Mining Core Launch

On Demand

Join the exclusive digital launch of Microsoft Mining Core – AI Centre of Excellence for Mining.

The mining industry has been a constant in the energy sector for 100 years, but it is clear that the future of the mining industry is rapidly catching up to us and it’s crucial that a dynamic shift and transformation begin through the whole industry. And so, together with our valued partners, we are excited to announce the launch of Microsoft Mining Core.

Agenda:

Session	Topic
Lillian Barnard, Managing Director, Microsoft SA	Opening Keynote
Omar Saleh Head of Energy & Manufacturing, Middle East & Africa Microsoft Corp	Industry Relevance: Get an overview of what the Mining Core means for Microsoft in the mining industry
Steve du Preez Industry Executive, Microsoft SA Lerato Mathabatha Sales Manager, Microsoft SA Elizabeth Chacko Technology Director, Microsoft SA	Overview on the Mining Core: This session will unpack more information on the Mining Core facilities, which is the envisioning center, The partner and immersions area and the community services area.
Steve du Preez Industry Executive, Microsoft SA Lerato Mathabatha Sales Manager, Microsoft SA Mzila Isaac Mthenjane Executive Head: Stakeholder Affairs Bsc (Mining Eng), Senior Management Development Programme (GIMT) Arun Narayanan CDO, Anglo	Mining Core Pillars: Get an overview of the four Mining Core pillars, which are: • Community Services and Social Impact • Health, Safety and the Environment • Skilling and employability • Digital transformation
Lionel Moyal Commercial Partner Director, Microsoft SA	Founding partners: Get introduced to the 7 founding partners whose solutions will be showcased in the Mining Core Briefing Centre.
Elizabeth Chacko Technology Director, Microsoft SA	Closing Find out how you can book a session at the new Mining Core facilities

Speakers

Lionel Moyal

Commercial Partners Lead
Microsoft South Africa

Lionel is the Commercial Partners Lead at Microsoft and is responsible for the commercial partner channel and partner ecosystem at Microsoft South Africa. He has a degree in aeronautical engineering as well as an MBA from Wits University. He is an advocate for digital transformation through technology and people driven organisational change, and how to align digital transformation initiatives with corporate governance as per King IV.

Prior to joining Microsoft Lionel was a co-founder and Managing Director of Intervate, a leading Microsoft partner focused on productivity, cloud and mobile solutions for enterprise and public sector customers. Lionel is passionate about technology and innovation and engages to support the local technology community.

Elizabeth Chacko

Microsoft Technology Director in South Africa

Elizabeth is the Microsoft Technology Director in South Africa. The MTC is key to showcasing the art of the possible with Microsoft technology and taking customers on the cloud journey. With 15 years of tenure at Microsoft, Elizabeth’s previous roles include Sales, Data and AI, Citizenship and Partner roles. Elizabeth is passionate about technology and how it can positively impact the humanity.

Lerato Mathabatha

Lead for Mining, Energy & Resources
Microsoft South Africa

Lerato is currently the Manager for the Mining, Manufacturing and Resources team at Microsoft South Africa. Core role being to ensure customers have the most valuable relationship with Microsoft and execute the vision of empowering enterprise customers, driving business growth and digital transformation.

Lerato has been with Microsoft just over 10 years, in various lines of businesses in Enterprise Commercial & Public Sector.

Her tenure at Microsoft included leadership in the following roles: Solution Sales Manager in Microsoft for Modern Workplace, leading a specialist team in landing the of value secure productive enterprises and Licensing Sales Manager.

Steve du Preez

Industry Executive
Microsoft South Africa

Steve spend the first part of his career in process control and moved into IT in 2008. He held numerous roles in Anglo American and was Head of IM for three of Anglo’s business unit as well as being responsible for the services delivered to the Group Director – Technical and global Operational Technology when he left in 2015. Since then Steve has worked at British Telecom and is currently the Industry Executive for Microsoft’s Energy business based in Johannesburg.

Lillian Barnard

Managing Director
Microsoft South Africa

Lillian Barnard was appointed as the Managing Director of Microsoft South Africa in March 2019. She joined Microsoft in May 2017 as Public Sector Director for South Africa, a role she held for almost two years. Lillian has more than 20 years’ experience in the ICT industry. She is a seasoned professional with proven capabilities and a strong understanding of local market. Through the various executive positions that Lillian has held, both locally and abroad, she has gained extensive knowledge in sales, operations, business controls, strategy, business transformation and leadership. This experience, combined with her deep industry knowledge, positions her perfectly to strengthen Microsoft’s commitment to South Africa and its wishes to drive its digital transformation ambitions and empower governments, organisations, and individuals to achieve more.

Omar Saleh

Head of Energy & Manufacturing
Middle East & Africa Microsoft Corp

Omar leads Microsoft’s Energy & Manufacturing business for the Middle East & Africa region. In his role, Omar is responsible for Microsoft’s strategy and partnerships towards progressing digital transformation for customers across Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities, Mining and Manufacturing.

Earlier in his career, Omar held consulting and executive roles as he worked for corporations across the energy and technology industries like Eni, Schlumberger, Chevron, and Sun Microsystems. Throughout his tenure, Omar developed rewarding partnerships with his customers and partners, always leading with a growth mindset, enthusiasm and unwavering commitment to creating an inclusive and diverse working environment.

Omar holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Computer Systems and Automatic Control, a Master of Science in Technology Management.

Mzila Isaac Mthenjane

Executive Head: Stakeholder Affairs Bsc (Mining Eng), Senior Management Development Programme (GIMT)

Mzila is a mining engineer with combined experience in mining and investment banking of 20 years. This includes seven years in deep-level gold mining at AngloGold Ashanti and Gold Fields Limited in senior mine management and corporate development roles, respectively; and six years in investment banking at RMB and Deutsche Bank. His knowledge of business sustainability was honed over six years as executive: business sustainability at Royal Bafokeng Holdings and Royal Bafokeng Platinum. He assumed his current role in May 2013.

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