BIG Management Team
Lebogang Letsoalo
Diploma Purchasing, BTech Logistics, MBA (Unisa)
Lebo has a depth of expertise in consulting in procurement, logistics, capacity development, mentorship and coaching within supply chain. She was formerly a Vice President Supply Chain at Sasol, Executive Manager in Capital Procurement at Eskom and Senior Buyer at de Beers. Lebo’s key competencies include:
- Conducting comprehensive cost-benefit analyses in relation to implementing ED
- Developing supplier databases that will address the objectives of the specific businesses
- Facilitating stakeholder workshops to assist companies to achieve their supply chain objectives
- Facilitating implementation of procurement plans to ensure compliance with BEE, as well as claiming of the points from the relevant authorities
Christian Malan
BTech Mech Eng, PGDip Business Administration
Christian specializes in the sourcing, selection, operational and business development leadership, of industrial businesses. He was formerly Managing Director of Parker Hannifin Africa, the African subsidiary of Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies. In his 17 years at Parker he led sales, engineering and operational units and numerous critical high value customer projects. Key competencies and highlights of Christian’s career include:
- Successfully restructured Parker Africa’s local operation, improving productivity by 300% while growing revenue by 60%
- Led a team in converting three of JCB’s production lines to Parker hose from a competitor. The most notable was the Backhoe line which ran at 76 machines per day at the time, value of $20m annually, and was certainly a severe test of capability in the face of all the challenges they overcame.
Heritage Capital
The BIG Fund is managed by Heritage Capital, a 100% black female owned fund manager. Heritage Capital uses its diverse skills set and experience in managing industrial assets to add sustainable value to the BIG fund portfolio.