Anglo American Platinum’s Craig remembers a popular saying of his mom that ‘what is for you will not go past you’. In light of this, he advises young professionals to grab every opportunity that comes their way and to develop resilience and confidence as early as possible in their careers.
On that fateful morning, Capitec management woke up to the news that Viceroy Research had published a document accusing the bank of massive overstatement of financial assets and reckless lending practices. They claimed that the bank was ‘simply uninvestable’.
If Sanlam CFO Abigail Mukhuba had a time machine that could catapult her back to the start of her career, she would do a lot more traveling. She advises younger professionals to seize any opportunity they get to see the world and experience different cultures.
‘Strategy is set through your purpose as an organisation,’ Aarti says. ‘If your purpose is centred around upliftment of the society within which you operate, I think profits will follow naturally. It is also important that your strategy is informed by positive guiding principles such as transparency, ethics and integrity.’
In high school, Deon Viljoen was one of the top science students at Hoërskool Edenvale on the East Rand and on his way to become a scientist. In 1982, his matric year, he was part of a select group of students who were invited to visit South Africa’s nuclear research facility at Pelindaba to the east of Pretoria.