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SOUTH AFRICA 49 www.ceotodaymagazine.com CEO Today Africa Awards 2017 CHARLES E WALTERS CEO of Assore Charles qualified with a B.Sc. (Mech) Eng in 1989 from the University of Cape Town. He obtained a B.Com in 1992 from the University of South Africa and completed the Programme for Management Development at Harvard Business School in 2001. Charles began his career with Anglo American in 1991 as a Graduate Engineer and following engineering and management training at Anglo American, he joined Mondi as Marketing Manager for Exports in 1996. In 2002, he was appointed as Managing Director of Mondi Sales International, based in Dublin, Ireland. Upon returning to South Africa in 2006, he was appointed as the Managing Director of Bearing Man, a division of the Invicta Group. He was appointed deputy CEO of Invicta Holdings in 2013 and as its CEO in 2015. He joined the Assore Group on 1 April 2017 as CEO-designate and was appointed as CEO on 1 July 2017, upon the retirement of Chris Cory. Assore House, 15 Fricker Road, Illovo Boulevard Johannesburg, South Africa, 2196 Tel: +27 11 770 6800 ABOUT CHARLES E WALTERS CONTACT www.assore.com FIRM PROFILE Assore Limited (Assore) is a mining holding company principally engaged in ventures involving base minerals and metals. The groups principal investment is a 50% interest in Assmang Limited (Assmang) which it controls jointly with African RainbowMinerals Limited (ARM). The group, through its various joint venture entities and subsidiary companies, is involved in the mining of manganese, iron and chrome ores together with other industrial minerals and the manufacture of manganese and chrome alloys. Assore is also responsible for marketing all products produced, the bulk of which is exported and the remainder either used in the groups beneficiation processes or sold locally. The company was incorporated in 1950 and its shares are listed on the JSE Limited under Assorein the general mining sector.