Full Name: Siyabonga Sibiya

Position: Project manager at Ruskoway and director of Mkhathi Projects & Investments

Main Activity of the Company: Ruskoway is a mining services contractor tasked with financing, operating and managing projects in which its shareholders have an interest. Its aim is to use its management and mining contractor expertise to maximum advantage in developing the projects of its shareholders, which include the Fonte Verde platinum-group metals (PGMs), nickel and copper deposit, near the town of Delmas, in Mpumalanga; the adjacent Argent lead, zinc and silver project; and the Rooikraal PGMs, nickel and copper project, south-east of Groblersdal, in Mpumalang

Date and Place of Birth: January 4, 1984, Durba

Education: I studied advertising at the Red & Yellow School of Logic & Magic

First Job: Retail sales consultant, Hewlett Packard

Size of First Pay Packet: I cannot recall

Value of Assets under Your Control: Not stated

Number of People under Your Leadership: Five employees report to me

Management Style: Consultative and, through engagement, creating consensus and understanding to tackle the task at hand

Personal Best Achievement: Accumulated business experience and tapping into that for my entrepreneurial ventures

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: Dr Aubrey Mokoape

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Ad Vriend, my business partner and operations directo

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Mukesh Ambani

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Lakshmi Mittal

Philosophy of Life: The best must win in a conducive environment for all

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Being in the mining sector hands-on

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Not studying my first love – history

Hope For the Future: A South Africa that is at the global forefront of innovation, entrepreneurship and economic progress

Favourite Reading: Thucydides – The Peloponnesian War, and Plutarch – The Rise of Rome and The Fall of the Roman Republic

Favourite TV Programme: Charlie Rose

Favourite Food/Drink: Oxtail and dumplings/pomegranate juice

Favourite Music: Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatr

Favourite Sport: Sailing

Hobbies: Reading, jogging, hiking

Car: Volvo

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Noise

Married: Not stated

Children: Not stated

Clubs: None