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Ruli Diseko

25th November 2016

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

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Full Name: Ruli Diseko

Position: CEO of Thakadu

Main Activity of the Company: Thakadu is a metals and energy beneficiation company and trader in nickel, chrome and coal. The company looks for opportunities to invest in, build and operate beneficiation plants to produce higher-value products, and then to trade these products globally

Date and Place of Birth: June 22, 1983, Soweto

Education: BCom, University of Cape Town (UCT); postgraduate diploma in business administration, Gordon Institute of Business Science; MBA, UCT

First Job: Economic analyst at the Department of Trade and Industry, in 2005

Size of First Pay Packet: R4 500 a month

Value of Assets under Your Control: About R200-million

Number of People under Your Leadership: Four

Management Style: I focus on execution and economic value-add

Personal Best Achievement: Funding my younger sister's studies at Fudan University, in Shanghai

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My mother, Ohara Diseko

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Ben Magara

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Ta-Nehisi Coates

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Eric Molobi

Philosophy of Life: Hard work and dedication

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Managing a $200-million metals portfolio for a listed mining company at age 26

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Having to close my first business

Hope for the Future: That my children make a positive difference

Favourite Reading: King Leopold’s Ghost, by Adam Hochschild

Favourite TV Programme: Bloomberg and Supersport

Favourite Food/Drink: Anything my wife cooks

Favourite Music: Jazz and hip-hop

Favourite Sport: Basketball

Hobbies: Reading, running and gardening

Car: Landrover Defender

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Wasteful expenditure

Married: To Sampa

Children: Botshelo, 7; Moagi, 5

Clubs: None

Latest News: Lonmin has agreed to supply its crude nickel sulphate stream to Thakadu Battery Materials for beneficiation into high-purity battery-grade nickel sulphate at a $14-million purification plant to be constructed at Lonmin’s base metals refinery

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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