An Engineer by profession, Phathu is an experienced business consultant with over 15 years consulting and engineering experiences. Prior to founding TIBS, Phathu worked for organisations such as Accenture, Solugrowth, Deloitte, De Beers, Anglo American in executive management level position and as an Engineer. He has consulted for Eskom, Xstrata / Glencore, AngloGold Ashanti, Lonmin, De Beers, Rand Refinery, Absa, MTN, Telkom, Vodacom and SARB amongst others. His experience includes Business Strategy formulation and implementation, business process design, business model design and reviews, Supply chain management – execution of strategic sourcing, procurement operating strategy, SMME Development and project management. Phathu is a internationally certified six sigma professional, having undergone training in England and Spain.
He is also a fellow of the Young African Leadership Initiative 2015 which is part of the Aspen Institute of Leadership. Phathu serves as a portfolio committee member in the SMME & Skills Development and Mining at the Black Business Council. He is also a Non-Executive Director for the Young African Entrepreneurship Institute.
