WikiMzansi is South Africa's free online information resource profiling the continent's prominent leaders. 
WikiMzansi is South Africa's free online information resource profiling the continent's prominent leaders.
View professional biographies of prominent African celebrities, politicians, corporate and business leaders.
Managing Director & CEO Perseus Mining Mr. Jeffrey Quartermaine was appointed to the role of managing director and chief executive officer of Perseus Mining Limited, on 1 February 2013 after previously serving as the group’s chief financial officer from 2010 to 2013. Since assuming the role of CEO, Mr Quartermaine has played a major role… read more »
Managing Director, Mining Shared Value Engineers Without Borders Canada Jeff Geipel is the founder and managing director for the Mining Shared Value initiative at Engineers Without Borders Canada. This non-profit initiative works to improve the development impacts of mineral extraction in host countries through increasing local procurement by the global mining industry. Through this work… read more »
VP and General Manager , Metals and Mining AspenTech Aspen Technology Vice-President and General Manager for the Metals and Mining Business Unit, Jeannette McGill has a PhD from the Colorado School of Mines and is a Top 100 Most Inspirational Women in mining alumni. Her extensive career covers mineral exploration, mine production, applied research and… read more »
Director, Sustainable Business Group DAI Jeanne Ellis is a Director with DAI’s Sustainable Business Group, where she manages a portfolio of projects in social impact management, local content development, and corporate social investment. She has 20 years of experience in designing, implementing, and overseeing social and economic development programs for mining and energy companies, donors,… read more »
ESG Insurance Partner Deloitte Jayne is a Chartered Accountant by profession and became involved in the broad areas of corporate governance, sustainable development, and climate change in 2002. Since then, she has worked across a variety of industries including mining, oil and gas, banking, insurance, telecommunications, technology, construction, real estate, and state-owned entities. Jayne has… read more »
CEO Veracity Worldwide Jay leads Veracity’s global operations and serves as a top advisor on geopolitical risk and market intelligence. Prior to joining Veracity, he was a leader at McKinsey & Company on strategy and risk management topics spanning five continents and multiple industries. He served as Chief of Staff at the US Embassy in… read more »
VP, Sustainability Ivanhoe Mines Jasmine is the Vice-President Sustainability for Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. She joined Ivanhoe in 2010, assuming progressively senior responsibilities roles within the Company. She is an established and highly accomplished professional with over ten years’ experience leveraging legal acumen to provide in-house counsel, direct compliance, and support sustainable development in the mining… read more »
CEO Dwyka Mining Services Jamie is a passionate African and advocate that technology can be a positive catalyst to empower teams by augmenting human effort. As the founder and CEO, Dwyka Mining Services has grown to operate across Africa and the Middle East, representing a number of pioneering global technology companies. With a primary focus… read more »
Executive Director, Research Lead McCloskey by OPIS Dr. James Stevenson is Head of Research in Coal, Metals & Mining at McCloskey by OPIS, a Dow Jones Company. Dr. Stevenson’s expertise includes supply, demand, and price dynamics of global coal, iron ore, steel, and ferrous scrap. He also has extensive experience in trading, M&A, and business… read more »
Chief Executive Officer DRA Global James is a highly experienced and qualified executive with more than 25 years’ experience in the mining, industrial and financial sectors. Originally a process engineer in the mining industry, James has held various consulting, investment advisory and operational leadership positions. He has extensive experience in strategy development and execution, operational… read more »
Head of Corporate Responsibility Trafigura James is Head of Corporate Responsibility at Trafigura, having joined the company in 2010. Responsible for driving Trafigura’s social performance agenda worldwide, James’ focus has included developing the company’s leadership position on commodity trading transparency and responsible value chains. In 2014, Trafigura became the first independent commodity trading company to… read more »
Namibia’s Green Hydrogen Commissioner Namibian Presidency James Mnyupe is a multidisciplinary financial professional with a background in accounting, asset and wealth management. A graduate of UNAM and Rhodes University, James worked in the private sector auditing a wide variety of companies and leading one of Namibia’s prominent asset management firms for five years during which he also… read more »
CLO Africa Legal James Leach is the Chief Learning Officer at Africa Legal. James graduated from the University of Cape Town with an LLB in 2012 and a Master of Laws in Commercial Law (LLM) with distinction in 2013. He became a lecturer at UCT in the Faculty of Law’s Commercial Law Department and has… read more »
Co-founder and CEO, Frontier Rare Earths James is a Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Rare Earths and has over 25 years’ experience in the natural resource sector in senior executive, advisory and Board roles. James has overseen the development of Frontier Rare Earths, including its listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2010,the… read more »
Managing Director and CEO Amira Global Jacqui Coombes is the CEO of Amira Global. Amira Global leverages R&D investments on behalf of its members by building collaborations across industry, government and academia; developing capability of businesses and people; and integrating ideas into systems to add value, improve efficiency and productivity, and maintain momentum for ongoing… read more »