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Thato Mokgoro, MRICS, PMP
Mr Thato Mokgoro is a seasoned Project Controls Professional currently serving as a Senior Estimator at Anglo-American with over a decade of expertise in the mining and mineral processing sector. He has worked for contractors and owners in the mining industry and has managed several teams of estimators and quantity surveyors to deliver projects within budget and on time. Areas of focus include estimating, cost management, risk management and quantity surveying consulting in medium to large projects throughout the project lifecycle.
Martin Snyman, DRMP
Martin Snyman owns Process and Risk Engineering Consulting (Pty) Ltd, which provides process, project risk management and risk engineering services to the mining, construction and insurance industries. Over 30 years, he has held various project and project risk management-focused roles on large and mega projects. Working for consulting and project owner teams in the mining, rail, marine, power generation and nuclear industries, he has gained extensive project risk management expertise and attained the DRMP certification.
Anton van der Merwe, CCP, PMP
Anton van der Merwe is a skilled business professional with over 15 years of extensive experience providing Project Management and Project Control Support to project teams and PMO departments. He is currently the program lead for the Exxaro Capital Excellence Programme.
In 2016, he obtained his CCP qualification from AACEI and has since been a member of the organisation. He has also served as an AACEI South African section board member from 2018, holding various portfolios during this time. He is also a frequent attendee at the AACEI conferences and presented a paper on Corrective Governance through a Project Life Cycle at the 2019 AACEI-US Western Section Conference held at Lake Tahoe, California.
Ruben van der Merwe
Ruben van der Merwe is a Project Cost Controller with Anglo American. He started his project career with part-time project and survey experience in the Construction Sector. After graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce focused in Economics, he also gained project portfolio, investment, risk analysis, and cost management experience in the Financial Services, Rail Manufacturing, and, currently, the Platinum Mining Sector. Throughout these sectors, he's worked on projects categorising from Small to Mega and from the concept phase through to the execution phase. He is passionate about the field of Cost Engineering and aims to continue to gain more in-depth experience to contribute and give back to the industry going forward.
Anel Cronje, CCP, EVP
Anel Cronje has more than 20 years of project experience in the construction industry. She specialises in all fields of project control, with a primary focus on multi-national and multi-currency projects.
With the advantage of having a technical background, she participates with the project team on a technical level, while her current studies in accounting allow her to understand both sides of the project / financial accounting problem. As such, she acts as an interface between all project parties.
Her education includes Certificates in Project Management (University of Pretoria), Advanced Construction Contracts (University of Pretoria) and Business Accounting (CIMA Global), a BCOM degree in Business Management (UNISA) and a diploma in Project Design (Academy of Draughting).
She is a Certified Cost Professional (CCP) as well as an Earned Value Professional (EVP) through AACE International (AACEi), as well as a Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Her current studies include a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) qualification through the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
Hendrik Louw, CEP
Hendrik Louw is the director of Capex Flow, a South African company providing capital application review services to its corporate clients. He has nearly 40 years of experience and worked in Cost Engineering, Project and Risk Management in several industries, but mostly in the Petrochemical Industry with Sasol.