cuan kloppers cv - july 2016

CUAN BERNER KLOPPERSCurriculum Vitae

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Curriculum Vitae of

CUAN KLOPPERSContents

PERSONAL INFORMATION 2

PROFILE 2

WHAT DEFERENTIATES CUAN’S VALUE PROPOSITION 3

WORK EXPERIENCE THAT BRINGS MEASURABLE VALUE 5

CORE SKILLS AND HIBITS 7

EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 9

CAREER HISTORY 10

OTHER INDUSTRY ACHIEVEMENTS AND INFLUENCE: 21

CURRENT REMUNERATION 22

BRIEF PERSONAL INFORMATION 22

REFERENCES AND REFEREES 23

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Curriculum Vitae of

CUAN KLOPPERSPERSONAL INFORMATIONFull Name: Cuan Berner KloppersCurrent Role: CIO Nationality: South AfricanLanguages: English, AfrikaansCurrent location: Sandton (Johannesburg)

and PretoriaMobility to travel Yes (Globally and Locally)Reporting to (title): CEO

PROFILECuan was the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Samancor Chrome Limited from May 2005 to July 2016, the world’s largest integrated Chrome Mining and Smelting Company, with an executive accountability on Group- and Executive Level, including being responsible for the Group’s Mineral Resources and Exploration programmes from 2010 to 2013. He is also a member of the Samancor Chrome Leadership

Team. He has a direct reporting line to the CEO of the Samancor Chrome Group. Cuan is also member of the Corporate Employment Equity Committee of Samancor Chrome.

Cuan was also the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African SAP User Group (AFSUG) for the 5 year term (2009 to 2014).

Appointed by the Board of Directors, Cuan currently, serves on IEMAS Financial Services Board of Directors' Information Technology Advisory Committee. A Position he has held since October 2011.

Kloppers is Geologist and a Registered Professional Natural Scientist (Pr.Sci.Nat), and completed the Executive Development Programme (EDP) obtained at UNISA’s School for Business Leadership.

Cuan has over 25 years of experience of which the last 15 years was on Senior Management and Executive Level.

Cuan is also an International Certified SAP Consultant in both Functional and Solution Management areas, including Value Engineering as well as a Certified Quality Systems Auditor.

He is also certified in Principles and Practices of World-class Corporate Governance, including King III, the new Companies Act, GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance).

“IT touches everything: Sustainable and Consistent Service excellence TODAY will impact upon the Business of TOMORROW. But if you add INNOVATION as a key ingredient, IT can shape the FUTURE of your Business”. Cuan Kloppers 2014


WHAT DEFERENTIATES CUAN’S VALUE PROPOSITION Cuan is well known seasoned professional with proven extensive experience and a successful track record.

Over 25 years of experience (including Mining Industry - , Business Consulting, Management Consulting, IT Audit and Advisory, SAP Consulting, IT Operational and IT Service Delivery of which the last 15 years was on Senior Management and Executive Level.

Cuan is well known for his passion to enabling the “business of tomorrow” with an IT strategy that includes innovation.

Through his extensive experience in Transformational Leadership and being a Change Artist, he has earned an enviable reputation as a person with a strong work ethic that lives his Core Values:

INTEGRITY TRUST RESPECT

He is regarded as Subject Matter Expert with a honed ability to solve business issues. His abilities and experience extend across the full range of Transformational Leadership, Thought Leadership, SAP implementation lifecycle and Information Management.

Together with being a seasoned Management Consultant, his crafted a successful career in the SAP environment as well and has functional implementation experience in the areas of Materials Management, Quality Management, Production Planning and EH&S and PLM. He has progressed in SAP to focus on Programme – and Project Management, systems integration, SAP Solution Design and Account Management.

He was key note speaker and have presented on various international conferences globally and contributed as a member of various panel discussions on areas of Transformational Leadership, Business, Information Technology, Innovation and Thought Leadership.

Cuan helps and assists companies to close the “gap”, to change their information Environment into an enabling environment with transformation Information management solutions and applications, shared services, including business processes – and systems landscape, to an independent and sustainable environment. The latter is specifically valuable for mergers and acquisitions and companies that was divested / sold.

Examples:A. A major project that resulted in a total reduction of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of 45 % and

an increase of SAP operational efficiency and performance. This is regarded as an industry benchmark.

B. Productivity performance advisory project that resulted in a sustainable R27M saleable product increase within two months.

C. A strategic initiative to take IT Operations to the next level of Information Delivery maturity (from Level 2: cost effective to level 4: information technology to give a competitive advantage for the business. This lead to a detailed Enterprise Architecture assessment and subsequent maturity transformation, through three (3) Strategic Objectives (1) Standardization all Business


Processes, IT platforms and Applications (2) Consolidation of the total Enterprise Architecture, including Applications and (3) The Establishment of Enterprise Collaboration. The outcome of this initiative lead to the reduction of the Enterprise Application portfolio with a 19% YOY operational saving.

