Kerwin Rana
Managing Director, South Africa / Umbono Capital
Kerwin Rana graduated from the University of Natal in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science (Chemical Engineering) degree and is a registered professional engineer, Pr. Eng., with the Engineering Council of South Africa. He has more than 15 years of mining industry experience gained through various executive and managerial roles including being the head of new business for the De Beers group in South Africa and the general manager of De Beers’ Kimberley Mines where he developed and implemented a turnaround strategy that returned the loss-making mine to profitability, extended the life of the mine and forecasted the generation of at least R1 billion in cash flows over its remaining life.