Mrs Inge Zaamwani-Kamwi
Chairperson
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Board of Directors
Mr Burger Greeff*
Deputy Chairperson
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An engineer by profession, Burger Greef has extensive experience in the diamond mining industry. He previously held the position of Global Mining Head of Engineering at De Beers and was the chief executive officer of De Beers Marine until 2011. He completed his MA degree in Engineering at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, and the Executive Development Programme at the Gordon Institute of Business Science.
Mr Ndeulipula Hamutumwa
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Mr Daniel Kali
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Daniel Kali holds a BA degree in International Relations (Politics and Economics) and an Mphil. He joined Namdeb in 1994, as a Graduate Trainee before moving to De Beers Consolidated Mines’ headquarters in Johannesburg. After three years working there in the Producer Relations Department, he relocated to Windhoek where he was initially involved with the migration and establishment of De Beers Marine Namibia. In 2004 he was appointed De Beers Representative or Resident Director in Namibia.
Mrs Dagmar Honsbein
Alternate
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Mr Shakwa Nyambe
Alternate
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Mr Otto N Shikongo
Chief Executive Officer
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Otto Nakasole Shikongo is currently the CEO of Debmarine Namibia. The largest diamond miner in Namibia since 2007.
Since 1988, he held numerous engineering related positions at NAMDEB (Namibia) and DEBTSWANA (Botswana) before moving to Debmarine Namibia as Operations Manager in January 2002. He was appointed Debmarine Namibia Managing Director (later CEO) in December 2003, the position he holds until now.
He is a registered Professional (Namibia & RSA) and Certificated Engineer (RSA). Qualifications include a Master of Engineering degree (mechanical) from the University of Southampton - UK 1988 (with merit). He completed a Senior Management Development Programme with the University of Stellenbosch Business School – RSA 1996; an Executive Development Programme with Ashridge in 1999 and a Senior Executive Programme with the London Business School in October 2006
He served on the following boards:
- President - Chamber of Mines of Namibia Council: May 2007 – 2009
- Chairman - Roads Contractor Company Limited: 2001-2008
- Director - Namibia Stock Exchange (NSX): May 2009 – April 2012
- First Vice President - Chamber of Mines of Namibia Council: May 2005 - 2007
- Director - WorleyParsons (Pty) Ltd South Africa: 2007-2008
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Executive Committee Members (Exco)
Mr Otto N Shikongo
Chief Executive Officer
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Otto Nakasole Shikongo is currently the CEO of Debmarine Namibia. The largest diamond miner in Namibia since 2007.
Since 1988, he held numerous engineering related positions at NAMDEB (Namibia) and DEBTSWANA (Botswana) before moving to Debmarine Namibia as Operations Manager in January 2002. He was appointed Debmarine Namibia Managing Director (later CEO) in December 2003, the position he holds until now.
He is a registered Professional (Namibia & RSA) and Certificated Engineer (RSA). Qualifications include a Master of Engineering degree (mechanical) from the University of Southampton - UK 1988 (with merit). He completed a Senior Management Development Programme with the University of Stellenbosch Business School – RSA 1996; an Executive Development Programme with Ashridge in 1999 and a Senior Executive Programme with the London Business School in October 2006
He served on the following boards:
- President - Chamber of Mines of Namibia Council: May 2007 – 2009
- Chairman - Roads Contractor Company Limited: 2001-2008
- Director - Namibia Stock Exchange (NSX): May 2009 – April 2012
- First Vice President - Chamber of Mines of Namibia Council: May 2005 - 2007
- Director - WorleyParsons (Pty) Ltd South Africa: 2007-2008
Mr Jan Nel
Operations Manager
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- Electrical Engineer by profession
- 7 years’ experience in diamond mining: seven years underground, five years in opencast mining and fifteen years in marine mining.
- Joined De Beers Group of Companies in 1986
Mr Danie van Aswegen
Strategic Projects Portfolio Manager
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- Masters Degree in Project Management - University of Pretoria, South Africa in 2008.
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering - the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
- Executive Programme - London Business School, United Kingdom.
- GCC (Mines & Works – Mechanical).
- Joined Anglo American as a bursar in 1995.
- Worked for Anglo Gold Vaal River Operations, Anglo Technical Division and Anglo American Platinum.
- Joined Debmarine Namibia in 2013.
Mr Richard Gray
Mineral Resources Strategic Projects Manager
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- Master of Science in Geology (Marine Sedimentology) – Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa in 2000.
- Accelerated Development Programme , London Business School, United Kingdom.
- Joined De Beers Group of Companies in 2001.
- Joined Debmarine Namibia in 2011.
Mr Godfrey Ngaisiue
Mineral Resources Manager
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- Master of Science from University of Leeds, UK
- Master of Engineering Degree in Advanced Geostatistics from Paris School of Mines, France.
- Graduate Diploma in Engineering (GDE) for Option Mineral Resource from University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
- Bachelor of Science Honours in Exploration Geophysics from University of Pretoria, South Africa.
- Bachelor of Science in Physics and Geography from University of Namibia.
- Joined Debmarine Namibia in 2003.
Mr Willy Mertens
Chief Financial Officer
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- Registered Chartered Accountant with a Graduate Diploma in Engineering (Mining) – University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
- Certified Internal Auditor with Post Graduate Diplomas in Accounting, Auditing and Taxation.
- Senior Management Development Programme – University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
- Worked for Namdeb in various internal audit positions since 2000.
- Joined Debmarine Namibia in 2006.
- He also serves on the boards of EBank (Deputy Chairperson and Chairperson of the Audit & Risk Committee), Namibian Institute of Mining Technology (NIMT) and Nored (Chairperson of the Audit & Risk Committee).
Mr Stanford Isaacs
Global Information Management Manager
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- Bachelor in Business Administration – University of South Africa.
- National Diploma in Data Matrix - University of Namibia.
- Executive Development Programme - University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa.
- He has worked in various information management (IM) technical and line management roles for Namdeb (2004) and Debmarine Namibia (2006).
Mr Andre Liebenberg
Senior Human Resources Manager
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- Higher National Diploma in Personnel Management - University of Cape Town
- Executive Development Programme - Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa
- Joined Debmarine Namibia since 2002
Mr Buks Bock
Head of Security – De Beers Group of Companies Namibia
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- B-Tech Security Management - University of South Africa.
- Executive Development Programme – Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa.
- Served in various security positions at the then Consolidated Diamond Mines (CDM) from 1980.
- Worked for Victor Mines – Ontario Canada (2000).
- Joined Debmarine Namibia in 2004.
Mrs Maenge Shipiki-Kali
Business Improvement Manager
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Maenge joined the De Beers Group in 2002. She is a qualified Metallurgist and current holds the position of Business Optimisation Manager.
Mrs Elke Hanstein
Human Resources Development Manager
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Elke joined Debmarine Namibia in 2013 as HR Manager for Human Resource and Organisational Development.