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Richard O’Brien was elected President and Chief Executive Officer in 2007, having previously served as President and Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer during 2006 and 2007 and as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2005 to 2006. Mr. O'Brien was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AGL Resources in Atlanta, Georgia from 2001. Mr. O'Brien previously served in senior executive positions for Mirant (formerly Southern Energy, Inc.) and PacifiCorp. He has over 20 years of broad financial and operational experience in the energy, power and natural resources businesses. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Mr. O'Brien received his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. He also holds a doctor of jurisprudence degree from Lewis and Clark College, Northwestern School of Law.

Russell Ball
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Russell Ball was elected Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in October 2008, after having served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2007, Vice President and Controller from 2004 to 2007. Previously he had served as Group Executive, Investor Relations, and as Financial Director and Controller for Newmont's Indonesian Business Unit. Mr. Ball joined Newmont in 1994 as Senior Internal Auditor after practicing as an accountant with Coopers and Lybrand in Durban, South Africa. He holds a Masters Degree in Accounting from the University of Natal (South Africa) and is both a Chartered Accountant in South Africa and a Certified Public Accountant in the United States.

Alan R. Blank
Executive Vice President, Legal and External Affairs Alan R. Blank was elected Executive Vice President, Legal and External Affairs in October 2008, after having served as Senior Vice President, Legal and External Affairs since July 2008. Prior to joining Newmont, Mr. Blank was a member at the law firm of Stoel Rives LLP in Portland, Oregon, where he practiced since 1988. His practice included mergers and acquisitions, finance and commercial transactions. Mr. Blank was the lead lawyer for the $9 billion sale of PacifiCorp by Scottish Power plc to MidAmerican Energy in 2005-2006. He earned a law degree from Washington University School of Law and received a Bachelors in Political Science from Washington University.

Randy Engel
Executive Vice President, Strategic Development Randy Engel was elected Executive Vice President, Strategic Development in September 2008, after having served as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development since 2007. Mr. Engel has been with the Company since 1994, and has served in various capacities in the areas of business planning, corporate treasury and human resources. Mr. Engel holds a master's of science in finance earned from the University of Denver, and a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Colorado.


Brian Hill
Executive Vice President, Operations Brian Hill was elected Executive Vice President, Operations in October 2008, after having served as Vice President, Asia Pacific Operations since January 2008. Previously, he served as the Managing Director of LionOre Australia and Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of ASX-listed Equatorial Mining Limited. Mr. Hill also served in a number of senior executive positions with Falconbridge Limited in Australia, Canada and Chile and has over 25 years experience in operations, project development and corporate development in the mining industry. He holds a Master's of Business Administration degree from the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mining Engineering from Queen's University. Mr. Hill is also a registered professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario, Canada.

Guy Lansdown
Executive Vice President, Development Guy Lansdown was elected Executive Vice President, Development in October 2008, after having served as Senior Vice President, Project Development and Technical Services since 2007. He previously served as Vice President, Project Engineering and Construction from 2006 to 2007 and as Project Executive on the $1.5 billion Boddington project in Australia. Prior to this, he held key project and operating positions for Newmont throughout the world including Indonesia, Peru and Australia. He joined Newmont in 1993 as Project Manager for Minera Yanacocha after serving as an Associate for Knight Piesold and Manager of Projects for Group Five in South Africa. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science in Project Management from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Darla Caudle
Senior Vice President, Human Resources Darla Caudle was elected Senior Vice President in 2006, having served as Vice President and Group Executive, Human Resources, since joining the company in 2002. Ms. Caudle was previously Vice President of Human Resources at LaFarge. Ms. Caudle has worked 24 years as a Director of Human Resources, 18 of which were with Burlington Northern Railroad. Ms. Caudle has affiliations with the Colorado Human Resource Association, Society of Human Resources Management, and Colorado Women's Education and Employment. Ms. Caudle holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Regis University.

M. Stephen Enders
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Exploration M. Stephen Enders was elected Senior Vice President, Worldwide Exploration in 2006. Mr. Enders joined Newmont as Vice President of Worldwide Exploration in 2003 from Phelps Dodge Exploration Corporation, where he had been President. With over 14 years of service at Phelps Dodge, Mr. Enders had positions of increasing responsibility, starting as a senior project geologist, working as Chief Geologist at the Morenci copper mine in Arizona, and leading to Vice President of Minesite Exploration. His previous experience includes Galactic Resources, Pegasus Gold, Texas Gulf and Terradex Corporation. He earned an undergraduate degree from the Colorado School of Mines, a master’s in geological engineering from the University of Arizona and a doctorate in geosciences also from the University of Arizona.

