Rutger-Jan van Spaandonk says if his parents had known he’d eventually make a home for himself outside of The Netherlands, his country of birth, they’d have given him a name that’s easier for foreigners to pronounce. The executive director of Core Group, who is known by most people simply as “RJ”, emigrated to SA almost [...]
When Rob Shuter left Nedbank earlier this year, he went for a walk. A very long walk. He needed time out to think and reflect on his future. So he trekked 760km across the northern part of Spain. He was on a pilgrimage of great significance to Christians, the El Camino de Santiago, or Way [...]
Jeremy Ord is glad summer is finally returning. The warmer conditions and the earlier sunrises allow the Dimension Data chairman to get up extra early to go cycling. It’s his passion, he says, adding he’s glad that this year’s unusually harsh Highveld winter is finally ending. In summer, he rides every weekday morning with friends [...]
Stewart van Graan has a fishy history. The new GM for Dell in Africa and outgoing MD of Dell SA began his career managing the export of fish for Irvin & Johnson (I&J) in Cape Town. Well known in local IT circles, the likeable Van Graan jokes that his biggest claim to fame is that [...]
Stephen Newton has long known he wanted to live and work in Africa. The US expatriate, who recently took the reins as country manager at Google SA from Stafford Masie, says he has always had an affinity for the continent
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