Manie Kriel
Full name: Hermanus Jacobus Kriel (Manie)
Position: CEO of VBKom Consulting Engineers
Main Activity of Company: Consulting to the mining industry
Date and Place of Birth: September 13, 1970, Johannesburg
Education: BEng (Mining), University of Pretoria, 1994; MBL, University of South Africa, 2001
First Job: Mining engineer, Vaal Reefs No 5 Shaft
Size of First Pay Packet: R2 300
Value of the Assets Under Your Control: Human assets (priceless)
Number of People under Your Leadership: 32
Management Style: Consultative and serving
Personal Best Achievement: Becoming general mine manager at the age of 35
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Peter Short (Samancor)
Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Marius Kloppers (former CEO BHP Billiton)
Person Who Has Impressed You Most: Johan Rupert and my dad for his generosity and unending ability to work hard
Philosophy of Life: Commitment brings reward. Surrounding myself with people with greater potential than myself will ensure that I continue to grow
Biggest Ever Opportunity: Starting VBKom Consulting Engineers with my four extraordinary partners and friends
Biggest Ever Disappointment: None . . . Really!
Hope for the Future: That Africa and its people will prosper in the next 10 to 50 years
Favourite Reading: Leadership and business writing
Favourite TV Programme: Big Bang Theory and Suits
Favourite Food/Drink: Leg of lamb prepared by my wife and a Merlot
Favourite Music: Billy Joel, Bryan Adams, Rod Steward, Norah Jones, Tracy Chapman
Favourite Sport: Blue Bulls rugby
Hobbies: Golf, reading, kayaking
Car: Jeep Cherokee
Pets: Three beagle dogs
Dislikes: Unfairness and discrimination
Married: To Marilee
Children: Lisanne, 4
Clubs: Observatory Golf Club
Comments
Press Office
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation