Johan Van Tonder

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Managing Director and founding member: The Institute for Exponential Manufacturing @
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City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, South Africa
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Johan van Tonder is a highly skilled Engineering, Executive management, Information Management and Industrial Investment and -development professional. His approach centers on unlocking the power of commercial ventures through:• effective information-based decision-making, coupled with • progressive, innovative business solutions and • sustainable investment funding. He aims to develop sustainable business ventures that will benefit at least one million people during his lifetime.Johan has authored two books to guide the incubation of Moonshot companies able to generate sustainable multi-domain wealth in a fast-evolving future industrial landscape:1. FutureLenz - Defining transformed future industry investment focus.2. Regenerative Industry Design - A practical guide to reimagining industries in the Interdependent Systemic Web and how to build the companies through which it can thrive.He directs three companies (NeuroBiz, AEM and i4xM):• NeuroBiz helps business executives develop and use the collective mind of their companies through specialized business – and information management strategy development, implementation and executive education, incorporating attendant social – and technology architectures. • AEM (Agustin Equity Management) provides structured financial solutions for industrial capital projects in South Africa and select African countries. This leverages local and international sources of funding through structured investment cycles from inception to public participation.• i4xM (the Institute for Exponential Manufacturing) crystallizes disruptive exponential innovations into commercially vibrant businesses as future manufacturing industry leaders in emerging markets, focused on inclusive economic development utilizing innovative financial technologies.

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The Institute for Exponential Manufacturing

The Institute For Exponential Manufacturing

Managing Director and founding member: The Institute for Exponential Manufacturing
Johan Van Tonder Work Experience Details
  • The Institute For Exponential Manufacturing
    Managing Director: The Institute For Exponential Manufacturing
    The Institute For Exponential Manufacturing Oct 2018 - Present
    City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
    Leading the Exponential Manufacturing investment programme in the BRICS Business Council Manufacturing Working Group. This US$20 billion programme spans 10 manufacturing industry sectors, aiming to create 10 transformative industry leaders in the BRICS community within 10-years. This programme was recently acknowledged as Finalist in a global competition for business development held in the BRICS Business Council, featuring its application to the Nkomazi Special Economic Zone. The award acknowledges a revolutionary new approach to designing and implementing regenerative Moonshot businesses capable of thriving in the Interdependent Systemic Web, creating value across the interconnected domains of Human Well-being, Economic Development, Food and Nutrition, Energy, Urban Development and Natural Ecosystems.
  • Self-Employed
    Managing Director Agustin Equity Management (Pty) Ltd
    Self-Employed Oct 2010 - Present
    1. Developing the concept plan and pre-feasibility study for the Nkomazi Special Economic Zone, which was approved by the South African cabinet in December 2018. This programme aims to develop 100 new companies in the SEZ, focused on agro-processing, nutraceuticals and select bulk industries. At completion it will generate R100 billion per annum in new revenue and create over 80 000 sustainable jobs, improving the lives of over half a million people in the regional economy.2. Developing business strategy and business plans for newly formed or significantly expanding businesses in the water treatment, manufacturing, agricultural processing, IT, construction and telecommunications industries;2. Financial and organisational structuring.3. Procuring structured financing for expansion projects based on local and international capital sources.4. Entrepreneurial development.
  • Neurobiz (Pty) Ltd
    Managing Director Neurobiz (Pty) Ltd
    Neurobiz (Pty) Ltd May 2010 - Present
    1. Expanding the effectiveness of information management in enabling sound decision-making in companies;2. Business and Information Management strategy development3. Scenario planning and risk management in involvement of stakeholders in buying into and supporting this strategy;4. Aligning business and IT with information – and business strategy, goals, aims, practices and implementation;5. Competency centre development and governance.
  • Anglo Platinum
    Head Of Information Management
    Anglo Platinum May 2005 - Apr 2010
    Johannesburg
    1. Saving millions at Anglo Platinum through improved decision-making and access to better information. As head of Information Management, I developed and implemented an Informational Management (IM) Strategy and programme that provided easier access to high quality information, enabling more effective decision-making in the business. 2. The programme contributed significant savings to the annual operational cost in Mining related to better labour management and improved operational safety.3. A specialised architecture and implementation strategy was designed to streamline Industrial IT and provide contextualised business information from automation systems.
  • Anglo American
    Head Of Information Systems And Technology
    Anglo American Nov 2002 - May 2005
    Johannesburg And London
    Managed the IT services and infrastructure for Anglo American corporate offices in London, Johannesbug, Luxembourg, Moscow and Beijing.
  • Citi
    Project Director
    Citi Oct 1998 - Oct 2002
    Johannesburg, London
    1. Relocated Citibank’s regional banking operation to a landmark building in Sandton, project managed by me and financed through advanced structured finance banking instruments;2. Implementing CitiDirect, a global Internet based banking system in 36 countries;3. Reengineering a global credit availment process for Citibank, signifacantly reducing decision-making cycle time and portfolio risk whilst increasing money lent to corporate clients.
  • South African Mint
    General Manager
    South African Mint May 1986 - Sep 1996
    Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
    1. Launching a successful international marketing campaign. It transformed the Mint from a state owned factory, fully reliant on imports, to a commercial business exporting to 33 countries around the world.2. Building a highly automated production plant for the South African Mint. I designed, built, commissioned and managed the factory of the South African Mint, a highly automated manufacturing plant. It increased annual production capabilities from 300 million to 1,2 billion units per annum, whilst reducing labour in the coin minting division from 300 people to 11 people per shift. The project was recognized by the Smithsonian Institute of Technology.3. Changing the South African coinage system. I successfully proposed a change in the South African coinage system to Cabinet and then implemented the new coinage system. This made South Africa independent from expensive international imports of coinage, amounting to a present value saving in foreign currency of R80 billion since 1990.
  • Vaal Reefs Mining And Exploration Company
    Plant Metallurgist
    Vaal Reefs Mining And Exploration Company Jan 1986 - May 1986
    Orkney, North-West, South Africa
    Graduate Plant Metallurgist

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