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Gerard Kisbey-Green

10th March 2017

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

     

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Full Name: Gerard Anthony Kisbey-Green

Position: CEO OF Goldplat plc

Main Activity of the Company: The recovery of gold and other metals from the by-products of mining and processing operations

Date and Place of Birth: April 3, 1962, Johannesburg, South Africa (Durban Deep gold mine)

Education: Matric, Welkom High School, Free State; BSc (mining engineering), University of the Witwatersrand, 1987

First Job: Onsetter on the Harmony gold mine

Size of First Pay Packet: R245 a month

Value of Assets under Your Control: Goldplat has a market capitalisation on the London Aim of roughly £10-million

Number of People under Your Leadership: Roughly 450 employees
Management Style: Participative

Personal Best Achievement: Having the courage to move from mining into banking and later into exploration and finally back into mining — over 30 years — at times when each particular phase in my career was not serving me

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My two beautiful daughters

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Johan Botha, as mine manager of Freestate Saaiplaas, in the early 90s — he taught me invaluable lessons regarding people management skills and ‘back to basics’ mining

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Michael Schumacher, if he were to recover fully (which I sincerely hope for)

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Stephen Koseff, Investec

Philosophy of Life: Be happy, always — everything else will follow as it is meant to!

Biggest Ever Opportunity: When JPMorgan seconded me to work in the UK in 2004. This changed the lives of my entire family and was an incredibly broadening experience for us all

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Not completing my MBA thesis, despite having passed all prerequisite courses

Hope for the Future: That sense prevails in South Africa and the downward spiral in the economy, infrastructure, health, welfare, education and poverty is arrested before it’s too late

Favourite Reading: Nonfiction — always reading The Book of Awakening, by Mark Nepo

Favourite TV Programme: I am into any ‘escapism’/pseudo-historic stuff, so Game of Thrones, Vikings, The Borgias

Favourite Food/Drink: ‘Arabic’ – be that West African or Middle Eastern; white wine, gin

Favourite Music: 70s and 80s. Getting into country and Western/bluegrass!

Favourite Sport: Cycling, sailing

Hobbies: Fly-fishing, exercise

Car: I have always been a BMW fan

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: ‘Me’ people, Brussels sprouts, football, traffic

Married: Now divorced after a 34-year partnership

Children: Lauren, 27; Kerryn, 24

Clubs: Country Club Johannesburg

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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