https://www.engineeringnews.co.za

Poya Rasekhi

11th December 2015

  

Font size: - +

Full Name: Poya Rasekhi

Position: Southern African leader (CEO) of Arup

Main activity of the company: Engineering and management consultancy

Date and Place of Birth: September 26, 1970, Kerman, Iran

Education: Athlone Boys High; master’s degree (electrical engineering), University of Johannesburg; MBA, Warwick Business School

First Job: Eskom, Arnot power station

Career History Prior to Current Position: Project and construction management in Israel, the UK and South Africa

Size of First Pay Packet: R3 000 a month

First Job with Present Group: Associate of Arup Major Projects, 2008

Value of Assets under Your Control: R11-million as of October

Number of People under Your Leadership: 400 to 500

Management Style: Meritocratic

Personal Best Achievement: Marrying my wife

Professional Best Achievement: This job

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My grandfather

Person who has had the biggest influence on your career: Joe Strydom

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Barack Obama

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Sir Ove Arup

Philosophy of Life: Detachment from yourself and material things will ensure success

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Doing humanitarian work through the Baha’I Faith during the Yugoslav war

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Not moving to China in the 1990s

Hope for the Future: I am forever hopeful that Africa will have a great future

Favourite Reading: Colin Cotterill books

Favourite TV Programme: Sherlock (BBC series) with Benedict Cumberbatch

Favourite Food/Drink: Persian food

Favourite Music: Classical

Favourite Sport: Soccer

Favourite Website: The Flipboard app

Hobbies: Kayaking, soccer and giving my children a hard time

Car: BMW 320d

Pets: A Yorkshire terrier and two Dobermans

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Untrustworthy people

Favourite Other South African company: None

Favourite Foreign Company: Google

Married: Since 1995

Children: A boy and a girl

Clubs: None

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

Comments

Showroom

Willard
Willard

Rooted in the hearts of South Africans, combining technology and a quest for perfection to bring you a battery of peerless standing. Willard...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Showroom image
Alcohol Breathalysers

Supplier & Distributor of the Widest Range of Accurate & Easy-to-Use Alcohol Breathalysers

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







sq:0.072 0.128s - 156pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now