Short Profile of Eric Asubonteng, Managing Director of AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi Mine

Eric Asubonteng is the General Manager and Managing Director (MD) of AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine and has worked with AngloGold Ashanti since 2013. Until this appointment as MD, Mr. Asubonteng was Head of Operations and Corporate Affairs of the Company’s Obuasi Mine and had full responsibility for managing the reputation of the company as head of Corporate Affairs.

He is a highly accomplished Finance Executive with 13 years’ experience in executive roles, both local and international, in both surface mining and underground operations. He has worked with Gold Fields Ghana and Gold Fields Australia. This has includes financial management roles in the resources sector incorporating responsibility for financial and management accounting, financial management, supply chain, IT, business operations and restructuring, as well as operational management and corporate affairs.

Mr. Asubonteng is a chartered accountant. He holds a first degree from the University of Ghana Business School, an MBA from the Manchester Business School, and currently pursuing a Mining Engineering certificate.