Full Name: Lindiwe Nakedi

Position: Director of Gubhani Trading

Main Activity of the Company: Exploration drilling

Date and Place of Birth: May 20, 1981, Soweto

Education: BA (psychology), University of the Witwatersrand (Wits); New Managers Programme, Wits Business School

First Job: Recruitment consultant

Size of First Pay Packet: R2 500 a month

Number of People under Your Leadership: 1 to 25, depending on the project being executed

Management Style: I have a very participative style – I like getting input from others, but I also gets things done myself, where necessary

Personal Best Achievement: Successfully growing my company and adding value as a nontechnical professional in a very technical and male-dominated space

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My grandmother – a woman of great faith and a hard worker who single-handedly brought up her children in the belief that love and unity are more important than money

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: My friend and former business partner; her work ethic, drive and compassion have always inspired me. She gave me my first job

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: There are too many women within the mining industry whom I find very inspiring that I would love to sit down with and chat

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Phuthi Mahanyele

Philosophy of Life: You will always get what you believe and not what you think

Biggest Ever Opportunity: My life journey is most definitely one big fat opportunity

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Having to let go of a possible game-changing contract because the client unscrupulously changed the spec after contract signing, rendering the contract financially unviable

Hope for the Future: Working towards building a legacy for my children and generations to come

Favourite Reading: The Shack (sad book, but I loved it) and my Bible

Favourite TV Programme: I cannot think of one

Favourite Food/Drink: Seafood and sushi

Favourite Music: RnB (the really old school music!)

Favourite Sport: Running

Hobbies: Not really a hobby but a passion – ballet, I dance and teach

Car: Dodge Journey (I hope when it grows up, it turns into a Q7)

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Unfair treatment and unethical business conduct

Married: For 11 years

Children: Two children (a witty girl and a very outspoken boy)

Clubs: Women in Mining SA committee member