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Mpho Tlala

5th July 2013

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

  

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Full Name: Mpho Ronald Tlala

Position: CEO of MRT Mining & Consulting

Main Activity of the Company: Mining consulting and project management

Date and Place of Birth: November 5, 1976, Hammanskraal

Education: BSc Eng Mining, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits); MEng Mining, Wits; MBL, University of South Africa; MPhil Workplace Ethics, University of Pretoria

First Job: Anglo Coal’s Bank colliery

Size of First Pay Packet: R7 000 a month

Value of Assets under Your Control: R5-million

Number of People under Your Leadership: Four

Management Style: Participative

Personal Best Achievement: The 2009 Old Mutual MBL Award for the Most Progressive Student

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My mother

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Dr Jopie Coetzee

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Barack Obama

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Bill Gates

Philosophy of Life: Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies – Mother Teresa

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Receiving a bursary from Gold Fields for my undergraduate studies

Biggest Ever Disappointment: The passing on of my grandmother

Hope for the Future: Ethical leaders to reduce inequalities in our society

Favourite Reading: Academic leadership journals

Favourite TV Programme: News channels

Favourite Food/Drink: Pap and chicken

Favourite Music: African Jazz, R&B

Favourite Sport: Soccer and tennis

Hobbies: Chess and soccer

Car: Range Rover

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Corruption

Married: To Kate

Children: Karabo and Thabiso (twins), 6; Katlego, 4

Clubs: Professional Associations, namely the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the South African Colliery Managers’ Association and the Black Management Forum

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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