Hamish Rudland
Director (Non Executive)
Hamish Rudland, born 17 January 1972 in Bulawayo Zimbabwe, attended Falcon College 1985 to 1990, then Massey University where he received a Bachelor Business Studies – IT/Management/Tourism. Hamish is married with three children.
Hamish started Pioneer Coaches in 1998, reverse listed Pioneer Coaches and Pioneer Transport into Clan Holdings in 2002, he became a director of Pioneer Corporation Africa in 2002. Interests in Logistics, Agriculture, Agro Processing, Property, Insurance and Toursim.
Developed Umfurudzi Park into a sustainable conservation project. His area of expertise is specialized in strategy, marketing, IT, HR and Finance.
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Andre Zietsman
Chief Executive Officer C.E.O
Andre has been involved in the construction industry for over 25 years. From a Workshop Manager with Tarphalt Paving (Pvt) Ltd in the 90’s, Andre moved into bulk bitumen transport followed by cross-border passenger transport and after that, armored cash-in-transit transport.
The sky was the limit and in 2012 Andre embarked on his biggest project yet when he opened the doors to Bitumen World (Pvt) Ltd. Although blacktop surfacing was the company’s specialty, Andre’s vision was far greater and over the years he has developed the company into one of the country’s leading civil engineering contractors.
This, coupled with a drive to obtain various ISO certifications, has developed Bitumen World (Pvt) Ltd into a world-class organization who’s guiding principals have always been Teamwork, Innovation, Professionalism, Efficiency and Customer Focus – Andre’s vision has become a true reality.
Duncan Smith
Contracts Director
Duncan has over 40 years experience within the construction industry in Zimbabwe with almost 30 of those years being with Bitumen Construction Services (Pvt) Ltd of which he spent the last 6 of those 30 years as Managing Director.
During the course of his career with Bitcon he held various posts within the company notably Bulawayo Manager, Botswana Manager, General Manager (Construction) based in Harare and finally Managing Director.