Mike Teke, Deputy Chair and CEO, Seriti Resources.

Mike Teke was guest speaker at the August 2013 African Mining Network event, when Vice President of the Chamber of Mines of South Africa now the Minerals Council of South Africa. He returns as guest speaker for the April 2020 event as Deputy Chair and CEO of Seriti Resources.
Mike Teke has served in various HR roles at Unilever, Bayer, Impala Platinum and BHP Billiton. He left BHP to become one of the founding members of Optimum Coal and was appointed CEO of Optimum Coal. He was instrumental in the listing of Optimum Coal on the JSE in March 2010. In September 2012, Mike resigned as CEO of Optimum Coal and became Non-Executive Chairman until April 2015.
He was appointed Vice President of the Chamber of Mines in 2011-12 and on 5 November 2013 was appointed President of the Chamber of Mines until 25 May 2017. Mike was further appointed Chairman of the Richards Bay Coal Terminal in 2012 and in 2016 stepped down to become Non-Executive Director of the Board and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
Mike is the Non-Executive Chairman of Rolfes, a JSE Listed company; Non-Executive Chairman of Anchor Group, a JSE Altx listed company; Chairman of Council at the University of Johannesburg and Executive Chairman and controlling shareholder of Masimong Group Holdings, a diversified investment company.
Mike Teke was raised by his grandmother Dorothy Teke as his mother died when he was still young and he has never met his father. His commitment is to be a great father to his two children and a loving husband to his wife Sandile. In his words: “It will never be easy to be father and husband and beyond that a family breadwinner.”