The new CEO of the CGS

摘要

Government has appointed Thibedi Ramontja, a seasoned geoscientist and mining executive, to head South Africa's State Agency for the geosciences, the Council for Geoscience (CGS). Thibedi Ramontja came to the CGS from the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) where he held the position of Head: Minerals Promotion. In addition to serving on the Boards of MINTEK and ALEXKOR (state-owned diamond mine) and the Fossil Fuel Foundation, Ramontja has represented South Africa on many international and national scientific and business fora, which include the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the SADC Mining Technical Expert Committee. During the 1999 gold crisis, when the gold price was at a 20-year low, Ramontja was brought in to head the Secretariat for the Tripartite Gold Crisis Committee.