Full Name: Olebogeng Tefo Sentsho

Position: Head of operations, Yeabo Mining

Main Activity of the Company: Strategic management of tailings, oil and steel waste products on mining operations

Date and Place of Birth: March 24, 1987, Tlhabane, Rustenburg

Education: LLB

First Job: Due diligence practitioner

Size of First Pay Packet: R198 000 (cost to company)

Value of Assets under Your Control: R4-million (Yeabo Mining with Simba Mgodi Mining Incubation Fund, R10-million)

Number of People under Your Leadership: 61 (in more than one entity)

Management Style: Firm and fair – I need independent thinkers and leaders around me and work best when in a team with other leaders

Personal Best Achievement: Establishing Yeabo Mining

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: Mogomotsi Sentsho

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Cedric Ntumba

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Cyril Ramaphosa

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Mike Teke

Philosophy of Life: Carpe diem, carpe omnium – seize the day, take it all!

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Being awarded the Mandela Washington Fellowship for 2017 to travel to the US and receive executive education in civic leadership

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Having to repeat a year at university

Hope for the Future: I sincerely hope that mining endures long enough to feed and sufficiently educate the children of South Africa – it is the youth’s ticket to economic emancipation

Favourite Reading: The Social Animal

Favourite TV Programme: Sex and the City

Favourite Food/Drink: Pork trotters and Orange Tropika

Favourite Music: Fusion jazz, Durban house, rhythm and blues

Favourite Sport: Cricket, rugby, netball

Hobbies: Cooking, reading, writing, binge-watching series

Car: VW GTI 2012

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Kiwi fruit, bad breath, chewing gum

Married: To Mogomotsi Sentsho

Children: Reamoleboga, 3; Tshiamo, 1

Clubs/Organisations That You Are a Member of: Youth in Mining South Africa; Women in Mining South Africa