Anaki Karigeni
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
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