Richard Cox

Chief Operating Officer: South Africa, Sibanye-Stillwater South Africa

Richard Cox is Chief Operating Officer: South Africa of Sibanye-Stillwater South Africa, in the role since July 2025.

Sibanye-Stillwater is a JSE-listed multinational precious metals miner, and its South African region covers its platinum group metals and gold operations. Cox took over the region when Richard Stewart moved up to group chief executive.

In the job

  1. Sibanye-Stillwater appointed him chief regional officer for its Southern African operations, effective 1 July 2025, after he had acted in the role since May. Source

Career before

  1. 2020Senior vice president: strategy advisor, Sibanye-Stillwater
  2. Executive vice president: processing, Southern Africa region, Sibanye-Stillwater
  3. 2025Acting chief regional officer, Southern Africa, Sibanye-Stillwater

Education

BSc in Mining, University of the Witwatersrand; MBA, Gordon Institute of Business Science; Stanford Executive Programme, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Sources

  1. engineeringnews.co.za
  2. miningweekly.com
  3. businessday.co.za
  4. engineeringnews.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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