Our People
4Arrows is a people company that moves the earth. Every team member who belongs to this loving and accepting family, is an integral part of the company.
Leadership
Mulalo Colin Tshivhase
Joint – Chief Executive Officer
Degree in Metallurgical Engineering, University of PTA
Honours in Industrial Engineering, University of PTA
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management, University of KZN
Executive Management Programmes, Wits, INSEAD and London Business School
Colin’s professional experience includes:
Working for various Blue Chip companies like Anglo American, Mittal Steel and First National Bank in various management positions.
He is currently the managing director of Gundo group of companies and the Director and shareholder of Meli Capital, Ansec Advisory Services, BEMP, Gundo Construction Services and 4Arrows. He is also the Director of University of Johannesburg, Metal Casting Station
Colin is a member of G20 Young Entrepreneurs Summit and Represented South Africa in G20 Summit in Nice November 2011.
Colin was a consultant for Sanyati from the inception of the Sanyati mining contract at United Manganese of Kalahari.
Colin has managed to build a group of companies over the past 7 years achieving a combined turnover in excess of R500 Million.
Jannie Gutter
Joint – Chief Executive Officer
Pr Eng (Civil), University of PTA
B. Com (Accounting) degree, University of SA
Jannie’s professional experience includes:
Jannie, is a Professional Civil Engineer who graduated in 1987 at the University of Pretoria and held a BCom (Accounts) degree from the University of South Africa.
He founded a construction company during 1996, specializing in “not the run of the mill” engineering projects. The focus was on infrastructure (mining, rail, and telecommunication), contract mining, and designs and building in difficult/remote locations with special emphasis on fast track projects.
The company was sold to a JSE listed company during 2009 and become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the listed company. It successfully concluded some very prestigious Soccer World Cup projects, i.e., the upgrade of the Free State Stadium, the main access road to Bloemfontein Airport, and the Saldanha to Sishen Electrical Upgrade. Jannie was instrumental in acquiring the mining business from the Listed Company.
Willem Bosch
Director
Willem studied Civil Engineering at the Free State University of Technology and joined Jannie as a partner during 1998 in the construction company that was sold to a listed company during 2009.
As a senior 4Arrows Business Partner, Willem ensures that all Ad Hoc projects are well managed and professionally executed.
Alexis Els
Financial Manager
Alexis is a qualified Chartered Accountant who graduated from the University of the Free State and is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) since 2009. After completing his audit articles, he joined one of the big five Auditors as part of the Advisory Business unit, focusing on management consulting, financial reporting, and internal auditing.
As a senior 4Arrows Business Partner, Alexis ensures that the financial aspect of the 4Arrows group is well managed.
Gavin Santhia
Engineering Manager
Gavin is a Maintenance and Mechanical engineer certified as a Maintenance and Reliability Professional and a Physical Asset Management Practitioner by the SMRP and SAAM, respectively.
Gavin gained valuable experience in West Africa as a listed company’s Regional Technical Analyst, overcoming the challenges of working with different cultures and languages while still achieving the company’s best asset reliability and management. He led a team that implemented the first-ever integrated ISO management system in an opencast contracting company. As a senior 4Arrows Business Partner, Gavin expertly manages 4Arrows’ Assets (Engineering).
Takalani Kwinda
Business Improvement Manager
Takalani, a Mining Engineer that graduated from the University of Johannesburg, started his mining journey at deep-level mining in the West Rand as a Learner Official.
Takalani held various leadership positions, including being a Mining Manager, where his scope of responsibility encompassed the full mining spectrum. He gained valuable experience being a Senior Mining Consultant, where he was introduced to mining software, desktop studies, green fields conversion to brownfields, and operationalizing. As a senior 4Arrows Business Partner, Takalani is ensuring that we have happy Clients and optimized 4Arrows Human Capital.
Daan Janse van Rensburg
Human Resource Manager
Daan acquired his Human Resource Management degree at the University of the Free State and started his career in the mining industry with AngloGold. He gained valuable experience as a trainee on a structured program for three years. He was involved in all the different functions of the HR discipline at various underground mining operations.
As a senior 4Arrows Business Partner, Daan is ensuring that all aspects of the 4Arrows Human Resource business are professionally executed.
Dirk Coetzee
Technical Manager
Dirk, a mining professional with a Mine Managers Certificate of Competency, holds a National Higher Diploma in mining from the University of Johannesburg and has completed the Management Development Programme at the University of South Africa.
Dirk started his mining career in 1988 with over 30 years of mainly opencast mining experience. He worked in leadership roles across the various disciplines which include, technical, projects, and safety, primarily focussing on production. As a senior 4Arrows Business Partner, Dirk is ensuring that the required production targets are met.
Tiaan de Necker
Project Manager
Tiaan is a Professional Civil Engineer who holds a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) degree and Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of the Free State.
Tiaan, as a former director of a multinational Civil Engineering Consulting company, gained extensive experience in the execution of capital projects involving all stages, from conceptual planning, design, and implementation. Tiaan must ensure the execution of all non-core mining-related projects in such a way that all stakeholders are satisfied.
Steven de Jager
Maintenance Improvement Specialist
Steven, a qualified heavy earthmoving equipment mechanic, holds a National Diploma in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Steven gained valuable experience in different leadership positions in Barloworld and was responsible for starting and managing the Barloworld Russian Component Rebuild Centre in Vostochnaya for several years. At 4Arrows CRC, we re-built our yellow machines and components.
