Contact HOME ABOUT US OUR SERVICES OUR TEAM CAREERS MEDIA TRACK RECORD THE UMS EXECUTIVE TEAM Our Team A wealth of leading industry knowledge & experience GROUP OPERATIONS Digby Glover Chief Executive Officer • BSc Mechanical Engineering. • MBA (cum laude). • Government Certificate of Competency (GCC). • Respected industry specialist with 26 years Mining, Minerals, Project Management and Consulting experience. • Has 13 years of executive leadership experience within the industry and has been instrumental in guiding a multi-national mining and mineral consulting company through a major growth and expansion phase. • Appointed as CEO of UMS Group in November 2018. Robert Hull Group Chief Operating Officer • BSC Mining Engineering. • GDE Mineral Economics. • ECSA Pr.Eng. • PMP. • Mine Manager Certificate of Competency and Mine Overseer Certificate of Competency. • Industry specialist with greater than 20 years Mining, Minerals, New Energy, Project Management and Consulting experience. • Appointed as COO of UMS Group in April 2021 after Executive and Directorship of a multi-national Mining, Mineral, Chemical and New Energy consulting company. Murray Macnab Group Technical Director • NHD Mechanical Engineering. • GCC (Mechanical Engineer – Mines). • Dip Project Management. • 35 years’ experience in the mining and minerals processing industry and is internationally respected for his shaft sinking knowledge. • Is an expert on and shaft sinking capital projects and a frequent speaker at global mining conference. Graham Roberts Managing Director: UMS METS • GDE (Mining Eng). • B-Tech (Mining Eng) • PMP. • Mine Managers Certificate. • Member of Southern African Institute of Mining & Metallurgy (SAIMM) and Association of Mine Managers. • 30 years of diverse mining experience. Takalani Randima Managing Director: UMS SHAFT SINKERS • Bachelor of Engineering (Mining Engineering). • Master of Engineering in Project Management. • Mine Overseer Certificate of Competency, Mine Manager Certificate of Competency, Onsetter Certificate & Blasting Certificate. • Member of Southern African Institute of Mining & Metallurgy (SAIMM). • Extensive experience in mining construction, contract mining and project management across various commodities. GROUP SUPPORT SERVICES Dr Pieter Louw Group Executive: Project Services • MSc (Engineering). • PhD. • Government Certificate of Competency (Electrical &Mechanical). • Project Management Professional (PMP). • 37 years broad international experience in executive, operations, engineering and project management roles in the hydrocarbons, mining infrastructure, mining and metals sectors. James Keir Group Executive: Engineering Technical Services • BSc Mechanical Engineering. • Registered Project Management Professional. • 15 years’ through his involvement in large scale multi-disciplined, regulated engineering construction projects as Engineer, Engineering Manager and Project Manager and Senior Project Manager in various in greenfield & brownfield projects. • He has successfully managed multi-disciplined engineering teams from design through to construction. Pieter de Frey Chief Financial Officer • 25 years financial experience. • CA (SA). • Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants SA. Chris du Toit Group Executive: Risk Management • NDipl in Safety and Management (NADSAM). • Mine Overseers Certificate of Competency. • Dipl Enterprise Risk Management. • Registered Pr. CHSA. • 30 years risk management experience including enterprise risk management and risk driven integrated safety, health, environment and quality management systems. • Extensive experience in the mining, mineral processing and construction sectors. Guenther Hellhoff Group Executive: Business Services • MA (Psychology). • Reg HPCSA. • 35 years HR, Organisation Management & Communications experience within the construction and mining sector. Cherine Hoffman Group Legal Counsel • LLB (Cum Laude); LLM; Post graduate certificate in Mining Law. • Admitted Attorney to the High Court of South Africa. • 12 years post admittance experience in Corporate, Commercial, Mining and Construction Law. • Logistics and risk Management. OUR FOCUS We service the mining and minerals industries through turnkey solutions that stretch across the entire mining and minerals processing value chain from concept studies through to mine and process plant design, construction, commissioning, ramp-up and operation. CONTACT US If you would like more information about the company, have any questions about the services we offer or require a quote on a project or service, please feel free to contact us. OUR CERTIFICATION © 2019 UMS Group. Website designed and maintained by seven56