Louis Du Plessis Email and Phone Number

I ave worked on a wide variety of projects as my main function is Project Management and project delivery. I have moved on into Mechanical Civil installations at NCSS and have developed several greenfield projects including full bankable feasibility studies. Projects in size of 1 million to close on 1 Billion ( Rand ). In my professional career I have visited several countries and attended several industry shows and production facilities.We are starting a full BFS for a greenfield hardwood sawmill in the Eastern Cape which will create urgent jobs in an area that desperately needs industry. We are also involved with the development of a new forestry Hub in SA ( Details Later).We have also been consulting for large South African banks as well as the IDC and international organisations such as Global Environmental Fund, Poyry, AIG to name but a few. We have also been involved with project development with companies such as TWP, Bateman, Mondi, York, Merensky ans Sappi. 2012 We have been asked to assist in rejuvenation project in order to create long term sustainable jobs in the timber industry in the form of a timber hub. This involves all value chains from the maximizing of the forest asset to the development of a high tech high recovery sawmill.I have recently been invited by the DTI ( South Africa department of trade and Industry)for conferences relating to the upgrading of the timber processing in Nigeria.I have also been invited to countries such as Angola, Ghana and Nigeria.2013 We have designed the lowest production cost sawmill in SA and possibly the Southern Hemisphere.2015 I was a speaker at the World Forestry Confrence in Durban, I was also a panelist on various topics. It was a great honour to represent our country and our industry.I have recently beein head hunted for the CEO position in 2 other major Timber companies in South Africa and TanzaniaOffices in : Pretoria, Cape Town and AngolaMember of AFF and SAIF