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Adelaide Ruiters

Adelaide Ruiters

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26th August 2016

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

  

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Full Name: Adelaide Ruiters

Position: Founder and CEO of Adelaide Ruiters Mining & Exploration (ARME), a South African majority black-woman-owned junior mining company; MD of Structa EPCM, a subsidiary of Structa Group; and founder and MD of Lacam Contract Cleaning Services

Main Activity of ARME: Phosphate mineral exploration in Saldanha Bay, with the aim of developing the Zandheuvel project

Date and Place of Birth: January 19, 1969, Bellville, Cape Town

Education: University of Cape Town, BMus (Gen); University of Pretoria, project management; University of the Witwatersrand, introductory geology course

First Job: Music teacher, Blackheath Primary School

Career History Prior to Current Position: Deputy director for communications, National Department of Public Works; communications coordinator, Competition Commission; business development manager, Thuthuka Group; group business development manager, Structa Group

Size of First Pay Packet: R3 500 a month

First Job with Present Group: Founder and CEO of ARME and business development manager of Structa

Value of Assets under Your Control: Confidential, exploration still in progress

Number of People under Your Leadership: 12

Management Style: Hands-on, working as a team, results driven, no procrastination

Personal Best Achievement: Being a mother to my boys, learning to read Hebrew and being a qualified classical pianist

Professional Best Achievement: Being awarded my first phosphate prospecting right, developing it and setting up ARME; having Anglo American Sefa Mining Fund acquire 13% of ARME; receiving the Top Student Murray & Roberts Public Relations Institute South Africa Award in 1998; being named Top Performer of the Year in 2004

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My family

Persons Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Peter Cox, MD, Ironveld plc; Piet Coetzer, chairperson, Structa Group; and Jan van der Merwe, project geologist

Persons You Would Most Like to Meet: Thuli Madonsela and Bobby Godsell

Businesspersons Who Has Impressed You Most: Aliko Dangote, Brian Joffe and Raymond Ackerman

Philosophy of Life: If you believe in something, never give up on your dream

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Applying for my prospecting right and developing it further

Biggest Ever Disappointment: None

Hope for the Future: That my endeavours create thousands of jobs and that I assist government in bringing about transformation in mining

Favourite Reading: Digging Deep, by Jade Davenport; Mining Weekly

Favourite TV Programme: There is no time to watch TV

Favourite Food/Drink: Nando’s, Mediterranean and white wine

Favourite Music: Classical, jazz and traditional Middle Eastern music

Favourite Sport: Horse riding

Hobbies: Playing the piano; making jewellery; collecting used books, antiques and collectables; reading, cooking and belly dancing

Car: Ford Kuga

Pets: Six birds, two Jack Russells and four cats

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Being ignored

Favourite Other South African Companies: Structa Group, Pick n Pay and Bidvest

Favourite Foreign Company: Coca-Cola and Dangote Group

Married: Divorced

Children: Two boys aged 19 and 13

Clubs: Killarney Country Club

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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