The backbone of Cuan’s strength is Information systems and systems integration with a strong focus on enabling business through the utilisation of information technology.

Cuan can be differentiated by his broad range of proven and extensive experience and a successful track record in the following areas:

Hands-on CIO Level Executive Management Hands-on C-Level Mining experience (over 25 years)

o Group Manager for Mineral Resourceso Geologisto Explorationo Mining (Blasting Certificate in Opencast Mining)o Process Engineering and - Managemento Mineral Resource Throughput Managemento Grade & Quality Controlo SHEQo Economic Geologyo Applied Geophysicso Engineering Geology (Geotechnical, Soil – and Rock Mechanics)

Board Level / Directors Level Membership and – Advisory Committee Level Strategic Leadership Transformational Leadership Strategic Planning and Execution, including:

o Business Strategy and Analysiso Business Strategy and IT alignmento Value Realization and Creation (including TCO reduction, ROI and NPV realization)

IT Financial Managemento IT Budgetingo IT Costing and – Recovery Models

Information Services Delivery Capability Maturity Transformation Network and Relationship Building Client Executive Relationship Management (including Pre-Sales, Sales and Delivery) Programme – and Project Management (Small, Medium, Large and Global Projects) Programme – and Project Portfolio Management Management Consulting IT Consulting, Advisory and Audit Services

o IT Controls and Governance Compliance Auditso Governance, Risk and Compliance (including King III)o IT in Corporate Governance o Aligning People, Processes and Technology with Business Strategyo Enterprise Architecture domaino Database domain o IS/IM and Application domain


o Software Developmento IT Platform domaino IT Operations and Service Delivery domaino IT Infrastructure and Networkso IT Service Managemento Programme – and Project Management Audit and Quality Assessments

Business Process and Transformation ERP / SAP / SAP Implementation, Support and Continuous Improvement (full SDLC) Change Management Business Process Improvement and Process Engineering Mineral Economics – and Exploration Quality Management

Cuan was part of the Gartner Executive Programme.

Hands on experience with managing large scale projects, programmes and systems integration.

Cuan I a firm believer in - and practitioner of the 4 I's of Transformational Leadership: Inspirational Motivation Intellectual Stimulation Idealised Behaviour Individual consideration.

WORK EXPERIENCE THAT BRINGS MEASURABLE VALUEPrevious experience includes:

Business Systems Manager (BHPBilliton, Chrome Division) Continuous Improvement Manager (BHP Billiton, Chrome Division), Senior SAP Programme Manager / Programme Director (Anglo Platinum), Client – and Account Executive (KWV, Anglo Platinum, Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (USA) Managing Consulting (KPMG) Managing a component of KPMG’s SAP Consulting Division, as a Senior Manager, Customer

Solutions, Platinum Consultant and Lead Consultant (AST ERP Solutions) Manager, Strategic Technologies Global BID/Proposal Manager:

o For AST ERP Solutions for the SASOL Mining and SASOL Synergy SAP Implementationo For KPMG with DeBeers SAP Implementation Proposal (Shortlisted) o For EDS (Plano, Texas) for the Total IT outsourcing for Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

(Marysville, Ohio, USA)

After working in a variety of specialist roles in the mining industry, such as Mining Geology, Engineering Geology, Geophysics, Exploration, Mineral Resource Management, as well as being a Senior Lecturer in Geophysics, Kloppers joined the business information and consulting world in 1997. He has consulted and worked for major companies including: Iscor Group (now Kumba, Exxaro, MittalSA)


AST (now Gijima) KPMG EDS SASOL Anglo Platinum BHPBilliton KWV Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (Marysville, Ohio, USA) IEMAS Financial Services Samancor Chrome


CORE SKILLS AND HIBITSCuan have experience that brings measurable value and he is well known as an experienced CIO with the following core skills and habits:

IT Touches Everything:Regardless of your industry, chances are every department at your company relies on IT for something--phones, emails, computers, newsletters, content management systems and the list goes on...

CIOs Are Always Learning and Growing:To be successful at any level of IT you must always be learning. If you don't, you are left behind. This is even truer for executives and senior management.

Cuan is a Master of Network and Relationship Building:Establishing and maintaining your network is essential and critical. Cuan has excellent networking and relationship-building skills, and he are also able to handle criticism.

Cuan have a Solid Knowledge of Your Business and Industry:Knowing the ins and outs of hardware and software is where the job starts-- what separates the leaders from the followers is knowing well what your company's business is and all the details that surround the business

The Ability to Market Ideas and Influence People:Cuan is effective at getting people on-board with his vision and solutions. He can articulate the value proposition of any given project and align various people, departments and vendors around a common goal.

