Desmond Sacco

Chairman of Assmang

Born 22-09-1942 in Johannesburg

Desmond Sacco is Chairman of Assore Ltd in Johannesburg. He is Chair of Ore & Metal Co Ltd as well as Chair of African Mining & Trust Co Ltd. Sacco represented South African University at cricket (blue), hockey (blue) and Transvaal Provincial cricket and hockey. Sacco qualified as a geologist and joined the Assore group in 1968. He was appointed to the Assore Board in 1974 and, on retirement of his father in 1992, he was appointed Chairman and Managing Director. In that year, he was also appointed Deputy Chairman of Assmang Limited and in 1999, he became Chairman of Assmang. He is a fellow of the Institute of Directors and of the Geological Society of South Africa.