Benny Oeyen
Full Name: Benny Oeyen
Position and Company Name: Executive head of market development: platinum-group metals, Anglo American
Main Activity of the Company: Global diversified mining company
Date and Place of Birth: November 3, Werl, Germany
First Job: Assistant professor of economics at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, in Belgium
Size of First Pay Packet: €950 a month net, in 1985
Career Path to Date: I have held senior positions at Daimler Chrysler, Hyundai, Kia and General Motors spanning Belgium, the US, Switzerland, Germany and China
Number of People under Your Leadership: Eight
Management Style: Approachable, open, honest
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My parents
People You Would Most Like to Meet: Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump – all around the same table
Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Henry Ford
Philosophy of Life: Life is too short to be miserable
Hope for the Future: Personal – good health and many friends, and family; world – solving global warming without giving up our lifestyle
Favourite Reading: News magazines
Favourite TV Programmes: None
Favourite Food/Drink: Japanese and Korean
Favourite Music: Everything except heavy metal
Favourite Sport: Football, basketball, ice hockey, tennis
Hobbies: Travel, politics, working out
Car: None – I live in the centre of London
Pets: None
Miscellaneous Dislikes: Dishonest people; backstabbing
Married: To Martine van Roey for 28 years
Children: Tom, 21; Sophie, 20
Clubs: BVB Dortmund (Germany); the Belgium Red Devils – we should have won the World Cup!
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