Willem Bosch
Director
Willem studied Civil Engineering at the Free State University of Technology and joined Jannie as a partner during 1998 in the construction company that was sold to a listed company during 2009.
As a senior 4Arrows Business Partner, Willem ensures that all Ad Hoc projects are well managed and professionally executed.
Alexis Els
Group CFO
Alexis is a qualified Chartered Accountant who graduated from the University of the Free State and is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) since 2009. After completing his audit articles, he joined one of the big four Auditors as part of the Advisory Business unit, focusing on management consulting, financial reporting, and internal auditing.
As a senior 4Arrows Business Partner, Alexis ensures that the financial aspect of the 4Arrows group is well managed.
Danél Malan
Financial Manager
Danél is a qualified Chartered Accountant who graduated from the University of the Free State and is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) since 2014. He completed his audit articles and worked at two of the big four Audit Firms focusing on financial reporting, internal controls, and external auditing. He joined the team in 2016 and played an integral role implementing internal controls and financial processes.
As a senior 4Arrows Business Partner, Danél ensures that the 4 Arrows Finance Function and Cost Analytics is professionally executed.
Takalani Kwinda
Head of Strategy
Takalani, a Mining Engineer that graduated from the University of Johannesburg, started his mining journey at deep-level mining in the West Rand as a Learner Official.
Takalani held various leadership positions, including being a Mining Manager, where his scope of responsibility encompassed the full mining spectrum. He gained valuable experience being a Senior Mining Consultant, where he was introduced to mining software, desktop studies, green fields conversion to brownfields, and operationalizing.
As a senior 4Arrows Business Partner, Takalani is ensuring that we have happy clients and optimized 4Arrows Human Capital.
Daan Janse van Rensburg
Human Capital Compliance
Daan acquired his Human Resource Management degree at the University of the Free State with an advance diploma in Labour Law. He started his career in the mining industry with AngloGold almost 30 years ago. He gained valuable experience as a trainee on a structured program for three years. He was involved in all the different functions of the HR discipline at various underground mining operations.
As a senior 4Arrows Business Partner, Daan is ensuring that all aspects of the 4Arrows HR Compliance is professionally executed.
Joanie du Plooy
Human Capital Manager
Joanie is a Human Capital Professional that studied B. Com Human Resources at the University of the Free State and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration with the UFS Business school. She joined the team in 2017 with vast generalist HR experience and played an integral role in establishing a professional HR function within the organization.
As a senior 4Arrows Business Partner, Joanie is ensuring that the 4Arrows Human Capital Function is professionally executed.
Dirk Coetzee
Operations Manager
Dirk, a mining professional with a Mine Managers Certificate of Competency, holds a National Higher Diploma in mining from the University of Johannesburg and has completed the Management Development Programme at the University of South Africa.
Dirk started his mining career in 1988 with over 30 years of mainly opencast mining experience. He worked in leadership roles across the various disciplines which include, technical, projects, and safety, primarily focusing on production.
As a senior 4Arrows Business Partner, Dirk is ensuring that the required production targets are met.
Joe Janse van Rensburg
Engineering Manager
Joe studied Business Economics at the University of Pretoria. He is an expert in Equipment Maintenance Management and the long-term planning in terms of component life and other key performance indicators relevant to Yellow Machines.
Joe has extensive knowledge in Fleet Performance Improvements, Maintenance Management and Planning, Project Management and
System implementations.
As the Engineering Manager, Joe expertly manages 4 Arrows’ Engineering assets.
Jannie Linde
Central Procurement Manager
Jannie studied project management at the University of Free State. He joined 4 Arrows right in the beginning at 2012. He is a dedicated Central Procurement Manager with a proven track record optimising logistics and managing supplier relationships and reducing costs.
As a senior 4Arrows Business partner, Jannie is ensuring the optimisation of the procurement processes to drive cost savings and enhance operational efficiency.
Tiaan de Necker
Specialty Engineering Services
Tiaan is a Professional Civil Engineer who holds a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) degree and Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of the Free State.
Tiaan, as a former director of a multinational Civil Engineering Consulting company, gained extensive experience in the execution of capital projects involving all stages, from conceptual planning, design, and implementation. Tiaan must ensure the execution of all non-core mining-related projects in such a way that all stakeholders are satisfied.
Kobus Greyling
Crushing and Projects Support Manager
Kobus started his career at a very young age and has over 20 years’ experience in the Crushing and Mining industry.
He joined the 4AM group in 2013 and has been involved in start up projects and supporting various crushing and processing contracts during this time.
Jan Nkanyane
UMK Site Manager
Jan Nkanyane is a Mining Professional with extensive technical, managerial and leadership experience in opencast and underground mining. He studied Mining Engineering at the University of Johannesburg and later completed Post-Graduate studies in Business Administration (PGDip and MBA) with the University of the Free State. He also completed senior leaders’ development and executive development programs at various universities in South Africa. He has over 17 years of production and operational experience built on the backbone of discipline, strategy, tactical leadership, innovation and high-performance culture. He is a continuous improvement professional with a risk-based approach, a strong safety mindset and a broad understanding of mining legislation.
As a senior 4Arrows Business Partner, Jan ensures that mining operations are carried out safely, productively, efficiently, and cost-effectively.