Lance Schultz

16th March 2018

     

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Full Name: Lance Schultz

Position: CEO of Centurion Aviation Village (CAV)

Main Activity of the Company: The CAV is an aerospace and defence industrial park

Date and Place of Birth: January 28, 1971, Cape Town

Education: MBA; BSc (Hons) (industrial engineering); BTech (operations management); Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

First Job: Assembler at Mercedes-Benz

Career History Prior to Current Position: MD, Automotive Industrial Development Centre (AIDC), Port Elizabeth, October 2014 to July 2015; department manager: supply chain and supplier development, AIDC, Port Elizabeth, October 2006 to September 2014; project director, Nelson Mandela Bay Logistics Park, Uitenhage, Port Elizabeth, July 2005 to September 2006 (on secondment); senior project manager: supply chain and supplier development, AIDC, Pretoria, July 2002 to June 2005; industrial engineer, Mercedes-Benz, East London, January 1993 to July 2002

Size of First Pay Packet: R2 400 a month

First Job with Present Group: Current position

Value of Assets under Your Control: R154-million

Number of People under Your Leadership: 40

Management Style: Servant leadership, with great emphasis on proactive effectiveness
Personal Best Achievement: Graduating with an MBA

Professional Best Achievement: Becoming CEO of my former and current organisations

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

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: My former CEO, Dr Paulo Fernandes

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: The Dalai Lama

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Bill Gates, Elon Musk

Philosophy of Life: Life does not have a remote control – you get up and make the change yourself

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Joining the CAV to become a change agent

Biggest Ever Disappointment: None – for me, disappointments are just hard lessons

Hope for the Future: An ethical and morally sound social compact between government and civil society that fosters development

Favourite Reading: Robert Langdon, Stephen King, Tom Wolfe, John Grisham

Favourite TV Programme: I enjoy thrillers and sport

Favourite Food/Drink: Indian curry/green tea

Favourite Music: Jazz

Favourite Sport: UK and European football

Favourite Website: CNN and other major news websites

Hobbies: I am a former football coach, but I no longer have the time

Car: Mercedes-Benz E400, but I prefer my Vulcan motorcycle

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Bad drivers

Favourite Other South African Company: Professional Provident Society

Favourite Foreign Company: Google

Married: To Raylene, since November 2015

Children: Sasha-Lee, 24; Jarryd, 17; Hannah, 10 months

Clubs: I am a former chairperson of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport South Africa, a member of the Nelson Mandela University Advisory Council and a member of the South African Institute of Industrial Engineering and the South African Production and Inventory Control Society

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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