.

2014 integrated annual report (note 36, ground conditions and safe withdrawal); 2015 integrated annual report (note 24, US$22.9m write-off); 2026 integrated annual report (physical p.4, corporate history and Bimha recovery)

Industrial safety

Mupfuti fatality and subsequent safety record

2024–FY2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

A Zimplats employee died in an underground vehicle accident at Mupfuti on 22 June 2024. The company reported 13 lost-time injuries in FY2025, reducing to four with no fatalities in FY2026; final independent investigation findings were not located.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The person’s relevant group or operating management role overlapped the period; sources do not establish personal fault.

Relevance: Relevant to oversight of high-risk mining work.

2024 integrated annual report (Chairman’s letter and CEO safety report, Mupfuti accident); 2026 integrated annual report (physical p.12, FY2026 safety indicators)

Governance and interests

Incoming chief executive appointment

2015 and 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

The 30 October announcement appoints Segula CEO effective 1 November 2026. It states he had been managing director of the operating subsidiary since May 2015; the 2026 and 2023 annual reports instead state November 2015.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The appointment is explicit; the earlier start-month conflict remains unresolved.

Relevance: Relevant to continuity and leadership succession.

CEO/director retirement and appointment (p.1, appointment and previous roles); 2026 integrated annual report (physical p.25, Segula biography); 2023 integrated annual report (printed p.52, executive biography)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current responsibilities

Before and during Zimplats role · analyst inference · medium materiality

The issuer reports engineering training and previous roles as operating-company COO and managing director, followed by strategy director from July 2026.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Career and qualifications are issuer-reported; the relevance judgment is an inference, not independent confirmation.

Relevance: Shows experience pertinent to the assigned leadership role.

2026 integrated annual report (PDF physical p.25, management executive biographies)

Evidence gaps

• Separate person-specific topic searches, primary regulator and court records, complete prior-employer histories and independent credential verification remain incomplete.

• The FY2026 annual report management, safety, financial and complaints pages were visually inspected; other cited pages were not all visually inspected.

• The 2024 fatal accident’s final independent investigation and any regulatory outcome were not located.

• The issuer’s 30 October CEO announcement states May 2015 for the subsidiary managing-director start; earlier and 2026 annual biographies state November 2015.