Brant Hinze
Senior Vice President, North American Operations Brant Hinze was elected Senior Vice President, North American Operations in October 2008, after having served as Vice President, North American Operations since 2005. Mr. Hinze had served as General Manager of the Minera Yanacocha operations in Peru since 2003. Mr. Hinze previously managed Newmont's Minahasa and Martabe projects, and held various managerial positions for Battle Mountain Gold, Echo Bay Mines and Asarco since 1984. Mr. Hinze holds a B.S. degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Idaho.

Jeffrey R. Huspeni
Senior Vice President, African Operations Jeffrey R. Huspeni was elected Senior Vice President, African Operations in October 2008, having served as Vice President, Exploration Business Development from 2005 to 2008, and having served as Vice President of Mineral District Exploration from 2002 to 2005. Previously, he served as Vice President, Exploration, Vice President, Business Development, Vice President of Mine Geology and Director of Mine Geology. He joined Newmont in 1982. Prior to joining Newmont, Mr. Huspeni worked as an exploration geologist for several firms. He holds a bachelor's degree in geology from the University of Minnesota and a master's degree in geology from the University of Michigan.

Carlos Santa Cruz
Senior Vice President, South American Operations Dr. Carlos Enrique Santa Cruz was elected Senior Vice President, South American Operations in October 2008, after having served as Vice President, South American Operations since 2001. Prior to that he was General Manager of Minera Yanacocha S.R.L., a joint venture mining operation in Northern Peru, in which Newmont holds a 51.35 percent interest. Dr. Santa Cruz joined Minera Yanacocha in 1992 as Operations Manager. He was named Assistant General Manager in 1995 and General Manager in 1997. He holds a master's degree in mining engineering from Michigan Technological University and a master's degree in industrial engineering and a doctoral degree in mining engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

David A. Baker
Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer David A. Baker has been Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer since June 2008, after having served as Vice President, Environmental Affairs and Sustainable Development since 2004. He had served as Vice President of Environmental Affairs from 1991 until 2004. He also served as Vice President of Environmental and Government Affairs from 1998 to 2001. Mr. Baker received his Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the University of Arizona and completed the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program in 1997.

Michael J. Byrne
Vice President, Health, Safety and Business Excellence Michael J. Byrne was elected Vice President, Health, Safety and Business Excellence in 2008. Mr Byrne served as Global Group Executive HSLP and Continuous Improvement from 2005 to 2008 and Global Director HSLP from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Byrne also held various Safety Management positions at Compañía Minera Antamina (Peru), WMC Resources (Australia) and Fording Coal (Canada). Prior to his employment in the mining industry, Mr Byrne served as a Search and Rescue Specialist with the Canadian Armed Forces. Mr Byrne holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Health and Safety from Curtin University of Technology (Australia).

Nicolaas L.P. Duursema
Vice President, Project Execution Nicolaas (Nico) L.P. Duursema was appointed Vice President, Project Execution in 2008. Mr. Duursema served as Vice President, Project Design and Development for Synenco Energy in 2007. He served as Manager, Business Development and Project Director with Sasol Synfuels International from 2003 till 2006 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He served as Performance Development Manager with Emirates Group of companies in Dubai, UAE from 1999 until 2003. He served in a number of positions from 1991 through 1999 in Sasol Technology with his last position as Manager, Project Services. He has 18 years of business development, transformation and project management experience in oil and gas, oil sands, airline and related industries. He holds a B Eng (Industrial) from the University of Pretoria in South Africa, Honors in Business Management and a MBA (Cum Laude) both from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa.

David Faley
Vice President, Corporate Development David Faley was elected Vice President, Corporate Development, in July 2007. Mr. Faley previously served as Group Executive, Newmont Capital from July 2004 to June 2007 and Vice President, Newmont Capital - Australia from 2003 to 2004. Mr. Faley was Director, Land for Newmont from 1996 to 2003, and Manager of Lands, US from 1993 to 1996. Prior to joining Newmont in 1988, Mr. Faley held various managerial positions at W. E. Mays & Associates, a consulting land firm, since 1983. Mr. Faley graduated from the William O. Douglas Honor's College at Central Washington University, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography and Land Studies.