Cuan is a CIO that Excel at Recognising and Growing TalentCuan has an exceptional ability to recognize, secure and retain good people.

CORE SKILLS: Strategic Leadership Strategic Planning and Execution Value Creation IT Financial Management IT Budgeting Program Management Management Consulting Business Process and Transformation ERP SAP R/3 Change Management Business Intelligence Strategy Business Strategy and Analysis IT Strategy Integration Business Process Improvement Mineral Exploration Management Continuous Improvement Project Planning and Management


Data Migration Project Portfolio Management SAP ERP / SAP Implementation / SAP Netweaver Requirements Analysis Solution Architecture Information Technology Enterprise Software IT Service Management Quality Management Process Engineering


EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

2012 – 2013UNISA School for Business LeadershipEDP (Executive Development Programme), Business Leadership (NQF 8 level)

Strategic Project Management Strategy Dynamics and Global Business E - Business and Technology Management Change and Transformational Management Strategic Management Global Business & Finance Environment Strategic Financial Management Strategic Leadership

1984 – 1990University of Technology (TUT)Pr.Sci.Nat, MTech (Industrial Minerals) NHD Natural SciencesNDip Geology - and Natural Sciences

Professional Qualifications and Courses: International advanced Management Consulting skills (Senior Managers Programme – KPMG

Consulting), 2002 Project Management Certification, KPMG, 2002 Project Management (Prince2) Certified Quality Systems Auditor (SAB ISO 9000) Certified in Principles and Practices of World-class Corporate Governance (King III), 2012 Registered Professional Natural Scientist, Pr.Sci.Nat, Registration Number 400092/04 (NQF 8) Full Range Leadership Development Programme, ISCOR, 1997 (Productivity Development Institute) International Certified SAP Consultant in both Functional and Solution Management areas,

including Value Engineering. SAP Certified Solutions Consultant SAP ASAP Certified SAP QM Certified SAP Solution Manager Certified - 2009.

1988South African Air Force AcademyCommissioned Officers Course (NQF 6):

Military Law Political - and Economical Science Military Operational Science Leadership and Management Formal Act of Commission by State President of RSA received in 1992 (Appointment 1st

Lieutenant in SANDF Citizen Force in 1988 and Promoted to Captain in 1992)


CAREER HISTORY:

1 July 2016 to DateIndependent / Self Imployed Executive Business Strategy and IT Advisor

WHAT IS CUAN’S SERVICE OFFERING and VALUE PROPOSITION TO YOUR COMPANY: Cuan offer Professional Executive Advisory Services to bring a company’s Information Delivery Maturity into EQUILIBRIUM (balance) with the Business and Ultimately SHAREHOLDER VALUE. He has a Holistic approach that include Strategy, People, Processes, Information and Technology.He therefore helps and assists companies to close the “gap”: Looking holistically, aligning and close the “Gap” assessing:

o The relevant industry’s External Factorso Your Company’s Business Model and Aligning to a Shareholder Value Matrixo Your Business Strategy and Key Objectiveso Your Operating Model (with the line of business functions as well as processes) and o Your Information Strategy.

Close the Gap between Business Strategy and Needs and IT Strategy and Information Delivery Capability.

To change your information Environment into an enabling environment with the transformation of Information management solutions and applications, shared services, including business processes – and systems landscape, into to an independent and sustainable environment. The latter is specifically valuable for mergers and acquisitions and companies that was divested / sold.

To enabling the “business of tomorrow” with an IT strategy that includes innovation. To Transform IT Execution to a BUSINESS ENABLER: Mitigate and Overcome the Challenges of IT

Execution Advise on Flexible Ideas for Today’s CIO to Balance Business and Innovation To Assist and Advise the CIO to become a True TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER To Assess and Transform your IT Delivery Capability Maturity Level Asisting to Entrench the Role of the CIO in all the Components of:

o Execution i.e IT Cost Management Enterprise Architecture IT Operations etc

o Enablement The CIO to become an INFORMATION BROKER and a TRUSTED ADVISOR to Business Quality Analytical Reporting & Providing insights to support business decisions Generate Ideas and Solutions to Enable business processes

o Development and Innovation Drive TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATION Prepare and develop the organisation for technology change ENABLE BUSINESS INNOVATION Shape the future of the business with right technology

Other Professional Services Include:


o CIO Level Executive Management Coachingo Group Manager for Mineral Resourceso Board Level / Independent Directors Level Involvement especially on IT Advisory Committee

