Anneke Grond

6th October 2017

     

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Full Name: Anneke Grond

Position: MD of Jasco Enterprise

Main Activity of the Company: Jasco delivers end-to-end solutions across the entire information and communication technology (ICT) value chain

Date and Place of Birth: June 3, 1976, Boksburg

Education: Electronic engineering degree, University of Pretoria, 1999; MBL, University of South Africa School of Business Leadership, 2004

First Job: Engineer-in-training at Telkom

Career History Prior to Current Position: I previously served as the executive for the Central Region at Jasco Enterprise, and held other leadership positions within the company since 2010. Prior to joining Jasco, I served as chief director for ICT infrastructure and applications at the Department of Communications and also worked for Telkom and Gilat Satellite Networks

Size of First Pay Packet: I cannot remember

First Job with Present Group: Manager for Business Solutions

Value of Assets under Your Control: About R100-million

Number of People under Your Leadership: About 100

Management Style: Mostly consultative

Personal Best Achievement: Passing third-year digital signal processing – I still think it was a miracle

Professional Best Achievement: Being part of an enterprise resource planning implementation project

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

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Wayne McDonald – he convinced me to enrol for the MBL degree programme and taught me business in practice

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: The inventor of the very South African dolosse

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Clem Sunter – what a fascinating person!

Philosophy of Life: Everything in moderation

Biggest Ever Opportunity: I am living it now

Biggest Ever Disappointment: When ABC cancelled Forever after just one season

Hope for the Future: Flying self-driving cars, no more email, three-day weekends, the end of unemployment and, of course, world peace

Favourite Reading: Fantasy, crime and spy stories, and some Clive Cussler

Favourite TV Programme: Mostly crime or police dramas

Favourite Food/Drink: Difficult to choose – probably red wine

Favourite Music: Just about any genre, but maybe not hip-hop

Favourite Sport: Olympic gymnastics (watching)

Favourite Website: The US Central Intelligence Agency's The World Factbook; in case you wonder how many kilometres of tarred road you can find in Burkina Faso or what the population growth of Sweden is – all that information is in the factbook

Hobbies: Reading, cooking, music and gardening

Car: Jaguar XF

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Not enough milk in my coffee, unfairness, beet root contamination – turning all my other food red – and random-questionnaire questions

Favourite Other South African Company: Investec

Favourite Foreign Company: Alphabet

Married: Single

Children: None

Clubs: I am too old for clubbing

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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