May Hermanus

May was appointed to the Board in September 2009.

May has worked in various positions in the private, public and NGO sectors in South Africa. She is a former deputy director general of the Department of Minerals and Energy for mine safety and health. May serves on the boards of the Rail Safety Regulator, the Minerals and Mining Development Board of the Department of Mineral Resources, the Council for Geoscience, Sacred Heart College and is chairperson of the Bokamoso Trust, the employee share option scheme of AngloGold Ashanti. She is currently the Executive Director: Natural Resources and the Environment at the CSIR, continues to be associated with the University of the Witwatersrand in a visiting capacity and is a fellow of the SAIMM.