Levelo Strategic Leadership Coaching and Facilitatingo Transformational Leadership Coaching and Facilitatingo Strategic Planning and Execution, including:

Business Strategy and Analysis Business Strategy and IT alignment Value Realization and Creation (including TCO reduction, ROI and NPV realization)

o IT Financial Management IT Budgeting IT Costing and – Recovery Models

o Information Services Delivery Capability Maturity Transformationo Network and Relationship Buildingo Client Executive Relationship Management (including Pre-Sales, Sales and Delivery)o Programme – and Project Management (Small, Medium, Large and Global Projects)o Programme – and Project Portfolio Managemento Management Consultingo IT Consulting, Advisory and Audit Services

IT Controls and Governance Compliance Audits Governance, Risk and Compliance (including King III) IT in Corporate Governance Aligning People, Processes and Technology with Business Strategy Enterprise Architecture domain Database domain IS/IM and Application domain Software Development IT Platform domain IT Operations and Service Delivery domain IT Infrastructure and Networks IT Service Management

o Programme – and Project Management Audit and Quality Assessmentso Business Process and Transformationo ERP / SAP / SAP Implementation, Support and Continuous Improvement (full SDLC)o SAP Support Centre Establishmento Change and Transformation Managemento Business Process Improvement and Process Engineeringo Quality Management

Other Industry Specific Ad-Hoc Professional Services include:o Mineral Resource Managemento Geology, Exploration, Economic Geology, Engineering Geology (Geotechnical, Soil – and Rock

Mechanics), Mineral Economics and Applied Geophysicso Quality Management and Mining Optimizationo Process Engineering and - Managemento Mineral Resource Throughput Managemento Grade & Quality Control, SHEQ


April 2005 to 30 June 2016Samancor Chrome LimitedChief Information Officer

Company Turnover: > R10Bn (Private Company Information confidential)Staff: 12000Location: The company corporate office is based in Sandton, Johannesburg. Three ferrochrome plants and two chrome ore mining complexes operate as separate business units in different locations in South Africa: Western Chrome Mines in the Rustenburg area in the North West Province. Eastern Chrome Mines near the Lydenburg /Steelpoort area of the Limpopo Province. Ferrometals near eMalahleni, Mpumalanga Province. Middelburg Ferrochrome near Middelburg, Mpumalanga Province. Tubatse Ferrochrome in the Lydenburg / Steelpoort area of the Limpopo Province.

Cuan was headhunted and appointed by BHPBilliton (and the then Chrome Division) to lead the migration and subsequent transformation of Samancor Chrome Information management solutions and applications, shared services, including re-implemented business processes – and systems landscape, including SAP to an independent environment away from BHP Billiton.

Thus, following his appointment in September 2004 and the subsequent divestment of Samancor Chrome from BHPBilliton in May 2005, he lead the re-implementation of the total SAP R/3, and established a very successful Business Systems architecture and – Centralized Group Business Systems Department, re-established and implemented all the previously BHPBilliton support shared services and business processes as well as an blended support agreement with Deloitte within a record time when Samancor Chrome was sold by BHP Billiton.

The business requirement and executive mandate was clear: (1) Zero Risk; (2) Business as usual and (3) total independence. The resulting benefit realization for Samancor Chrome was primary in that the total Business Systems and SAP Solution was established with a “Zero Risk - business as usual” approach without compromising any ERP data integrity and transactional history (in total 3 years), with a total reduction of operating Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of 45 % and an increase of SAP operational efficiency and performance. This is regarded as an industry benchmark.

Following a Board decision in 2008 (with the global shareholders) – a full fiscal year conversion was successfully done on SAP R/3 V7.5 at all the 6 Business Units and Corporate Office. This was a very unique project and was a first in South Africa. Deloitte Consulting and SAP AG SLO was involved in this huge success.

Under Cuan’s leadership, Samancor upgraded it’s SAP Financial and Logistics environment in 2009 to SAP ERP 6 and implemented wall-to-wall SAP HR; Time management and Payroll in a separate environment on SAP ERP6. The SAP HR Time Management solution integrated with 3 different Time and Attendance (clocking) systems at all the mines and smelters and are the basis for all the payrolls at the 6 Business Units

With Samancor Chrome becoming mature in SAP transactional processes, Cuan embarked on a new journey in 2010 to take the business to the next level of enabling business drivers, performance


management and decision making through Business Intelligence. Samancor Chrome utilized SAP BI as an executive reporting tool and subsequently upgraded to SAP BI7. During 2014 and 2015 SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation was implemented in three phases. During 2015 SAP BI and BPC was migrated to SAP HANA on BI.

