Full Name: Bornapart Sibanda
Position: GM of Engineerex
Main Activity of the Company: Engineerex specialises in multidisciplinary design, engineering and project management consulting services within the built environment and engineering sector
Date and Place of Birth: September 29, 1984
Education: MBA, Herriot Watt University, 2014; MCom (economics), 2012; BCom (Hons) (financial markets), 2008; BCom (business management and economics), 2007, University of Fort Hare
First Job: Business adviser
Career History Prior to Current Position: I have worked mainly as a business adviser/consultant for companies
Size of First Pay Packet: R4 000 a month
First Job with Present Group: Economist
Value of Assets under Your Control: Not stated
Number of People under Your Leadership: 25
Management Style: Autonomous. In an engineering environment, where one works with professionals, it is only fair to trust their capabilities
Personal Best Achievement: Not stated
Professional Best Achievement: Successfully managing a financial viability and tariff calculation project – the first project I managed when I joined Bicacon Group
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My late father, who planted in me the seed of responsibility and love and care for family
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: A late friend named Kudakwashe Chipendo – an intelligent and aesthetic man whose death was a huge loss to the world
Person You Would Most Like to Meet: With Steve Jobs having died a while a go, it is Jack Ma Yun, a Chinese business magnate, investor and philanthropist.
Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Bicacon Group executive chairperson Thabiso Lekoana – he is an astute businessperson
Philosophy of Life: Combine your competence with the right attitude and you will be the master of your own destiny
Biggest Ever Opportunity: The opportunity to manage Engineerex
Biggest Ever Disappointment: Failing to secure a university place after completing Advanced Level (matric)
Hope for the Future: A world that sees beyond race, tribe and nationality
Favourite Reading: Confessions of an Economic Hitman, by John Perkins – it offers insight into the exploitation of the resources of underdeveloped nations
Favourite TV Programme: Quest Means Business, presented by Richard Quest, a CNN business correspondent
Favourite Food/Drink: Oxtail and wildberry fizz
Favourite Music: Rock gospel
Favourite Sport: Soccer
Favourite Website: www.businesslive.co.za.
Hobbies: Playing chess and soccer, and reading
Car: Mercedes-Benz C200
Pets: I do not have any, but I would consider a beagle
Miscellaneous Dislikes: A negative attitude and negative ruminations over the past
Favourite Other South African Company: Discovery
Favourite Foreign Company: Apple
Married: To Kwanele
Children: Michelle Ntombikayise, 5; Michael Mthokozisi, 1
Clubs: Thatch Field Golf Club