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Rick Menell

27th November 2015

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

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Full Name: Richard ‘Rick’ Menell

Position: Chairperson of Credit Suisse, Johannesburg; deputy chairperson Gold Fields; nonexecutive director of Sibanye Gold, Rockwell Diamonds and Weir Group

Main Activity of the Companies: Mining, engineering and finance

Date and Place of Birth: 1955, Johannesburg

Education: High schooling, Swaziland and UK; MA (geology), Cambridge, UK; MSc (mineral exploration), Stanford, US

First Job: Geophysical surveys on the East Rand for Loxton, Hunting

Size of First Pay Packet: R300 a month

Past Positions: Heading Anglovaal Mining and Teal Exploration & Mining to 2008; former Chamber of Mines president, former South African Tourism Board chairperson, former deputy chairperson of Harmony Gold, former director of Bateman Engineering, African Rainbow Minerals, Standard Bank and Telkom

Value of Assets Under Your Control: I sit on company boards with a combined market capitalisation of about R80-billion

Number of People under Your Leadership: Maximum number of employees, 80 000; none now

Management Style: Collegial

Personal Best Achievement: Four great children, eleven great mines

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My parents, wife and children

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Many, on four continents

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Benjamin Franklin

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Derek Keys

Philosophy of Life: Be clear and open in purpose

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Leadership of Anglovaal Mining

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Sale of Anglovaal Mining

Hope for the Future: Survival of humanity for more than 250 years

Favourite Reading: History

Favourite TV Programme: None

Favourite Food/Drink: All the stuff forbidden to a 60-year-old

Favourite Music: Flutes from the Andes

Favourite Sport: Tennis and flyfishing

Hobbies: Walking the mountains, talking to younger people

Car: None

Pets: Dogs

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Arrogant entitled people

Married: To Caroline

Children: Natasha, 26; Rafael, 25; Gabriel, 25; Alex 22

Clubs: Johannesburg Country Club; River Club, Lotos Club (New York)

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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