Softly spoken Steve Phiri will look back on time heading RBPlat with pride

There are some companies that are synonymous with their CEOs and there are others where the role is a little more nuanced.

Take for example Sibanye-Stillwater. It’s hard to imagine the company without fire-breathing wheeler-dealer Neal Froneman, who has been at the helm of its transformation from a company with three old, deep-level gold mines in SA to a powerful mining company, commanding the heights of platinum group metals and now talking boldly about consolidating three big JSE-listed companies...