With its operational base in Lubumbashi for over 10 years, SRK Consulting’s DRC office has always been locally managed and staffed; its recent step to majority local ownership now ushers in new era of transformation for the company.
“Since our inception in 2010, SRK Consulting in the DRC has always been operated by local professionals, who have grown our technical consulting service offering to the sector,” said Susa Maleba, country manager of SRK Consulting’s DRC office. “Being run by local professionals is part of SRK’s global ethos for all its offices, and the evolution of the business to become majority-owned by DRC citizens has been the next exciting step in this journey.”
The move has aligned the company with DRC’s localisation policies governing service providers to the mining industry. Globally, the mining sector has been placing increased focus on enhancing the local impact of mining operations and the services they procure. For its part, the DRC has been promoting local ownership in mining – not only in terms of financial benefits but in order to improve local skills and create more sustainability within the country’s business sectors.
“This fits in with SRK’s philosophy of being an employee-owned company and ensuring that we can service our clients regionally with local expertise,” said SRK Consulting South Africa managing director Vis Reddy. “Most of SRK’s clients in the DRC are mining companies, and we are complying with this regulation to keep doing business while assisting our clients to remain compliant.”
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