Petro Du Pisani

Anglo American Platinum

Petro du Pisani is Head of Business Improvement at Anglo American Platinum where she oversees structured business improvement across the mining value chain and drives innovation and continuous improvement.

Before joining Anglo American Platinum, she was Head of Business Improvement Projects at Anglo American (Technical & Sustainability) where she supported the implementation of Anglo American’s Operating Model and various strategic business improvement initiatives across Anglo American Platinum, Coal South Africa, Kumba Iron Ore and De Beers Canada.

Petro has worked in the mining industry for over 25 years. She was a Gencor bursar and as a graduate worked across the world as an exploration geophysicist. Petro has worked as a geoscience consultant, geophysics researcher and has for the past 16 years at Anglo American transitioned from a technical role as a geoscientist to a Business Improvement professional. In 2018/9 she formed part of the Anglo American CEO’s Elimination of Fatalities task force.

She was the Chairperson for non-profit Women-in-Mining South Africa (WiMSA) from 2021-2022 and is currently serving on the Board of WiMSA. In 2020 Petro was selected as one of the top 100 inspirational women (WiM100) in the mining industry by Women in Mining - UK.

Petro holds BSc and Honours degrees in Mathematics and Exploration Geophysics, and an MSc in Earth Science Management from the University of Pretoria. She recently completed her executive MBA through the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business. In her dissertation she studied the type of leadership required to move mining companies towards fatality-free mining.