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Andy Clay

27th June 2014

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

  

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Full Name: Andrew Neil Clay

Position: MD of Venmyn Deloitte

Main Activity of the Company: Minerals advisory services

Date and Place of Birth: April 16, 1955, Southampton, UK

Education: MSc (geology), MSc (mining engineering), diploma in business management

First Job: Second man on a drill rig for a fledgling Northern Rock

Size of First Pay Packet: £200 a month

Value of Assets under Your Control: Not applicable

Number of People under Your Leadership: 28

Management Style: Full consensus decision-making – debate to agree

Personal Best Achievement: Leading the creation of Venmyn Deloitte

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: Arthur C Clarke

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Dr Willo Stear

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Warren Buffett

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Mark Bristow

Philosophy of Life: Take another look – there is no such thing as a stupid question

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Starting Venmyn Rand

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Being let down by people I trusted

Hope for the Future: That the true technical merits of mineral projects will always be recognised first

Favourite Reading: Autobiographies by well-known current and past heroes

Favourite TV Programme: Supersport

Favourite Food/Drink: Millers

Favourite Music: Anything from 1965 to 1985

Favourite Sport: English Premier Soccer League

Hobbies: Golf and pool at my house. I am also a gym fan

Car: Jeep Overland

Pets: Four dogs – a young German shepherd, two spaniels and an elderly ‘lady’

Miscellaneous Dislikes: People who become emotional!

Married: To Fran

Children: Richard, 27; Phillip, 22; Stewart, 17

Clubs: Bryanston Country Club, the Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy and Petroleum; Adviser to JSE Limited Listings Advisory Committee; member of the JSE Issuer Mining Subcommittee; associate member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists; fellow of the Geological Society of South Africa; member of the American Institute of Mineral Appraisers; member of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy; and many others

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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