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Anaki Karigeni

14th November 2014

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

  

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Full Name: Anaki Karigeni

Position: COO of Pan African Resources, which is listed in London and Johannesburg

Main Activity of the Company: Pan African is an Africa-focused precious metals producer, currently producing more than 200 000 oz of gold and platinum a year. The company invests in long-life, high-grade operations with low cash cost profiles and attractive margins

Date and Place of Birth: September 27, 1966, Kwekwe, Zimbabwe

Education: BSc (Hons) mining engineering Honours, University of Zimbabwe, 1991; MSc (project management) University of Pretoria, 2013

First Job: Learner official, Gold Fields South Africa, 1992

Size of First Pay Packet: R 3 999 a month

Value of Assets under Your Control: The market capitalisation of Pan African is R4.8-billion

Number of People under Your Leadership: Pan African employs 6 000 people

Management Style: Allowing people to excel and be innovative but holding them accountable to their commitments

Personal Best Achievement: Making it in the production environment of the South African mining industry in the early 1990s

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

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Robin Mills, former Anglo Platinum MD

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Ivanhoe Mines founder Robert Friedland

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Former Xstrata CE Mick Davis

Philosophy of Life: Shouting and screaming to attain certain goals in a company or in life is not sustainable. Who you are is determined by what you do when nobody is looking or when your back is against the wall

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Being seconded to Anglo American plc in London for two years to have exposure to the corporate environment

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Not completing the research for my Wits MBA in order to graduate

Hope for the Future: Innovative mining methods and practices that will reduce exposure of the workforce to risks at the coalface

Favourite Reading: John Grisham series and any true life stories

Favourite TV Programme: Crime Investigation Series

Favourite Food/Drink: Nando’s strip and spicy rice/Stoney and Coke

Favourite Music: Reggae, especially Bob Marley's

Favourite Sport: Soccer and Formula One racing

Hobbies: I love demolishing and renovating houses and, lately, cattle breeding

Car: I drive a 2007 C180 Mercedes-Benz and a BMW X6

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: People who say what they think I want to hear and are always in agreement with me

Married: To Thembi

Children: Thabo Sphesihle, 29; Londiwe, 27; Rudo, 20; Lydia, 14

Clubs: None

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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