Full Name: Xolile Sizani

Position and Company Name: Group CEO of Servest

Main Activity of the Company: Servest provides integrated facilities management solutions across the African continent

Date and Place of Birth: March 31, 1975, South Africa

Education: BSc (mechanical engineering), University of Cape Town, 1997; MSc (mechanical engineering, Stellenbosch University, 2000; MBL, University of South Africa School of Business Leadership, 2008; certification and registration as a professional engineer

First Job: Assistant engineer at Sasol Technology, in 2000

Size of First Pay Packet: Not stated

Value of Assets under Your Control: Not stated

Number of People under Your Leadership: 25 000 people across Africa

Management Style: Consultative, analytical and strategic. I am also a servant leader

Personal Best Achievement: Not stated

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My parents

Philosophy of Life: You can never put a good man down

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Working as an expatriate in Germany for three years, during which time I was part of a cohort of managers tasked with creating a high-performance culture at Linde, one of the leading gases and engineering companies in the world. I was also involved in the registration of more than one-million patients on the Centralised Chronic Medication Dispensing and Distribution Programme, a pilot of the National Health Insurance

Hope For the Future: That I lead one of the entities listed on the JSE and that South Africa's youth are empowered through quality education and access to resources

Favourite Reading: History, economics and politics

Favourite TV Programme: Soccer

Hobbies: Reading and travelling

Married: To Ayanda

Children: Amahle, 14; Buhle, 12; Zintle, 7

Clubs: Not stated