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Abel is a Sustainability and Climate Change strategist with 16 years of experience in the mining industry and a combined 22 years of work experience. 

I am a qualified environmental scientist from the University of Witwatersrand and hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Leadership and an MBA from Stellenbosch University. I have expertise in sustainability strategy development, managing professional and specialised business units in climate change, environmental management, and sustainability. 

I have a solid and adaptable management approach that seeks to bring authentic leadership skills to employees and allow them to make a difference in global sustainability and climate change issues. I enjoy working in an environment that facilitates critical thinking, sustainability innovations and high-performance teams. 

At home, I am a husband and father to two beautiful daughters. My values drive my authenticity and are central to my interpersonal relations and decisions making. I am energetic and passionate about the adult learning process and value-based authentic leadership. 

I enjoy volunteering to empower the youth, impart the power of ethical leadership, and pursue one’s goals despite existing constraints. I have been in various leadership and management positions within and outside my current organisation. I served as the Chair of the Regulating Committee for Meteorological Services and past president of the National Association for Clean Air, South Africa. I am loyal to organisational values and ethical leadership embedded in diversity and inclusion. Sustainability innovations and entrepreneurship mindset in the green economy are my current learning focus areas that I am working to build my competencies.