Detlev Duve

30th June 2017

By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

     

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Full Name: Detlev Duve

Position: MD of Dachser Intelligent Logistics

Main Activity of the Company: Freight forwarding, air and sea logistics, and project cargo

Date and Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany November 30, 1968

Education: After shortening my freight forwarding apprenticeship period from two-and-a-half years to two years, I qualified with distinction and was awarded an honorary certificate from the Bundesverband Spedition und Lagerei on June, 27, 1990

First Job: HVG Globus, a P&O daughter company

Career History Prior to Current Position: After my stint at HVG Globus, I joined a smaller forwarding company called Monnard Spedition and worked for that company until I relocated back to South Africa in 1995 and joined our family business, Jonen Freight. In February 2011,Jonen Freight and Dachser & Co completed a joint venture deal which transformed our company into a global enterprise with a global network of owned offices and a total staff complement of over 25 000

Size of First Pay Packet: Not stated

First Job with Present Group: MD/country manager

Value of Assets under Your Control: R200-million

Number of People under Your Leadership: 230

Management Style: A mixture of authoritative, democratic and coaching

Personal Best Achievement: Having a great family

Professional Best Achievement: Successfully running the companies we own

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your life: My father, Hartmut

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Bernd Majewski, my second MD in Germany

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Sir Richard Branson

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Patrick Graham, Sensako

Philosophy of Life: One life; live it

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Being able to study and travel overseas

Biggest Ever Disappointment: One Light, One World Project 1999/2000

Hope for the Future: That South Africa starts to turn

Favourite Reading: Dan Brown

Favourite TV Programme: Survivor

Favourite Food/Drink: Greek food

Favourite Music: Italian

Favourite Sport: Golf

Favourite Website: Google.com

Hobbies: Travelling and fixing things around holiday homes

Car: Range Rover Sport

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Arrogance and showing off

Favourite Other South African Company: Heneways

Favourite Foreign Company: Dachser SE

Married: To Heather, since April 1988

Children: Tanya, 28; Rainer, 23

Clubs: Sandy Lane Golf Club

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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