Group Technical and Operations Director
BEng (Metallurgy), BCom, MEng
Tiaan obtained a BEng (Metallurgy) from the University of Pretoria (UP) in 1982 and later obtained BCom (Unisa) and MEng (UP) degrees. After working for Iscor and Samancor in production and on projects, he was appointed by Samancor as General Manager of the Palmiet Ferrochrome Operation (Mogale) in 1999. He joined Assore in 2003 as Consulting Metallurgist and is a member of the Assmang Operations Committee. In September 2012, he was appointed Group Technical and Operations Director of Assore and a director of Assmang. In June 2014, he was appointed as Chairman of Assmang subsidiary, Sakura Ferroalloys Sdn.Bhd, Malaysia.
