Meet the man at the helm of Transnet Port Terminals…

We are honoured that Transnet Port Terminals, CEO – Mr Karl Socikwa will be joining us at the 9th Annual Africa Ports & Harbours Show taking place at the end of this month.

Mr Socikwa will be presenting on “How to create successful customer interaction”. His focus will be on the development and wide scale investment which his organisation is engaging in to meet the demand of major port customers. 

Karl Socikwa has been at the helm of South Africa’s national port operator, Transnet Port Terminals, since November 2009.

Mr Socikwa is a graduate of Rhodes University, South Africa, where he read for the Bachelor of Commerce (Economics and Accounting majors) and Bachelor of Laws degrees.

He practiced as an attorney with Deneys Reitz Attorneys in Durban and Johannesburg.

In 1995 Mr Socikwa joined Transtel as Head of the Legal unit. In 1999 he was appointed joint-deputy Chief Executive Officer and as Chief Executive Officer from 1 April 2001.

In September 2005 he was invited to take on responsibility as Head of Restructuring for Transnet, primarily responsible for closure, transfer and disposal of all non-core businesses and investments of the Group.

With the successful conclusion of all the major disposals, closures and transfers he was appointed as Transnet Group Executive: Commercial and charged with the establishment, launch and roll-out of this new unit as a key enabler of Transnet’s four point growth strategy.

He has authored research papers in topics covering the areas of business, business law and ICT.

Mr Socikwa is a Governor on the Board of Governors of his alma mater, Rhodes University and serves as Director on the boards of listed and unlisted companies.

Do you have any questions which you would like Mr Socikwa to address at the conference? If so email them to samantha.pickard@terrapinn.com.

Register now to participate as a visitor of the Africa Ports & Harbours Show and stand a chance to win an ipad! To register click here.