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