Gerald Gluscic
Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Information Technology Gerald Gluscic was elected Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Information Technology in 2008. Mr. Gluscic joined Newmont from Swift Transportation, where he served as Executive Vice President of Business Transformation. Prior to his position at Swift he served as Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Phelps Dodge Corporation for 7 years, and added responsibilities for Global Supply Chain and Financial Shared Services as well as the Chief Information Officer position at Phelps Dodge / Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold. Mr. Gluscic was previously Vice President and CIO of Borden Foods Corporation, and held executive leadership positions with Kellogg Company in Latin America, Asia, and in Europe and Africa. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Indiana State University.

Stephen P. Gottesfeld
Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs Stephen P. Gottesfeld was elected Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs in 2006. He served as Associate General Counsel from 2004 to 2006, responsible for Newmont's Latin American, African and Central Asian legal offices. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Gottesfeld was Newmont's Associate General Counsel and General Manager of Newmont Peru S.R.L. Mr. Gottesfeld spent three years of his career with Newmont in Lima, Peru. Prior to joining Newmont in 1997 as Senior Counsel, Mr. Gottesfeld was an associate at the law firm of Holland & Hart LLP. He earned a law degree and a master's degree in international affairs from the University of Denver in 1993 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from The Colorado College in 1989.

David V. Gutierrez
Vice President, Tax and Accounting David V. Gutierrez was named Vice President, Tax and Accounting in 2007, having previously served as Vice President, Tax from 2005 to 2007. Prior to joining Newmont he was a partner with KPMG LLP from 2002 to 2005, serving as the Denver office Tax Managing Partner from 2003 to 2005. Prior to that, he was a partner with Arthur Andersen LLP and was the Denver office Tax Managing Partner from 1997 to 2002. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from the University of Detroit and a Juris Doctorate degree from DePaul University. Mr. Gutierrez is a Certified Public Accountant.

Roger Johnson
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Roger Johnson was elected Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer in 2008. Mr. Johnson previously served as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in 2007 and Assistant Controller from 2004 to 2007. He also served as the Operations Controller and the Regional Controller, Australia from 2003 to 2004. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Johnson served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration at Pasminco Zinc, Inc. from 2002 to 2003. He also served in various capacities, including Vice President Finance and Control, for Kennecott Corporation, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto PLC, from 1989 to 2002. Mr. Johnson, a Certified Public Accountant in the United States, practiced public accounting with Coopers & Lybrand from 1979 to 1989. Mr. Johnson holds both a Masters of Professional Accountancy degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Utah.

Thomas P. Mahoney
Vice President and Treasurer Thomas Mahoney was elected a Vice President in 2002. He has been Treasurer since 2001. Previously he served as Corporate Assistant Treasurer from 1996 to 2001. Mr. Mahoney joined the Company as Assistant Treasurer, International, in 1994. Prior to that, he served as Vice President, Corporate Banking for Continental Bank N.A. He holds a degree in mining engineering from the University of Arizona and an M.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.

Gordon R. Nixon
Vice President, Technical Services Gordon Nixon was elected Vice President, Technical Services, in 2008. Mr. Nixon served as Vice President, African Operations in 2007, Regional Group Executive, Africa and Eurasia, from 2006 to 2007 and Managing Director, Central Asia and Europe, from 2002 to 2006. Mr. Nixon was General Manager of the Zarafshan - Newmont Joint Venture in Uzbekistan from 1999 to 2002, and Operations Manager from 1998 to 1999. Prior to joining Newmont, Mr. Nixon held various managerial positions at Pegasus Gold and Centennial Minerals since 1983.

Blake M. Rhodes
Vice President and General Counsel Blake M. Rhodes was elected General Counsel in 2008 and Vice President in 2006. He joined Newmont in 1996 as Assistant General Counsel and served as Associate General Counsel from 2004 to 2006. Mr. Rhodes has spent two years of his career at Newmont in Indonesia and two years in Australia. He joined Newmont from the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis, where he practiced for four years. He earned a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992, where he was an executive editor for the Law Review. Mr. Rhodes earned an undergraduate degree from Iowa State University.

John Seaberg
Vice President, Investor Relations John Seaberg was designated Vice President, Investor Relations in 2008, having previously served as Group Executive, Investor Relations since 2007. Since July 2006 he had served as Group Executive, Internal Audit. Prior to that, he served as the Director of Corporate Development. Mr. Seaberg joined Newmont in 1994 as an Internal Audit Manager and later became Financial Manager, Newmont Capital. He holds a master’s of business administration from the University of Denver, and a bachelor's degree in business administration from the Colorado State University.

Sharon E. Thomas
Vice President and Secretary Sharon Thomas was elected Vice President in 2005, having served as Secretary and Assistant General Counsel since 2004. She served as Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary from 2002 to 2004. Prior to joining Newmont, Ms. Thomas held legal positions at Sun Microsystems, Inc., Tele-Communications, Inc. and the law firm of Holland & Hart. She has degrees from the University of Colorado School of Law and Georgetown University.

