Leadership team
We believe in strong, diverse and focused teams, led by experienced and qualified sector specialists with proven track records that work well in teams. Team members bring with them unique and complementary skills within their respective disciplines, adding value to Ukwazi’s proven and outcome-driven processes from project inception through to execution.
Jaco Lotheringen Managing Director
Pr Eng Mining Engineering
Jaco started his career in the mining industry with Iscor (now Exxaro) in 1997 as a miner and shift overseer where he gained operational experience in the conventional and continuous miner development and stooping sections at Tshikondeni coal mine. Jaco specialises in CPRs/ITRs; due diligence studies and technical audits; public reporting based on SAMREC, JORC and NI43-101; mining engineering; and project management. He is also a professional engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and a member of South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM).
Spencer Eckstein Director: Business Development and Legal
Masters of Law (LLM)
Master’s in Business Administration (MBA)
Before starting at Ukwazi, Spencer was a legal and risk manager for Golder Associates, a Canadian mining and engineering consultancy. Prior to this he worked at Rio Tinto as it legal and commercial manager for Southern and Central Africa. Spencer has extensive experience as a strategy consultant having worked for various management consulting companies such as Manto Management and Letsema Consulting, as well as various BEE investment companies such as Izingwe Capital and Mafika Investments.
Ntokozo Xaba Director
Degree in Project Management
Ntokozo serves on the boards of directors of several significant South African institutions and is co-author of two IBM Redbooks on Tivoli Configuration Management (2001). He is also a recognised Enterprise Systems Management professional, holding several industry qualifications from organisations such as IBM, Novell, Microsoft and Cisco.