Phillip Anthony Murnane to take on CFO role at Gold Fields

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Phillip Anthony Murnane has been announced as the CFO and executive director of Gold Fields. It is expected that he will take on the role in early 2025.

Phillip Anthony Murnane has been announced as the CFO and executive director of Gold Fields. It is expected that he will take on the role in early 2025.

He succeeds Paul Schmidt, who served as CFO until 30 April 2024, and will take over from interim CFO Alex Dall.

Phillip is a qualified accountant, with sound operational finance background and over 20 years of experience in the resources sector, including as the CFO in several roles. He obtained a bachelor of commerce and a bachelor of economics from the Australian National University, subsequently becoming a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia in 2003.

Philip began his career at Deloitte before embarking on an international career spanning four continents, and has held senior roles at Centrica, Glencore, Noble, Ferroglobe and lately at commodities brokers ED&F Man.

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