Bubele Nyiba

16th June 2017

     

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Full Name: Bubele Nyiba

Position: CEO of the Rose Foundation

Main Activity of the Company: Promoting and encouraging the environmentally responsible management of used oils and related waste in South Africa

Date and Place of Birth: April 4, 1970, Centane, in the former Transkei

Education: BA, University of the Western Cape (UWC), 1993; HDE, UWC, 1994; BEd, UWC, 1995; MBA, University of Cape Town, 2012

First Job: High school teacher

Career History Prior to Current Position: Teacher trainer, USWE, 1995 to 1997; skills trainer and account executive, Old Mutual, 1997 to 2001; human resources manager, national sales manager and capabilities manager, Engen, 2001 to 2016

Size of First Pay Packet: R36 000 a year

First Job with Present Group: CEO

Value of Assets under Your Control: R45-million

Number of People under Your Leadership: Three

Management Style: Management by exception

Personal Best Achievement: Climbing Table Mountain four times in a month

Professional Best Achievement: The awarding of double-sided 1 Stop service stations on the N4 highway to a black-owned company

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

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Richard Crow, who employed me for my first job at Engen

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Barack Obama

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Brian Joffe

Philosophy of Life: I was not born for myself

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Appointment as CEO of the Rose Foundation

Biggest Ever Disappointment: When South Africa failed to qualify to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Hope for the Future: That South Africa is led by leaders of a high moral standard so that we do not become another failed African State

Favourite Reading: The Bible and Malcom Gladwell books

Favourite TV Programme: Top Gear

Favourite Food/Drink: Samp and beans

Favourite Music: Jaz


Favourite Sport: Soccer

Favourite Website: Google

Hobbies: Hiking

Car: Three

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: People who do not work to their full potential

Favourite Other South African Company: Bidvest

Favourite Foreign Company: Berkshire Hathaway

Married: To Boniswa Sidlai, since December 15, 2001

Children: Ntsika, 20; Khaka, 14; Nqaba, 11

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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