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Adrian Gale

27th February 2015

By: Anine Kilian

Contributing Editor Online

  

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Full Name: Adrian Gale

Position: Outgoing GM of the Orapa Letlhakane and Damtshaa mines, Debswana

Main Activity of the Company: Diamond mining

Date and Place of Birth: December 19, 1950, Devon, England

Education: BSc (Hons) and PhD, Kings College, University of London

First Job: Roan Consolidated Mines, Zambia, 1976

Size of First Pay Packet: Better than what I would have received in the UK at the time

Value of Assets under Your Control: Significant – three mines, five pits, four plants, a town . . .

Number of People under Your Leadership: About 5 000, plus a town of 12 000, an airport and a game park; besides being GM, I am also the executive town mayor

Management Style: Open – I give subordinates trust and room to grow; I am also analytical, demanding but consistent and always fair

Personal Best Achievement: Raising a great family

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: Probably my mother – strong, generous and always supportive

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Those CEOs who allowed me to get on with running my area of responsibility: John Aird (formerly with Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines), Roger Agnelli (formerly with Vale), Mark Cutifani (formerly with Inco), Jim Gowans (formerly with Debswana)

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Vladimir Putin, to find out why

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Recently, Nicky Oppenheimer – he is successful, yet humble

Philosophy of Life: Live by your values, say what you believe, leave an impeccable legacy

Biggest Ever Opportunity: I could have married into a shipping dynasty when I was 18, but wanted to beat my own path

Biggest Ever Disappointment: I have been an MD and a COO, but would have liked to be a CEO – I would have revolutionised the management textbooks

Hope for the Future: That the UK gets out of the European Union and partners Canada, Australia, Nordica, New Zealand and Iceland, plus, maybe, Japan and an Asian country, to form a fourth economic, shared trade group – a new Commonwealth

Favourite Reading: Dan Brown-type books – compelling, historical, informative and hard to put down

Favourite TV Programme: Action movies, NCIS: Los Angeles

Favourite Food/Drink: Italian/good French wine

Favourite Music: 1960s, 1970s, Queen and good Pop

Favourite Sport: Rugby Union, Formula One Grand Prix

Hobbies: Game viewing, saving endangered species

Car: Range Rover and SL55AMG Mercedes Benz

Pets: Several cats

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Ambition without true talent

Married: To Suzanne

Children: Kate, 37; Alex, 35; Christina, 31

Clubs: Harlequins UK, debenture holder at Twickenham, Rugby Football Union – I have tickets for the 2015 World Cup Final

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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