Full Name: John Nicholas Wallington
Position: Part-time nonexecutive director of Kwatani since July 2018
Main Activity of the Company: Kwatani is an original-equipment supplier and manufacturer of custom-designed vibrating screens for the mining industry
Date and Place of Birth: October 1, 1957, Harare, Zimbabwe
Education: St David’s Marist, Inanda, matric, 1975; BSc (mining engineering), University of the Witwatersrand
First Job: Mining graduate, Arnot colliery, 1981
Size of First Pay Packet: R800 a month
Career Path: Arnot colliery, seven years; Kriel colliery, two years; Kleinkopje colliery, seven years; South African Coal Estates, seven years; Anglo Coal head office consulting engineer, four years; Anglo Coal (South Africa) CEO, four years; Anglo Coal (Global) CEO – heading South Africa, Colombia, Australia and Canada – four years (I left Anglo in 2008, although I had planned to be there forever); Coal of Africa, from 2010 to 2013; Sibanye, ten months; Kwatani, nonexecutive director, currently
Value of Company Assets: Kwatani turns over more than R300-million a year
Number of People under Your Leadership: The company employs 180 people
Management Style: Participative, empowering
Personal Best Achievement: Successful transformation at Anglo Coal
People Who Have Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Dave Rankin, Logan Kruger and Tony Redman
Person You Would Most Like to Meet: It used to be Nelson Mandela
Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Nobody in particular
Philosophy of Life: Be authentic, and treat everyone the way you wish to be treated
Biggest Ever Opportunity: Appointment as CEO of Anglo Coal (Global) in 2004
Biggest Ever Disappointment: The manner in which I left Anglo after 27 years
Hope for the Future: That the world finds the peace and prosperity that it needs
Favourite Reading: Financial, sport
Favourite TV Programmes: Good comedies, sport, documentaries
Favourite Food/Drink: Good seafood/red wine
Favourite Music: Rock and pop
Favourite Sport: Cricket, soccer and rugby
Hobbies: Playing tennis when I have the time
Car: Audi
Pets: Two dogs and two cats
Dislikes: Dishonesty and arrogance
Children: Justin, Brett, Caroline and Nicholas
Clubs: Bryanston Country Club