Nico Smit
Carrying full CEO, directorship and managerial accountability experience in business start-up and expansion
- Role
- Global Director - Transformation and Client Operations at Hatch
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Nico Smit
Nico has a technical and leadership background with experience in business start-up and expansion in the mining industry. Carrying full CEO, COO, directorship, project director, project management and managerial accountability in a large corporate with 2300 direct and indirect reports, five start up mines and the development and patenting of a new steam generating electricity plant. Accountability for multi-billion Rand project execution, design, study and eventual commissioning, ramp-up and operations of these facilities. Responsible for setting and executing strategy, setting direction, achieving objectives, designing, building commissioning and optimising assets, driving performance turnaround, and improving productivity and culture. Strong people and stakeholder management focus
Experience
Global Director - Transformation and Client Operations
Oct 2018 — Present · Houston, TX, US
Ramping up and transforming a 1bn USD revenue business er annum and made 250m USD annualised difference in the first 2 months with 56 consultants in the AEM team and 400 Client working as one team responsible for the regional Hatch Advisory services with offices in 7 countries. Delivering work from technical due diligence, operational readiness, hot commissioning and ramp-up to business transformation. Added more that 500m CAD in 12 months to clients only in the business improvement space with COO line responsibility at some clients.
Education
University of Pretoria
BSC Eng Metallurgy, Metallurgy
1995 — 1998
University of Pretoria
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2006 — 2008
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