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