Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
PhD, MPhil, MA, Juris Doctor, BA
APPOINTED: 1 September 2021
Alberto Calderon’s executive experience includes leadership roles across the mining, petroleum, and energy sectors. He was CEO of Orica, the largest mining explosives company in the world. He was also an executive with the world’s leading diversified mining company, BHP Group Plc. During his time with BHP Group Plc, Mr. Calderon held a number of key leadership positions, including group executive and chief executive aluminium, nickel and corporate development, group executive and chief commercial officer.
Mr. Calderon was also CEO of Cerrejón Coal Company, an integrated thermal coal mine in Colombia, and CEO of the Colombian oil company, Ecopetrol. Prior to this, Mr. Calderon held senior leadership positions in the International Monetary Fund and the Colombian government and has been a board member of a range of private, public and non-government organisations.
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director
FCCA (Fellow Chartered and Certified Accountant)
Board Committee Memberships: Investment Committee
APPOINTED: 1 January 2023
Gillian Doran brings more than 25 years of experience in finance and commercial roles across a number of industries, predominantly natural resources and also construction and manufacturing. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Doran served as chief financial officer for Rio Tinto’s Global Aluminium division. Ms. Doran’s career at Rio Tinto spanned over 15 years in a number of senior finance roles within operations, regional business unit and Group headquarters. A seasoned international executive leader having previously worked and lived in Europe, North America and Australia, Ms. Doran brings to AngloGold Ashanti deep experience in financial accounting, planning, performance management, investment, transformation and strategy.
Ms. Doran is a fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants.
Chief Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer
Stewart Bailey’s portfolio includes stakeholder relations and the broader ambit of sustainability policy and oversight. He leads a strong team of specialists covering investor relations and communications, alongside the core sustainability disciplines, namely safety, health, environment, community and government relations, and security and human rights. Over 11years with AngloGold Ashanti, based both in the US and South Africa, he has built in-depth knowledge of the Company and its stakeholders. Mr. Bailey was the senior vice president of investor relations and group communications before he was appointed to his current role in 2019. In his previous role, Mr. Bailey covered debt and equity investors in the US, South Africa, the UK, Europe and Asia, was a key member of the company’s team which successfully completed debt issues of more than $3 billion between 2010 and 2019, and was a member of the team that has executed acquisitions and asset sales over that period. He also held line responsibility for AngloGold Ashanti’s corporate communications programme, which included engagement with financial news media in South Africa, US and UK. He is a former financial journalist with Bloomberg LP in New York and Johannesburg.