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Johannesburg, Gp, Za

St. Helier, Je

St. Helier, Je

1. Led the formulation of Petra’s refreshed Strategy.2. Co-created Petra’s Sustainability framework and key participant in setting of Petra’s sustainability targets.3. Responsible for Petra’s Corporate and Life of Mine financial modelling.4. Key participant in the successful refinancing of Petra’s 1L debt.5. Led Petra’s liability management exercise (tender offer) to reduce 2L debt.6. Responsible for continual improvement of Petra’s capital structure.7. Negotiated the Renewable energy Power Purchase Agreements for Cullinan and Finsch mines.8. Responsible for Petra’s corporate activities.9. Successfully completed the Koffiefontein mine disposal process.10. Led the replanning of Petra’s Life of Mine plans.

Sandton, Gauteng, Za

1. Driving pro-active relationships with relevant stakeholders on ESG & Sustainability matters.2. Contribured to the initial framing/setting up of the Energy Council of South Africa.

Sandton, Gauteng, Za

1. Responsible for developing long term pricing assumptions for energy products.2. Key participant in Sasol group scenarios development (short & long term group scenarios).3. Responsible for formulation of Sasol’s Sustainability strategy.4. Key contributor in driving Sasol's Sustainability Journey.5. Key contributor in formulating and preparation for the Sasol Capital Markets Day (Nov 2017).6. Formulation of re-positioning strategy of a major internal Group function/service center.7. Various other Group Strategy initiatives/elements.

Sandton, Gauteng, Za

1. Quality Assurance (Project Track deliverables) on various projects. 2. Due diligence & proposal to shift detailed engineering and procurement of a project from overseas location to South Africa.3. Developed tools for planning & progress monitoring for generating “as-built” engineering deliverables. 4. Co-led a proposal for a Services contract to an international Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) project.

Sandton, Gauteng, Za

As part of the Owner's project management team (PMT), key responsibilities and deliverables included:1. Support Project Director in day-to-day project management activities.2. Cash flow forecasts and contributions to monthly reports for responsible scope.3. Key contributor in developing PMT positions to contractual matters and scenario planning.4. Responsible for External Interfaces within PMT.5. Responsible for managing contracts worth over USD 200 million (Services & Equipment).6. Directly responsible for managing Reactor Services Agreement, License Agreement and the Performance Guarantee Agreement. 7. Key contributor in cost optimization with EPC Contractor (>15% savings negotiated on a previous lump sum agreement).8. Led discussions on contract suspension of equipment supply (achieved > USD 10 million savings against claimed costs).

Sandton, Gauteng, Za

Joined the US Gas-to-Liquids (USGTL) project as a Project Manager while it was in the Pre-FEED phase. Initial activities and responsibilities included, but not limited to:1. Negotiate and drive sign-off on FEED contracts.2. Key participant in CAPEX estimate update to include Pre-FEED outcomes.3. Key participant and co-ordinator for performing Value Assurance exercise on USGTL business case.4. Preparation for and execution of interim gate reviews prior to FEED commencement.5. Preparation of management and board papers.6. Key participant in kicking-off Licensor & EC FEED work as per stipulated timelines.During FEED, as per the Integrated Project Management Team structure, was responsible to execute the following scope and activities:1. Responsible for managing scope within USGTL project with CAPEX value > USD 1.5 billion.2. Responsible for managing contracts worth over USD 300 million (Services & Equipment).3. Responsible for interfacing with Business track and satellite Business units.4. Responsible for updating of overall USGTL Owner CAPEX estimate.5. Responsible for closing out FEED contracts.6. Delivered an alternate USGTL proposition (at a Feasibility level) within budget and schedule.

Sandton, Gauteng, Za

Worked directly under the Project Director of the Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) as Project Manager to perform day to day project management activities on this mega project. Specific responsibilities, deliverables / achievements include:1. Key participant in ensuring Feasibility completed within schedule.2. Performed pre-qualification of Feasibility Engineering contractors.3. Development of the IPMT (Integrated Project Management team) FEED budget.4. Preparation of the FEED Project Execution Plan.5. Project & Technical track inputs into the Feasibility report.6. Quality assurance on Engineering Contractors’ deliverables.7. Technical representative for vendor/EC evaluations for various sub-contracts.8. Management of overall CAPEX for Feasibility and achieving functional sign-off required for obtaining board approval for project to proceed to the next phase.9. Various reports and presentations to senior management (up to GEC level).10. Facilitated and participated in IPA pacesetter reviews for LCCP.11. Participant in setting up of project controls for FEED.12. Setting up of risk management process for FEED phase.13. Participant in development of the Open Book Estimate (OBE) execution plan for FEED.14. Maintain good working relationships with stakeholders (internally with Sasol business units, as well as externally such as engineering contractors, IPMT partners, etc.)