Cuan’s focus and strategic initiative since 2010 was also to take IT Operations to the next level of Information Delivery maturity (from Level 2: cost effective to level 4: information technology to give a competitive advantage for the business. This lead to a detailed Enterprise Architecture assessment and subsequent maturity transformation, through three (3) Strategic Objectives (1) Standardization all Business Processes, IT platforms and Applications (2) Consolidation of the total Enterprise Architecture, including Applications and (3) The Establishment of Enterprise Collaboration (wall-to-wall implementation of Sharepoint as the Samancor Chrome Enterprise Portal (ChromeNET). This initiative lead to the subsequent reduction of the Enterprise Application portfolio with a 19% operational saving in the following Enterprise Architecture domains: IT in Corporate Governance Enterprise Architecture domain Database domain (including virtualisation) IM and Application domain IT Platform domain Security domain IT Operations and Service Delivery domain IT Infrastructure and Networks

Key Responsibilities as CIO:

Transformational leadership: Inspirational motivation Idealized behaviour Intellection stimulation Individual consideration

To lead and manage the Business System strategic objectives in order to add value by optimising Business Systems across the Samancor Chrome Group

Responsible for Leading and directing all Information Management and - Technology resources in line with the business strategy and priorities. Ensures that optimal value is realised from Information Systems and Information Technology project and - service portfolios.

Identifies changes and trends in information - and systems technology and interprets their meaning for senior management.

Educates executives on current technology capabilities and future directions, the opportunities that IM and IT provides, and what the business has to do to capitalise on the opportunities.

Participates in overall strategic business planning bringing a current knowledge and future vision of information Management, - technology and - systems relative to the company's competitive position.

Determines long-term corporate-wide information needs and develops overall strategy for information needs, systems development and hardware acquisition and integration as well as computing applications.

Acts to assure integrity of corporate data, proprietary information and related intellectual property through information security and access management.

Acts as highest interface with non-technical user functions in determining overall information systems approach.


Creates a strategic plan that defines how Business Information and – Technology will contribute to the company’s strategic objectives and related costs and risks. Creates a portfolio of tactical IT plans that are derived from the IT strategic plan.

Provide Strategic and Change Leadership to the Business Systems Function and Samancor Group Interact closely with business users at all levels so as to proactively identify current and

emerging business needs and opportunities in alignment with Business Strategy Actively leads and manages the portfolio of IM and IT enabled investment programmes to

achieve specific strategic business objectives. Assesses the performance of existing plans and information systems in terms of contribution to business objectives, functionality, stability and value.

Key Achievements:

BHPBilliton Sale of Samancor Chrome.Cuan lead the migration and subsequent transformation of Samancor Chrome Information management solutions and applications, shared services, including re-implemented business processes – and systems landscape, including full SAP R/3 to an independent environment.

ChromeSAP HR ECC6 Implementation Programme1: ChromeSAP HR – (PA) and (OM)2: ChromeSAP HR – (PD)3: ChromeSAP HR – (PT) and Payroll (PY)4: ChromeSAP HR MSS / ESS

Fiscal Year ConversionThis was a very unique project and was a first in South Africa. Deloitte Consulting and SAP AG SLO was involved in this huge success.

In-house Development, Implementation and establishment of the Samancor Chrome Integrated SHEQ Management System (IMS)

SAP Virtualization and Heterogeneous Migration: Samancor Chrome was the first SAP Customer in production with SAP ECC 6.0 on Microsoft Server 2012 Hyper-V, Windows Server 2012 with Microsoft SQL 2012. System Go-Live 25 March 2013

SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation and migration to SAP HANA on BI Enterprise Architecture transformation from Level 1 in Information Delivery Maturity to level 4

This initiative lead to the subsequent reduction of the Enterprise Application portfolio with a 19% operational saving in the following Enterprise Architecture domains: IT in Corporate Governance Enterprise Architecture domain Database domain (including virtualisation) IM and Application domain Software Dervelopment IT Platform domain Security domain IT Operations and Service Delivery domain IT Infrastructure and Networks

Upgraded SAP Financial and Logistics environment in 2009 to SAP ERP 6 and implemented wall-to-wall SAP HR

Time management and Payroll in a separate environment on SAP ERP6 The SAP HR Time Management solution integrates with 3 different Time and Attendance (clocking)

systems at all the mines and smelters and are the basis for all the payrolls at the 6 Business Units


October 2011 - CurrentIEMAS Financial ServicesMember of IEMAS Financial Services Board of Directors' Information Technology Advisory Committee

This was a huge privilege and honour for Cuan to be approached and appointed by the Board of Directors of IEMAS Financial Services to serve on IEMAS Financial Services Board of Directors' Information Technology Advisory Committee.

November 2009 - May 2014African SAP User GroupExecutive Chairman of the Board of Directors

This was a huge privilege and honour for Cuan bestowed from all SAP Customer peers as well as the personal pinnacle of his career.