William M. Zisch
Vice President, Planning William Zisch was designated Vice President, Planning in 2007, having previously served as Vice President, African Operations, and Group Executive, African Operations since 2003. Prior to assuming responsibility for Newmont's development projects in Africa, Mr. Zisch was Operations Director of the Minera Yanacocha operations in Peru, was Director of Business Planning for Newmont and held other technical and managerial positions for Morrison Knudsen, FMC and FMC Gold prior to joining Newmont in 1997. Mr. Zisch holds a Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a registered Professional Engineer.

Board of Directors

Glen A. Barton
Glen Barton is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Caterpillar Inc. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Valmont Industries.

Vincent A. Calarco
Vincent Calarco is the former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Crompton Corporation. He is Director of the Consolidated Edison and CPG International Inc. Mr. Calarco is Newmont's independent Chairman of the Board.

Joseph A. Carrabba
Joseph A. Carrabba is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Prior to joining Cleveland-Cliffs in 2005, Mr. Carrabba held various senior operating positions with Rio Tinto PLC, including President and Chief Operating Officer of Diavik Diamond Mines.

Noreen Doyle
Noreen Doyle was the First Vice President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 2001 to 2005. Ms. Doyle currently sits on the Board of Directors of Credit Suisse Group, QinetiQ, and Rexam PLC and has served as the chair of the Budapest Bank Supervisory Board.

Veronica Hagen
Veronica Hagen is Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Polymer Group, Inc. since April 2007. Ms Hagen was President and CEO of Sappi Fine Paper North America from 2004 to 2007. Prior to working for Sappi, she served in various executive roles with Alcoa and Alumax, before its acquisition by Alcoa. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Jacuzzi Brands, Incorporated.

Michael S. Hamson
Michael Hamson is Chairman of Hamson Consultants Pty Ltd. He is the retired Joint Chairman of McIntosh Hamson Hoare Govett Limited (now Merrill Lynch Australia), and served as the firm's Chief Executive from 1972 to 1986. He was a Director of Normandy Mining Limited from 1986 to February 2002, and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Genesis Emerging Markets Ltd.

Robert J. Miller
Robert Miller is a principal of Dutko Worldwide and a former partner of the Jones Vargas law firm. He was Governor of the State of Nevada from 1989 to January 1999. He is also Director of Zenith National Insurance Corporation, Wynn Resorts Limited and International Game Technology.

Richard T. O'Brien
Richard O’Brien was elected President and Chief Executive Officer in 2007, having previously served as President and Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer during 2006 and 2007 and as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2005 to 2006. Mr. O'Brien was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AGL Resources in Atlanta, Georgia from 2001. Mr. O'Brien previously served in senior executive positions for Mirant (formerly Southern Energy, Inc.) and PacifiCorp. He has over 20 years of broad financial and operational experience in the energy, power and natural resources businesses. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Mr. O'Brien received his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. He also holds a doctor of jurisprudence degree from Lewis and Clark College, Northwestern School of Law.

John B. Prescott
John Prescott is Chairman of Australian Submarine Corporation Pty Ltd. He is the retired Managing Director of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, where he served as Chief Executive Officer from 1991 until March 1998. He was a Director of Normandy Mining Limited from April 1999 until March 2002.

Donald C. Roth
Donald Roth is the Managing Partner of EMP Global LLC, an international private equity firm. Prior to co-founding EMP in 1992, he served as Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank for four years. Mr. Roth also is a former Chairman and Chief Executive of Merrill Lynch Europe, Ltd. Currently, he serves on the Advisory Committee to the National Treasury Management Agency, which manages the Republic of Ireland's national debt. He is also a Commissioner of Ireland's National Pension Reserve Fund. Mr. Roth is a director of ISEQ Exchange Traded Fund Public Limited Company.

James V. Taranik
James Taranik is Director of the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno, and President and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus of Desert Research Institute of the University and Community College System of Nevada. He is also a Regents Professor and Arthur Brant Chair of Geophysics at the University of Nevada.

Simon R. Thompson
Simon Thompson worked for the Anglo American group from 1995 to 2007 and served as an executive director of Anglo American plc from 2005 to 2007. He previously worked in merchant banking. Mr. Thompson is a non-executive director of Sandvik AB (Sweden) and UC Rusal (Russia) and was a non executive director of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd (South Africa) from 2004 to 2008.