Gareth Penny

Chairman Ninety One

Gareth is Chairman of Ninety-One Plc., a global business with over $200 billion of assets under management, providing investment products and services across both developed and emerging markets. Gareth is also Chairman of EnQuest Plc., an integrated energy company, which responsibly manages and decommissions mature oil and gas assets. Gareth has worked in various forms of mining over the past four decades. For 22 years Gareth was with De Beers and Anglo American, the last five of which he was Group CEO of De Beers. During his tenure he was instrumental in re-shaping not only the world’s leading diamond company, but also the diamond industry. He was previously Chairman of Norilsk Nickel, a leading producer of nickel and palladium. He also served as an NED and Remuneration Committee Chairman of the Julius Baer Group and on the Senior Advisory Board of TowerBrook, a leading private equity firm.