Full Name: Siyabonga Sibiya
Position: Project manager at Ruskoway and director of Mkhathi Projects & Investments
Main Activity of the Company: Ruskoway is a mining services contractor tasked with financing, operating and managing projects in which its shareholders have an interest. Its aim is to use its management and mining contractor expertise to maximum advantage in developing the projects of its shareholders, which include the Fonte Verde platinum-group metals (PGMs), nickel and copper deposit, near the town of Delmas, in Mpumalanga; the adjacent Argent lead, zinc and silver project; and the Rooikraal PGMs, nickel and copper project, south-east of Groblersdal, in Mpumalang
Date and Place of Birth: January 4, 1984, Durba
Education: I studied advertising at the Red & Yellow School of Logic & Magic
First Job: Retail sales consultant, Hewlett Packard
Size of First Pay Packet: I cannot recall
Value of Assets under Your Control: Not stated
Number of People under Your Leadership: Five employees report to me
Management Style: Consultative and, through engagement, creating consensus and understanding to tackle the task at hand
Personal Best Achievement: Accumulated business experience and tapping into that for my entrepreneurial ventures
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: Dr Aubrey Mokoape
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Ad Vriend, my business partner and operations directo
Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Mukesh Ambani
Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Lakshmi Mittal
Philosophy of Life: The best must win in a conducive environment for all
Biggest Ever Opportunity: Being in the mining sector hands-on
Biggest Ever Disappointment: Not studying my first love – history
Hope For the Future: A South Africa that is at the global forefront of innovation, entrepreneurship and economic progress
Favourite Reading: Thucydides – The Peloponnesian War, and Plutarch – The Rise of Rome and The Fall of the Roman Republic
Favourite TV Programme: Charlie Rose
Favourite Food/Drink: Oxtail and dumplings/pomegranate juice
Favourite Music: Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatr
Favourite Sport: Sailing
Hobbies: Reading, jogging, hiking
Car: Volvo
Pets: None
Miscellaneous Dislikes: Noise
Married: Not stated
Children: Not stated
Clubs: None