Dries Swanepoel

Dries Swanepoel is a seasoned Senior Manager with a strong background in Capital Projects and Portfolio Management. His extensive experience includes overseeing daily business operations and implementing effective business growth strategies. With a focus on budget preparation and allocation, he ensures cost-effective operations and analyzes financial performance to drive profitability. Dries excels as a transformational leader, optimizing processes, controlling system design, automation functions, and project management office design.

Dries holds an impressive academic background with a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and Masters in Business Leadership (MBL) from the University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika. He also obtained a Bachelor Honours Degree in Control Engineering from the University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria and a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from the North-West University/Noordwes-Universiteit.

His professional journey includes key roles at Sasol Energy, where he currently serves as the Senior Manager for Capital Projects & Portfolio Management. Previously, he held positions such as Portfolio Manager for Business Development and Portfolio Management, Manager PMO Process Development and Reporting for Capital Excellence, Principal Business Analyst for Group Strategy, Area Leader for Portfolio Management, Senior Control Engineer, and Process Engineer at Sasol Energy. Dries also has prior experience as a Process Engineer at Kumba Resources (now listed as Anglo Kumba Iron Ore (KIO)).