Steve McCarley

24th January 2014

By: Carina Borralho

  

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Full Name: Stephen Paul McCarley

Position: MD of Bosch Munitec

Main Activity of the Company: The management, operations and maintenance of municipal engineering services and infrastructure, focusing on water, wastewater and solid waste management services

Date and Place of Birth: November 13, 1967, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Education: BSc Eng (Chem), University of Natal

First Job: Vacation work at QD Fire, installing firefighting sprinkler systems, when I was 16

Career History Prior to Current Position: City of Durban, professional chemicals officer; eThekwini Water & Sanitation, chemical engineer/works area engineer; WSSA, national process manager/operations manager: KwaZulu-Natal; Vivendi Water Systems, GM: operations; Durban Water Recycling, MD; Alliance Water Engineering, operations director; Bosch Munitech, MD; and Bosch Holdings, director

Size of First Pay Packet: R89 a week at QD Fire

First Job with Present Group: Operations director

Value of Assets under Your Control: R40-million

Number of People under Your Leadership: 73

Management Style: Participative, with delegation and authority at the appropriate levels

Personal Best Achievement: My two beautiful daughters, taking part in the Comrades Marathon and learning to swim at the age of 45, within four months of my first half ironman distance triathlon (1.9 km open-water swim)

Professional Best Achievement: The continued confidence shown in my leadership by the staff at Bosch Munitech and the Bosch Holdings board, enabling us to grow the company fivefold in four years.

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: It has to be my ex-wife and the two beautiful girls we had together

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: My mentor at eThekwini, Norman Fortmann, the late Sean Reilly, the previous MD at Bosch Munitech, and the late Coenie Kellerman, whose common-sense approach and indomitable spirit taught me so much

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Bono

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Sir Richard Branson

Philosophy of Life: It starts with Kyk Noord, which, loosely translated into English, means ‘Keep calm and carry on’, but with more feeling, as can only be expressed in Afrikaans

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Being let go by Vivendi (now Veolia), although it did not appear that way at the time

Biggest Ever Disappointment: That government, despite an obvious deficiency in capacity to deliver sustainable water, wastewater and solid waste services, fails to meaningfully engage the private sector to contribute to the provision of these basic services

Hope for the Future: A peaceful and prosperous South Africa, where all citizens enjoy dignity and respect

Favourite Reading: History and multisport magazines

Favourite TV Programme: QI, The Big Bang Theory, Top Gear, Phineas and Ferb

Favourite Food/Drink: Sunday afternoon braai/red wine with friends

Favourite Music: Cold Play, Snow Patrol, Pink, Arno Carstens and even some of the doef-doef my teenagers listen to

Favourite Sport: Endurance sport – trail running, road running, mountain biking, road cycling and triathlon – and (watching) rugby

Favourite Website: News 24 and Facebook

Hobbies: I am an army reservist with 2 Construction Regiment.

Car: Audi A4

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Dishonesty

Favourite Other South African Company: Any company in the Bosch Holdings group of companies

Favourite Foreign Company: Guinness and Bushmills

Married: Divorced

Children: Megan, 16; Sarah, 14

Clubs: Westville Athletic Club

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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