DAVID Brown, the chairman of Northam Platinum and lead independent director of Vodacom Group, has died. He was 59.
“It is with great sadness that Vodacom advises shareholders of the untimely passing of David Brown,” the telecommunications company said in a statement on Monday. Brown died from a heart attack, said three people familiar with the situation, asking not to be identified as the details aren’t public.
Brown was also the former chief executive officer of Impala Platinum and Zimbabwe’s Kuvimba Mining House.
His death comes as Northam Platinum is locked in a battle with rival Impala Platinum to take over Royal Bafokeng Platinum CEOs for both Northam and Impala Platinum have said they want to wholly own the smaller PGMs producer, which has assets that are mechanized and could be mined at lower costs.
The mining veteran served as chief financial officer and later CEO at Impala from 1999
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