Full Name: Kaizer Mabhilidi Nyatsumba
Position: CEO of the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa (Seifsa)
Main Activity of the Company: Seifsa’s core business is to represent and promote the interests of business in South Africa, in particular the interests of the metals and engineering industries, through lobbying and capacity building, to provide related services and to build good relations with key stakeholders
Date and Place of Birth: November 2, 1963, White River, Mpumalanga
Education: BA (Hons), Georgetown; MBA, Hull; postgraduate certificate in economics, University of the Witwatersrand; Advanced Management Programme, Gordon Institute of Business Science; Leadership Development Programme, Harvard; Accelerated Directorship Programme, Institute of Directors of Southern Africa
First Job: Junior reporter on The Star in Johannesburg, January 1988
Career History Prior to Current Position: Political editor and executive editor, The Star; deputy editor, The Mercury; editor, The Independent on Saturday, Durban; editor, Daily News, Durban; associate editor, The Independent, London; VP: corporate affairs, Anglo American; head: corporate marketing, Anglo American; public affairs and communications director, Coca-Cola South Africa; group GM: corporate affairs, marketing and black economic empowerment, Sasol; VP: corporate affairs and shared services, PetroSA
Size of First Pay Packet: R1 200 a month
First Job with Present Group: CEO
Value of Assets under Your Control: About R50-million
Number of People under Your Leadership: 46
Management Style: Mostly consultative, but differs depending on the situation
Personal Best Achievement: Being appointed South Africa’s first African editor when I became editor of The Independent on Saturday, in 1997
Professional Best Achievement: As above, and being appointed CEO of Seifsa
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: Nobody
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Peter Sullivan, Graeme King and Mike Spicer
Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Former US President Bill Clinton and current US President Barack Obama
Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Patrice Motsepe
Philosophy of Life: Keep an open mind and plan for the future
Biggest Ever Opportunity: Getting to study in the US in the mid-1980s
Biggest Ever Disappointment: My mother’s passing away in 1986, while I was still a university student in the US, and the murder of my brother, Adonis, in June 2009, with no arrests having been made to date
Hope for the Future: That constituency elections are introduced in South Africa, with MPs accountable to their constituencies and not their political parties, and that we rid ourselves of the terrible scourge of corruption
Favourite Reading: Newspapers, fiction and biographies
Favourite TV Programme: Isibaya, on DSTV 161, and Isidingo, on SABC 3
Favourite Food/Drink: Pap and chicken/fruit juices
Favourite Music: I have an eclectic taste in music – any good music will do
Favourite Sport: Football and golf
Favourite Website: Google
Hobbies: Going to the gym, playing golf and reading
Car: Mercedes-Benz
Pets: None
Miscellaneous Dislikes: The smell of cigarette smoke
Favourite Other South African Company: Sasol and Anglo American
Favourite Foreign Company: The Coca-Cola Company
Married: To Gugu Nyatsumba since December 16, 1995
Children: Busisiwe, 28; Ashford, 26; Gugulethu, 16; Nosipho, 11
Clubs: Johannesburg Country Club, Institute of Directors in Southern Africa