Key Achievements: Chairman of the Executive Steering Committee as well as the Host for the highly successful Saphila

2010 conference (7 to 10 November) at Sun City, with an operating budget of R26M Chairman of the Executive Steering Committee as well as the Host for the highly successful Saphila

2012 conference (7 to 10 November) at Sun City, with an operating budget of R32M The Member Representative for AFRICA (via AFSUG) on the International Council of SUGEN, The SAP

Global Executive Network for User Groups Appointed as Board Member of the AFSUG Board of Directors (March 2009) Chairperson Special Interest Group for Process Industries, representing SAP clients in Mining,

manufacturing, Oil – and Gas, processing, etc in the African SAP User Group for more than 4 years until March 2010.


April 2010 - December 2013Samancor ChromeGroup Manager for Mineral Resources

Company Turnover: >R10BnStaff: 12000Location: (see above)

Key Responsibilities:Reporting to the CEO of Samancor Chrome, in addition to his role as CIO, Cuan was made responsible for the Group Mineral Resources function since March 2010. This included the following areas: Developing and Implementing a new Mineral Resource Management Strategy, Organisational

Structure and Approach. Leading Mineral Resource Exploration Leading and implementing new governance and approach to Geological Modelling and Mine

Planning methodologies, applications and systems. Overseeing and Leading the Annual Reserve and Resource Statements, as Group Competent person. Leading and mentoring Geologists in the Group Leading the Mineral Resource Throughput Management Strategy and programme:

Key Achievements:

Leading the Mineral Resource Throughput Management Strategy and programme Cuan lead the Mineral Resource Throughput Management Programme with the assistance of a team of 2 highly specialized and senior consultants and 4 Mine Managers at Eastern Chrome Mines.This is an integrated mining approach based on the Master Course (MSc) at the University of the Free State. The main purpose is managing the mineral ore body from source to product and the principles used in the discipline is based on the well-known “Theory of Constraints” principles as define by Eli Goldratt.The main objectives is to determine the relevant facts from a flow perspective for each operation, those facts are: Determine the capacity constraint(s) Understand the resource(s) variation and the impact of those variances on the operation What resource dependencies exist and how does it impact the flow The logical constraints impose by the resources and the dependencies impose on the flow Determine the level of fragmented decision making based on balanced capacity type operations

Solutions are crafted to address each of those facts in order to improve the material flow and quality of the product in order to EBIT and EBIT growth of the operation

The business objective and subsequent achievement of this project was to:1. Unlock the productive mining capacity of the current operation, i.e. increase the current ROM

tonnage as plant feed by at least 20% through the application of flow techniques2. Unlock the plant beneficiation potential of the current operation by implementing flow

principles in the mining value chain by increasing the current product tonnages by at least 20%. Standardisation and consolidation of Mine Technical Systems and Geological Modelling

Applications throughout the Group Establishment of a successful Geology succession strategy as well as a new bursary scheme


September 2004 - May 2005BHP BillitonGroup Continuous Improvement Manager - Chrome Division

Key Responsibilities:Cuan was headhunted and appointed by BHPBilliton and the (then Chrome Division) to lead the migration and subsequent transformation of Samancor Chrome Information management solutions and applications, shared services, including re-implemented business processes – and systems landscape, including SAP to an independent environment away from BHP Billiton.

Thus, following his appointment in September 2004 and the subsequent divestment of Samancor Chrome from BHPBilliton in May 2005, he lead the re-implementation of the total SAP R/3, and established a very successful Business Systems architecture and – Centralized Group Business Systems Department, re-established and implemented all the previously BHPBilliton support shared services and business processes as well as an blended support agreement with Deloitte within a record time when Samancor Chrome was sold by BHP Billiton.

Key Achievements:Successfully migrated BHPBilliton GSAP and Re-implemented SAP R/3 (called "ChromeSAP") for Samancor Chrome and established a very successful Business Systems architecture and – Centralized Group Business Systems Department as well as a blended support agreement with Deloitte when Samancor Chrome was sold by BHP Billiton.The business requirement and executive mandate was clear: (1) Zero Risk; (2) Business as usual and (3) total independence. The resulting benefit realization for Samancor Chrome was primary in that the total Business Systems and SAP Solution was established with a “Zero Risk - business as usual” approach without compromising any ERP data integrity and transactional history (in total 3 years), with a total reduction of operating Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of 45 % and an increase of SAP operational efficiency and performance. This is regarded as an industry benchmark


September 2003 - September 2004EDS Senior SAP Program Manager/ Programme Director (Anglo Platinum), Delivery Manager Client – and Account Executive Global BID/ Application Proposal Manager: for EDS (Plano, Texas) for Applications in a Total IT

outsourcing for Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (Marysville, Ohio, USA)

