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Norman Banks

21st April 2017

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

     

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Full Name: Norman Banks

Position: CEO of Southern Mapping

Main Activity of the Company: Aerial surveys, satellite data, mapping and land information services

Date and Place of Birth: Port Elizabeth, 1961

Education: Matric, Northlands Boys High, Durban, 1978; BSc (survey), University of Natal, 1984

First Job: Land surveyor, Eskom

Size of First Pay Packet: R2 400 a month

Value of Assets under Your Control: R30-million

Number of People under Your Leadership: 35 employees

Management Style: Consultative (with the occasional lapse into autocratic)

Personal Best Achievement: Getting my wife to put up with me for 27 years

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

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Peter Moir

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Any of the old surveyors who first mapped Africa; the accuracy of their work is amazing and their stories would be hugely entertaining

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Brian Joffe

Philosophy of Life: God helps those who help themselves

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Helping to create Africa’s first Lidar company

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Not handling a messy shareholder dispute very well

Hope for the Future: That we begin to realise the unbelievable potential in our country and in Africa

Favourite Reading: History, biographies

Favourite TV Programme: Sport

Favourite Food/Drink: Italian/beer

Favourite Music: Rock

Favourite Sport: Running, triathlon, rock climbing

Hobbies: Travel

Car: Toyota Hilux

Pets: Bull terriers

Miscellaneous Dislikes: People who are not proud of their job, lawlessness on our roads

Married: To Diane

Children: Ryan, 25; Lara, 22

Clubs: Fitness from Africa (running club)

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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