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Brendan Robinson

29th May 2015

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

  

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Full Name: Brendan Eric Robinson

Position: CEO, Tshipi é Ntle, since February 2014

Main Activity of the Company: Manganese mining

Date and Place of Birth: December 12, 1977, Middelburg, South Africa

Education: BAcc (Hons), Stellenbosch, MCom Finance, University of Johannesburg, CA (SA)

First Job: Articled clerk, Deloitte Financial Institution Services Unit

Size of First Pay Packet: R5 400 a month

Value of Assets Under Your Control: R3.5-billion market capitalisation

Number of People under Your Leadership: 1 000 employees, including contractors

Management Style: I try to create space for talented people to blossom

Personal Best Achievement: Being appointed CEO of Tshipi

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

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: The various mentors I have had through the building of Tshipi

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: It would have been the author Ayn Rand

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Lelau Mohuba, CEO of Sephaku Holdings, which I helped to list on the JSE

Philosophy of Life: Vision creates reality

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Building a mine from scratch

Biggest Ever Disappointment: None

Hope For the Future: The reintroduction of merit into society

Favourite Reading: Fiction

Favourite TV Programme: House of Cards

Favourite Food/Drink: Thai/a good red wine

Favourite Music: Jazz and blues

Favourite Sport: None

Hobbies: Cooking, yoga, reading and flight training

Car: An old BMW

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Dishonesty

Married: No

Children: None

Clubs: None

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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