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Gerhard Hendriksz

20th March 2015

By: Mariaan Webb

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

  

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Full Name: Gerhard Hendriksz

Position: MD of Minopex Group

Main Activity of the Company: Operations and maintenance

Date and Place of Birth: July 25, 1965, Krugersdorp

Education: National higher diploma in extraction metallurgy

First Job: Learner official at Anglo American

Size of First Pay Packet: R914 cost to company

Value of Assets under Your Control: Minopex is a wholly owned subsidiary of DRA Group Holdings

Number of People under Your Leadership: 1 500

Management Style: Participative

Personal Best Achievement: Being appointed MD of Minopex

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My wife, Ilse

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Brian Dowding, founder member of DRA

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Sir Richard Branson

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Dr Mark Bristow

Philosophy of Life: Live life to its fullest

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Joining Minopex in 2002

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Closure of Aquarius Platinum South Africa’s Marikana platinum concentrator

Hope for the Future: Revitalisation of the economy

Favourite Reading: I am not big on reading

Favourite TV Programme: Blue Blood

Favourite Food/Drink: Pasta/beer

Favourite Music: Neil Diamond and the 70s and 80s

Favourite Sport: Rugby

Hobbies: Outdoor, camping, spending time with my children

Car: FJ Cruiser

Pets: A Chihuahua

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Incompetence

Married: To Ilse

Children: Carmen, 24; Jaco, 21

Clubs: None

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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