Marna Cloete
President Ivanhoe Mines
Marna Cloete is a registered Chartered Accountant and holds a master’s degree in taxation from the University of Pretoria. In 2006, Marna joined Ivanhoe Mines, and in 2009 she was promoted to Chief Financial Officer and to President in 2020.
Marna played an instrumental role as part of the Ivanhoe leadership team achieving several strategic milestones, as well as listing the Company on the TSX and concluding multiple strategic partnerships and financings with inter alia a Japanese consortium led by Itochu, Zijin Mining and CITIC Metal. She also serves on the Board of Centamin plc as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee.
Prior to joining Ivanhoe, Marna forged her career at PwC in 2002, in the Metals and Mining division, subsequently moving on to Group Five Construction.
2025 Agenda Sessions
Future-Proofing African mining today - Uncovering the Top 5 elements for success
- The government factor: A landscape that offers investment-friendly options for increased infrastructure development spend, improved permitting processes and downstream value-addition is the dream. Can it be turned Into reality?
- The investment factor: Future demand for metals has never looked brighter, but are investors willing to provide the required capital at every stage of the mining life cycle?
- The community factor: Mining means job creation and economic opportunities, but is that enough to win the support of local communities for new projects?
- The talent factor: Artificial intelligence holds the future to technology adoption in mining - is tomorrow's mining generation prepared at a tertiary education level for this, and what does their integration with the existing workforce look like?
- The market factor: Are downstream buyers ready to play their part, including buying critical minerals from “risky” jurisdictions?”
Monday 03 February 16:25 - 17:20 CTICC1
Disruptive Discussions
- The government factor: A landscape that offers investment-friendly options for increased infrastructure development spend, improved permitting processes and downstream value-addition is the dream. Can it be turned Into reality?
- The investment factor: Future demand for metals has never looked brighter, but are investors willing to provide the required capital at every stage of the mining life cycle?
- The community factor: Mining means job creation and economic opportunities, but is that enough to win the support of local communities for new projects?
- The talent factor: Artificial intelligence holds the future to technology adoption in mining - is tomorrow's mining generation prepared at a tertiary education level for this, and what does their integration with the existing workforce look like?
- The market factor: Are downstream buyers ready to play their part, including buying critical minerals from “risky” jurisdictions?”
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