abstract:Robert Michael "Bobby" Godsell (born 14 September 1952 in Johannesburg)Bobby Godsell Who'swho South Africa, accessed: 8 October 2010 is a retired South African businessman and the former CEO of South African gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti, a position he held from 1998 to 2007. He was the Non-Executive Chairman of Eskom from 2008 to 2009 and was appointed to the National Planning Commission of South Africa by South African President Jacob Zuma on 30 April 2010.
Mines are increasingly run not by engineers, but by businessmen, such as BobbyGodsell, chief executive of AngloGold, and Chris Thompson, chairman of Gold Fields.
BobbyGodsell, the former head of AngloGold, became one of Mr Dlamini's mentors after convincing him to join the group in the mid-1990s, fresh from England's rain and libraries.
On November 5th it was reported that Mr Maroga had not been pushed after all, but had resigned after a clash with the board's chairman, BobbyGodsell, who is white.