Hon. Lefoko Moagi

Minister of Minerals and Energy, Botswana

An energetic professional Mining Engineer with over 24 years experience spanning production, planning, projects, technical assurance, management and leadership of large open pit diamondiferrous and metalliferrous mines in Africa.

Have a knack for breeding and leading young teams, most notably through very challenging economic times e.g. Letlhakane Mine Waste Profile in 2006/7, Damtshaa Mine turnaround strategy 2007, Jwaneng Mine Waste deficit recovery to Cut 7 bottleneck 2009/10, the erratic commodity prices from 2012 necessitating operational restructuring and prudent resource management.

Have the edge to instill operational discipline, embedding firmness whilst remaining fair.

I have a strong focus on people development and a flair for striking rapport with stakeholders, an attribute that comes to bear in Union negotiations and commercial deal brokering. This people focus has delivered positive results on safety across the organisation.

Specialties: Operational Excellence, Safety Leadership, Union Negotiation, Stakeholder Liaison, Systemic Thinker, Tactical and Strategic Change Driver, Team Leadership, Process Orientation, Bottom Line oriented