Full Name: Masilo Esau Mokoteli
Position: GM of Goldplat Recovery
Main Activity of the Company: Recovery of gold and platinum-group metals from mining industry waste materials such as woodchips, fine carbon, mill liners and grease
Date and Place of Birth: August 6, 1970, Odendaalsrus, Free State
Education: Higher national diploma (chemical engineering)
First Job: Learner official, Johannesburg Consolidated Investments, 1992
Size of First Pay Packet: R1 600 a month
Value of Assets under Your Control: R280-million
Number of People under Your Leadership: 270
Management Style: Participative
Personal Best Achievement: As a junior metallurgist, implementing an online particle size indicator in the mill product stream, which many had previously attempted but were unsuccessful
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My mother
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: My former manager, Kallie Schultz
Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Sir Richard Branson
Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Neal Froneman
Philosophy of Life: Do your best in all you do and God will do the rest
Biggest Ever Opportunity: Being appointed GM at Goldplat Recovery
Biggest Ever Disappointment: Not getting the promotion I thought I deserved – this made me resign from one of the big mining companies in South Africa
Hope for the Future: Running my own business successfully
Favourite Reading: I am not much of a reader
Favourite TV Programmes: Gold Rush, Married at First Sight
Favourite Food/Drink: Braai
Favourite Music: R&B, choral
Favourite Sport: Soccer
Hobbies: Motor mechanics, small DIY projects
Car: BMW 320d
Pets: None
Miscellaneous Dislikes: Being taken advantage of
Married: To Bridget
Children: Tumiso, 12; Katiso, 8
Clubs: Lerato Social Club (a few families coming together to socialise and invest as a collective)