Gold Fields' CEO is Mike Fraser, appointed in Jan 2024, has a tenure of 2.33 years. total yearly compensation is $3.58M, comprised of 31.1% salary and 68.9% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.002% of the company’s shares, worth $757.49K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2 years and 3.5 years respectively.
Key information
Mike Fraser
Chief executive officer
US$3.6m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
31.10%
CEO tenure
2.3yrs
CEO ownership
0.002%
Management average tenure
2yrs
Board average tenure
3.5yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Mike Fraser's remuneration changed compared to Gold Fields's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Dec 31 2025
US$4m
US$1m
US$4b
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$3b
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Dec 31 2024
US$1m
US$943k
US$1b
Compensation vs Market: Mike's total compensation ($USD3.58M) is below average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD6.97M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Mike's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.
CEO
Mike Fraser (60 yo)
2.3yrs
Tenure
US$3,579,400
Compensation
Mr. Michael John Fraser, also known as Mike, is Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director of Gold Fields Limited since January 1, 2024. Mr. Fraser served as Chief Executive Officer of Chaarat Gold Holdi...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Michael Fraser
CEO & Executive Director
2.3yrs
US$3.58m
0.0021% $ 757.5k
Alex Dall
CFO & Executive Director
2yrs
US$913.20k
0.0049% $ 1.7m
Francois Swanepoel
Chief Operating Officer
less than a year
US$1.29m
0.0055% $ 2.0m
Jongisa Magagula
Executive Vice-President of Investor Relations & Corporate Affairs
2.8yrs
US$1.55m
0.0010% $ 368.0k
Kelly Carter
Executive VP and Group Head of Legal & Compliance
3.2yrs
US$3.39m
0.0024% $ 843.2k
Chris Gratias
Executive Vice President of Strategy
1.8yrs
US$1.57m
0.0097% $ 3.5m
Mariette Steyn
Executive Vice President of People & Sustainability
1.9yrs
US$1.31m
0.0047% $ 1.7m
Jason Sander
Acting Chief Technical Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
Shyam Jagwanth
VP & Group Head of Internal Audit
no data
no data
no data
Peter Andrews
Group Head of Geotechnical & VP
no data
no data
no data
Johan Boshoff
Group Head of Tailings
no data
no data
no data
Pieter Coetzee
VP & Head of Finance: Operations
no data
no data
no data
2.0yrs
Average Tenure
51yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: 0IYR's management team is not considered experienced ( 2 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Michael Fraser
CEO & Executive Director
2.3yrs
US$3.58m
0.0021% $ 757.5k
Alex Dall
CFO & Executive Director
1.2yrs
US$913.20k
0.0049% $ 1.7m
Terence Goodlace
Independent Non-Executive Director
9.8yrs
US$154.39k
no data
Zarina Bibi Bassa
Independent Non- Executive Director
1.8yrs
US$155.69k
no data
John MacKenzie
Independent Non-Executive Director
less than a year
US$44.15k
no data
Alhassan Andani
Independent Non-Executive Director
9.8yrs
US$161.56k
no data
Maria Bitar Maluk
Independent Non-Executive Director
4yrs
US$151.40k
no data
Yunus Goolam Suleman
Independent Non-Executive Chairperson
9.7yrs
US$257.97k
no data
Philisiwe Sibiya
Independent Non-Executive Director
5.2yrs
US$169.58k
no data
Jacqueline McGill
Lead Independent Director
4.5yrs
US$167.77k
no data
Shannon McCrae
Independent Non-Executive Director
1.8yrs
US$146.88k
no data
Carel Albert Smit
Independent Non-Executive Director
2.9yrs
US$155.56k
no data
3.5yrs
Average Tenure
58.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 0IYR's board of directors are considered experienced (3.5 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/05/21 03:12
End of Day Share Price
2026/05/21 00:00
Earnings
2025/12/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Analyst Sources
Gold Fields Limited is covered by 21 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.