The interim CFO and executive director will be made permanent effective 1 March 2025.
Alex Dall has been appointed as permanent chief financial officer and executive director, effective 1 March 2025. He succeeds Paul Schmidt, who served as CFO for over 15 years, before his retirement on 30 April 2024.
Alex has been serving in the same position as interim CFO ahead of the scheduled appointment of Phillip Murnane in early 2025. However due to personal reasons, Phillip has confirmed that he will no longer be joining the globally diversified gold producer.
According to the company press statement, during his role as interim CFO, Alex has demonstrated strong and visible leadership, strategic and financial acumen, and a deep commitment to the success of Gold Fields, making valuable contributions to both the executive team and the global business.
Gold Fields says as interim CFO, the 36-year-old has successfully delivered the financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2024, secured debt financing for the acquisition of Osisko Mining and led the transition of the finance function as part of the organisational restructure undertaken by the company in 2024.
In recent years Alex “has also been pivotal in structuring, negotiating, and executing group funding strategies, providing strategic oversight on M&A transactions, and driving corporate financial, tax and capital efficiency initiatives,” according to the Gold Fields statement.
He is a qualified chartered accountant with a bachelor of business science and postgraduate diploma in accounting from the University of Cape Town.
He joined the company in 2014, focusing on SOX and technical accounting work in the finance function and was promoted to vice president corporate finance in 2022, responsible for the funding requirements of the group. Prior to Gold Fields, Alex worked at KPMG, where he completed his articles in the energy and natural resources department.