Key Responsibilities: Cuan was headhunted by the Global IT frim EDS (on direct instruction from Anglo Platinum) to lead

and enable a turnaround for the EDS total outsourced account at Anglo Platinum on behalf of EDS Employed by EDS and seconded to Anglo Platinum as the Senior SAP Program Manager and Delivery

Manager Managing 50 to 65 support – and implementation consultants

Key Achievements: This was the largest SAP project in South Africa for 2003 and is recognized as one of the world’s

leading human resources implementations. This included parallel support of 9 SAP Financial and Logistics production environments and 9 SAP

HR production environments) – an annual budget of approx. R135M in 2003 Total IT outsourcing for Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (Marysville, Ohio, USAReason for leaving: Headhunted by BHPBilliton

May 2002 - September 2003 KPMG Senior Manager, Consulting

Key Responsibilities: To manage and lead Industry solutions and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) solutions and

initiatives in the practice, where a large component of the work involved customer relations and solutions consulting

Leading a team involved in PLM implementations and Industry Solutions Part of the leadership that headed up a major South African IT outsourcing firm’s SAP practice.

Key Achievements:

Lead the Tender and Bid for the De Beers Aries SAP implementation proposal.KPMG Consulting was second in the shortlist to implement SAP at De Beers.

Lead Managing Consultant for the Business Process Optimization Programme at KWV wines Developed and Released the industry best practice of the Total Integrated Mining Solutions Model

Reason for leaving:

KPMG was in the process of selling it's Consulting practice to segregate the Audit practice from Consulting practice due to stricter International Anti-Trust regulations. Cuan was subsequently headhunted by the Global IT frim EDS (on direct instruction from Anglo Platinum) to lead and enable a turnaround for the EDS total outsourced account at Anglo Platinum on behalf of EDS


February 1998 - May 2002 AST Group (now GijimaAST)Lead SAP Consultant and Subject Matter Manager: Mining & Manufacturing Industries

Key Responsibilities: Managing Mining and Manufacturing related technology SME’s in a virtual Strategic Technology Unit

and implementing SAP at various clients with AST IT / ERP Solutions Some major Clients / Implementations were: - SASOL Synergy (SASOL Synfuels & Mining): Process

Key Achievements:

As Subject Matter Manager, Strategic Technologies and a SAP Lead Consultant and he was responsible for Managing Mining and process related technology SME’s in a virtual Strategic Technology Unit and implementing SAP at various clients with AST IT / ERP Solutions.

Some his major Clients / Implementations included:o SASOL Synergy (SASOL Synfuels & SASOL Mining):

Process Stream Leader and Member of the Programme Management Team (165 consultants)

o ISCOR Mining (Sishen, Grootegeluk, Leeupan, Thabazimbi): Lead SAP Consultanto ISCOR Steel (MillSAP): Lead Consultanto Ticor (IHM / Tronox): Lead Consultanto Zincor: Lead Consultant

Reason for leaving: Headhunted by KPMG to be part of the leadership that headed up a major South African IT outsourcing firm’s SAP practice.

May 1984 - February 1998 ISCOR MiningProject Geologist & Mineral Resource Manager in Industrial Minerals

Key Responsibilities:


Held various positions in the Mining Division of Iscor, i.e. 5 years as Mineral Resource Manager in Industrial Minerals.

1998 joined the Business information SAP team as the Senior Business Analyst for the logistic solution for the rollout of SAP R/3 at all the ISCOR Mines

September 1998, the AST Group was formed out of ISCOR Information technology and the SAP team moved over to AST ERP Solutions

1989 seconded to ISCOR Industrial Minerals and Iscor Quarries where he had the management portfolio of Mineral Resource Management (geological services, grade control, Quality Management and Environmental Management) on the Mine Management teams of the three mines of Iscor Industrial Minerals.

1990 responsibility of Project Manager and Management Representative for the establishment, implementation and maintaining of the ISO 9002 00 Quality Management System for ISCOR Quarries as well as the introduction to ISO 14000 Environmental Management systems.

Following the work done at ISCOR Quarries appointed (part time) on ISCOR Group corporate strategic work team as a management and systems representative for the standardization of ISCOR group’s safety, Occupational Health Quality and Environmental systems and procedures (ISCOR Steel and ISCOR Mining standardization) Project Tallus – part of group Project Eagle.


