Mr. Olefile Cisco Mashabila was appointed BGI Chief Executive Officer since September 01, 2021.
Mr. Mashabila joins BGI from Debswana Mining Company (Orapa, Letlhakane and Damtshaa Mines), where he worked under different capacities in Mineral Resources Management (MRM) Department, Technical Assistant to the General Manager and recently as Senior Mineral Resources Manager, the position he held for the past five (5) years. He previously worked at BCL and Tati Nickel Mining mines, also in Geology and Mineral Resources departments.
He brings to BGI his treasure/wealth of knowledge, skills and expertise, which include but not limited to strategic business planning and leadership, risk management, mineral resources & reserve management, data & information analysis and project management (planning and execution).
He holds MSc (Engineering /MRM) from the Witwatersrand University, MSc Strategic Management (University of Derby (UK) and BSc Geology from the University of Botswana. He possesses a Palladium Kaplan – Norton Balanced Scorecard Certification and he is affiliated to the South Africa Council for Natural Scientific Professionals (SACNASP) and Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM). His appointment has been described as timely by Board of Directors.