Sandton, Gauteng, Za

Joined the Process Design Utilities group to continue work on the projects initiated under KFA 4, most of which were handed over to Process Design as per the Tier classifications. Other responsibilities included continuous development of the Secunda Water & Salt strategy, provide technical and integration inputs to other Water & Salt strategy projects in the Process Design environment, work closely with R&D for project development, etc. Specific responsibilities included:1. Key role player to re-develop the Water & Salt strategy and get it approved by the Sasol Synfuels management.2. Lead process engineer on the Forced Circulation evaporator project. Project taken to logical point and handed over for further development.3. Part of task team to perform a pre-feasibility type of study to propose solutions to minimize the liability of Secunda site closure.4. Providing support to R&D team for the development of paste technology for Synfuels purposes.In addition to the Water & Salt strategy and related projects, performed the following responsibilities and work as part of the Process Design group:1. Lead process engineer on developing a “pre-feasibility” level ash handling philosophy for the India Coal to Liquids facility. This was a joint venture project between Sasol & the Tata Group, India. 2. Attended UOP’s renowned two month engineering design seminar hosted by UOP subject matter experts in Des Plaines, Illinois, USA.

Sandton, Gauteng, Za

Appointed as the technical lead on feasible (environmental, safety, schedule & cost) handling of salts from the Sasol Secunda site (Key Focus Area (KFA) 4 as per the Secunda Water & Salt Strategy). This meant the identification & implementation of project(s) to handle the Sasol Secunda salt effluents from both an ash water system perspective, as well as from an overall Secunda complex perspective.Specific responsibilities & delivery included:1. Business case for KFA 4. 2. Working closely with the R&D group in Secunda to validate and engineer fit-for-purpose solutions to address KFA 4 based on bench scale and pilot plant studies.3. Project lead on a joint project with Harmony Gold. Logical point on project reached.4. Project lead on a possible technical collaboration with an external company to treat process cooling water using an electrolysis technology. Logical point on project reached.5. Development of short term ash dam levels model to predict dam levels on a rolling 3 year cycle. This model also helped initiate short term actions across the Secunda complex that are in various stages of development.6. Part of the project team to help scope the Halwepan lining project (especially the integration requirements and potential opportunities with Project Libra at the time).7. Technology scanning and looking for methods that could help alleviate the current Secunda Water & Salt imbalances.

Sandton, Gauteng, Za

Joined the Octene Train III (OT3) project as an assistant process engineer. The plant included several world first technologies (at the time) to produce 100 ktpa of high grade 1-octene from 1-heptene. The following projects and roles were executed at OT3 (in chronological order):1. Development of a comprehensive RBI (Risk Based Investigation) study to develop a maintenance schedule for OT3.2. Backup LP Nitrogen Supply to provide a continuous supply of LP Nitrogen for vacuum breaking purposes to OT3. Project was taken from idea generation to full execution and operation. Resulted in significant capital saving (> ZAR 13 million) compared to other vacuum breaking options. 3. Led teams to carry out punching activities to ensure that plant constructed as per approved P&IDs. 4. One of four Sasol commissioning engineers to get OT3 from Ready for Commissioning (RFC) to Ready for Operaation (RFO) status. Achieved RFO status on all responsible sections within schedule and without any safety incident. 5. One of four Start-up Engineers. All responsible sections started up as per schedule, on specification & desired rates without any safety incidents. Overall Beneficial Operation achieved on OT3 before scheduled date. 6. Technical Support Engineer: upon successful start-up, became the technical support engineer to ensure the technical integrity of OT3 is maintained, and to help production reach their targets within cost & schedule. Some highlights of OPI/TSO responsibilities include:a. Various Monitoring Tools to assess plant performance b. Small projects amounting to value addition of over R 10 millionc. Acting lead engineer for OT3 for long periods of timed. Participated in various stateroom & management meetings.e. Development of technical drivers and writing up operating manuals.f. Monthly management reports, reliability reports, etc.g. Conducting Potential Deviation Analyses, HAZOPs, Root Cause Analyses, incident investigations.

Pietermaritzburg, Kwazulu-Natal, Za

Established several short-term projects, e.g. study NaF & liquid ozone dosing in the water supply and analysis of iron and manganese in the water supply

Bsceng, Chemical Engineering

Education record

Bsceng (Hons), Chemical Engineering