OTHER INDUSTRY ACHIEVEMENTS AND INFLUENCE: Appointed as the Executive Chairman of the African SAP User Group (AFSUG) Board of Directors

with effect from 1 November 2009 to 2 April 2014 Chairman of the Executive Steering Committee as well as the Host for the highly successful SAP

Conference, Saphila 2010 conference (November 2010) at Sun City, with an operating budget of R26M as well as Saphila 2012 conference (November 2012) at Sun City, with an operating budget of R32M

Member of IEMAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS : IT Advisory Committee The Member Representative for SAP Users for AFRICA (via AFSUG) on the International Council

of SUGEN, The SAP Global Executive Network for User Groups Appointed as Board Member of the AFSUG Board of Directors (March 2009) Chairperson Special Interest Group for Process Industries, representing SAP clients in Mining,

manufacturing, Oil – and Gas, processing, etc in the African SAP User Group for more than 4 years until March 2010.

Member of the Global CIO forum on the SAP IACM Served on invitation from Gartner on Gartner on Mining symposiums as a panel expert and

strategic forums Invited speaker at various international conferences, i.e

GEOTECH 1998, Pilanesberg: Key Note Speaker GEOTECH 2000, Western Cape, Key Note Speaker SAP / SAPHILA 2001 (Sun City) Gemcom International Symposium, Swaziland (2002); SAP Metals and Mining Conference in Moscow, Guest Speaker (2007), Gartner Strategic Annual Forum in Paris, Guest Speaker (2008), MineTech International Gallagher Estate, RSA, Guest Speaker (2009) Opening Speaker at SAPHILA 2010 and SAPHILA 2012 (Sun City) SAP / SAPHIRE, Orlando, Florida, USA 2011 (CNN TV interview panel discussion on

Technology Innovation) Various Special Interest Group Events (2000 to Current) CIO Mining Africa Summit Speaker, 2014 CIO Mining Africa Forum: MOC and Key Note Speaker, 2015 IT Leaders 2016 : Member of the Advisory Panel and Key Note Speaker, March 2016

Appointed by the Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology as a Council Member and Member of the Executive Committee of the South African Council for Scientific Professions from 1994 to 2002. – Also a high point of his career.

Member of the Academic Standards Committee of Technikon Pretoria. (Industry Representative, 1998 – 2000), Appointment by the Rector and Vice Chancellor

6 years Part Time Tertiary experience as Senior Lecturer in Geophysics (I, II & III) and examination mentor for 4th year programmes

Member of the professional advisory committee for Earth Sciences of the South African Council


for Scientific Professions (SACNASP, Act 106 of 1993) from 1994. Appointed as Vice Chairperson for the term 2002 – 2004

President of the South African Association for Geotechnology (1994 – 1999) Council Member: Geological Society of South Africa (1996-99) Council Member: Joint Council for Earth Sciences of South Africa (1997 – 1999) Chairman of the Academic Advisory Committee (Geology) at Technikon Pretoria (1995 - 1999)

CURRENT REMUNERATION Notice Period: Highly Negotiable / ImmediatelySalary expectations and Rate: NegotiableWilling to Travel (Globally and Locally)

BRIEF PERSONAL INFORMATIONBirth date: 10 May 1965Place of Birth: Germiston, South AfricaID: 650510 5071 080

Address: 708 Pirokseen StreetElardusparkPretoria0181

Telephone: + 27 83 304 5714 (mobile)E-mail: [email protected]


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REFERENCES AND REFEREES:1. Name of Referee: Jürgen Schalamon

Company Name: Samancor Chrome LimitedPosition: CEOMobile Number: +27 82 339 4699Work Telephone Number: +27 11 245 1010 e-mail: [email protected]

2. Name of Referee: Leandra van der Merwe Company Name: Samancor Chrome LimitedPosition: Head of Human Capital and - DevelopmentMobile Number: +27 83 625 6333 Work Telephone Number: +27 11 245 1000 e-mail: [email protected]

3. Name of Referee: Johan TheronCompany Name: DeloittePosition Held: PartnerContact Number: +27 83 282 7741e-mail: [email protected]

4. Name of Referee: John FerreiraCompany Name: MetorexPosition Held: CEO

Previously Executive Chairman of Bateman International Group Vice President Technology and Projects at Samancor Chrome

Contact Number: +27 767906658e-mail: [email protected]

5. Name of Referee: Dr Deidre Roos-KorfCompany Name: ArriumPosition Held: General Manager: HR, Communications & External Affairs

Head of Human Resources, BHP Billiton Energy CoalHead of Human Resources, Samancor Chrome

Contact Number: +61 467 761 098 (Mobile)e-mail: [email protected]

6. Name of Referee: Bertus van der MerweCompany Name: Portnex InternationalPosition PartnerCompany Name: OBTPosition Independent advisor & EntrepreneurPosition Held: Chief Operating Officer (COO), Samancor ChromeContact Number: +27 82 467 2146 (Mobile)e-mail: [email protected]


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