Chrisjan van Wyk
Pretoria, South Africa
Chrisjan van Wyk has a mechanical engineering background and has been involved in projects in the metals and minerals industry since 1992. He started his career in project management in 2001. He has managed various projects as a client project manager as well as project manager for the EPCM’s or EPC contractors.
His project experience includes executing projects in steel plants, platinum smelters, base metal refineries, sulphuric acid plants, diamond processing plants, uranium processing plants, open pit iron ore mining and processing. Infrastructure projects included railway lines, water pumping systems, roads, municipal services and housing developments.
His strengths are strategic thinking, project execution strategy, leadership and team development. He believes that successful projects are delivered by successful teams and therefore places a huge focus on leadership, team development and team integration.
He completed his M.Eng in project management (Cum Laude) in 2015. He also founded a consulting company in 2015 which focuses on the leadership development of project managers and project teams to contribute to project success. He can be contacted at chrisjan.vanwyk@itd.ac.za.
(July 2016)