Full Name: Andries Auret Louw

Position: CEO of Milotek

Main Activity of the Company: A South African transportation technology company that developed and commercialised the Futran system for use in the mining and bulk haulage industries

Date and Place of Birth: September 19, 1968, Pretoria

Education: BCom, (Hon) in labour relations; MCom in human resources management

First Job: University lecturer

Size of First Pay Packet: R4 000 a month

Value Of Assets under Your Control: R100-million

Number of People under Your Leadership: 16 employees

Management Style: A decision-maker who is willing to take responsibility if a wrong decision is made

Personal Best Achievement: Realising at 17 years of age that everything one learns is at best a suggestion, but everything else you have to figure out for yourself

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

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Asher Bohbot

Persons You Would Most Like to Meet: Steve Jobs, Winston Churchill and Elon Musk

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Asher Bohbot

Philosophy of Life: People have to realise that we are the virus on the face of the earth that is destroying the environment of the plant and we are the only ones who can cure this virus

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Starting Milotek and getting the support of Imperial Group to do so

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Realising that one can do whatever one wants in terms of trying to be successful at one’s job, but there are forces outside one’s control, particularly in the corporate environment, that one simply has to live with

Hope for the Future: That once we change the way we travel, we will change the way we think about how we interact with one another and the environment, because no amount of thinking using existing paradigms will make things better

Favourite Reading: Biographies

Favourite TV Programme: It used to be The Tudors, but currently it is Grey’s Anatomy

Favourite Food/Drink: A good braai steak with red wine and a single malt whisky, preferably a 15-year-old Glenfiddich

Favourite Music: Lounge and classical music

Favourite Sport: Rugby

Hobbies: Photography

Car: Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG Coupé

Pets: Koi fish

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Moaning

Married: To Roma

Children: Zahra, 13; Reuben, 11; Chezare, 2.5

Clubs: None