Full Name: Gregory Vincent Petersen

Position: Senior manager for enterprise and supplier development for De Beers Consolidated Mines

Main Activity of the Company: Diamond mining

Date and Place of Birth: October 11, 1975, Cape Town

Education: Concordia High School, Namaqualand, Northern Cape, matric, 1993; Peninsular Technikon, Cape Town, 1994; University of South Africa, BCom (management accounting), 2014

First Job: Finance trainee, De Beers Namaqualand Mines, 1997

Size of First Pay Packet: R4 563 – I am a numbers guy

Value of Assets under Your Control: I do not have assets under my control

Number of People under Your Leadership: Eight

Management Style: I generally find that I have to take control of things but I am really somebody who likes to spread understanding through teaching and patience

Personal Best Achievement: I loved and enjoyed the part I played in the post-recession Kimberley Mines turnaround, in 2010/11

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My late mother, Bernardine

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: My very first boss,Hannes Schreuder, the management accountant at the Kleinzee diamond mine

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Barack Obama

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Phillip Barton

Philosophy of Life: One day at a time

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Working at De Beers

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Leaving Kleinzee too late

Hope for the Future: That South Africa emerges from the dark, negative period that it is in – I do see glimmers of hope

Favourite Reading: Crime novels

Favourite TV Programme: Star Trek

Favourite Food/Drink: Pasta, because it is easy to prepare, and red wine

Favourite Music: Jazz

Favourite Sport: Rugby, cricket

Hobbies: Movies and PlayStation games, and I would like to take up fishing

Car: BMW X5 – my eighth BMW

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Mixing with people I do not know

Married: No

Children: None

Clubs: None