Curriculum Vitae DANIEL HENDRIK DU PLESSIS High-level Profile Applicant is a highly focused individual who accumulated sound legal and business skills in the legal environment as a practicing attorney in Vanderbijlpark, admitted in 1976. He has a passion for dispute resolution (and has qualified himself further in this field), the rendering of professional legal advice, as well as creating/starting a project, managing same and ensuring it reaches execution. Key experience includes, inter alia, the provision of a high level of legal - and administrative support/service to all clients, involving the management, solution and processing of clients’ complaints, enquiries (whether contractual or otherwise), insurance claims and a variety of other typical client-related matters normally referred to an attorney for advice and the finding, or recommendation, of a solution. I have assessed, drafted and settled many claims in various litigation matters in the Magistate’s Court and High Court, ie against the Road Accident Fund, motor vehicle accidents, claims for personal injuries (Hoërskool Driehoek, Vanderbijlpark bridge collapse 2019, most recently), delictual claims, construction matters, divorce matters, contractual claims etc. This obviously goes hand in hand with a high level of respect for confidentiality and discretion. As an attorney, I proud myself to be highly ethical, trustworthy and objective with a high level of integrity and ethical standards. I am a diplomatic person, good communicator, patient yet decisive, analytical and I am able to work under pressure. I have a continuous line of legal consulting and rendering support to clients in the negotiation and resolving of their instructions/complaints, creating in the process innovative preventative and proactive methods of resolving the complaints/enquiries. An important basic task of being an attorney and rendering legal services, is to determine the root cause of the clients’ complaints/enquiries and to prioritise same in order to be able to objectively recommend corrective and sustainable action/relief. I also have vast experience in the dealing with all aspects of a variety of civil claims, deciding and research on the legal liability issue, compiling evidence and documents and handling same from inception through to settlement, resolving of same or rejection. My experience in contract - and project management became a natural extension of legal consulting which led to further opportunities in the project environment, including the ability to, but not limited to, take business decisions, make recommendations and give advice and direction on commercial / legal issues and attend to relevant negotiations and management thereto. This includes extensive skills and experience on managing specifically construction and other contracts i.e. compile, issue and award of tender, contract administration and management from contract award to contract close-out. These processes involve all negotiations with client, functional team, tenderers and contractors. During a 3 year consultancy contract period with Eskom (see herein later) I was actively involved in tender evaluations on a variety of major projects and Procurement Quality Assurance - advisory to existing and potential suppliers to Eskom, presentations, negotiations, contract management and – assessments I am a skilled facilitator, and a qualified civil mediator and construction adjudicator, lecturer, with a background of being actively involved in these skills during my career as an attorney. I am a registered member of CAASA (Construction Adjudication Association of South Africa) and the Law Society of the Northern Provinces. Applicant has the ability to fluently speak, write and understand English and Afrikaans. I am willing to enter into a contract of employment for a permanent or contract period. Personal profile Title, full name and surname: Mr Daniel Hendrik du Plessis Nick name: Danie ID number: (***)-***-**** 08 1 Date of Birth: 15 January 1950 Marital status: Married Dependents: Wife Citizenship: South African Language proficiency: Fluent in English and Afrikaans (Speaking, Reading and Writing) Driver’s license: Code 08 Health : Excellent Contact details Physical and postal address: 25 Wenning Street, Vanderbijlpark PO Box 222, Park South, 1910 Contact numbers: (***)-***-**** Email address: ****@*****.*** Formal Qualifications Tertiary institutions attended: University of Pretoria (B Iuris) North West University Business School (MBA) Qualification obtained 1) Certificate Construction Adjudication (CE at UP) (NEC/FIDIC/GCC/JBCC) 2) Certificate Construction Contract Law (CE at UP) 3) MBA (North West University Business School) 4) B Iuris (UP) High School (Matric) Transvalia High School, Vanderbijlpark (1967) Short courses • NEC (also PSC & ECC) (Eskom, via Bowman Gilfillan) • FIDIC (Eskom, via Bowman Gilfillan) • ISO Quality Management: Systems & Principles (Eskom) • Mediation / Arbitration (NWU) • Supply Chain Operations (Eskom ) • Contracts Administration (Eskom) • Civil mediation (Law Society of South Africa)(2018) • Various legal related courses Employment record April 1999 to December 2010 and November 2013 – Current Company : DP Attorneys Position : Managing Director Key responsibilities • Practising attorney (Own practice) – able to work without supervision. Previously partner and team player to a big legal practice in vanderbijlpark • Attend to complaints and dispute resolutions (Mediation, conciliation, adjudication and arbitration) • Drafting and review of contracts and legal support regarding contracts, renewals, amendments, reviews, etc. • Attending to and manage Magistrate’s Court and High Court and other legal related matters. • Manage litigation, mediation, adjudication, arbitration and administrative processes • Commissioner of Small Claims Court • Chairman of various organisations June 2011 – October 2013 Company: Eskom : Consultancy Contract (via Agency) Position: Senior Advisor : Procurement Quality Assurance (incl. Supply Chain Operations/Tender Committees/Commercial Documentation Alignment/ Contract Management, Contract drafting) Key responsibilities and scope of engagement • Researched, identified, drafted, and ensured that critical legal and quality specifications/clauses are vetted in future procurement documents / contracts • Initiated, attended and participated in site clarification meetings with suppliers and contractors to address requirements and contractual enquiries. • Ensured that the process is continually improved by gathering and applying previous lessons learnt, and best practices. • Initiated and participated in negotiations with or adequately mandate and brief negotiating teams, suppliers and contractors to ensure that legal and common law requirements and various other legal and contractual issues are not compromised • Evaluation, adjudication and review of tenders and verify award documents and contract of award for compliance on various projects, as part of specialist team • Managing commercial relationship between employer and client, as well as between contractors/sub- contractors and employer • Ensuring conformance to contract procedures, terms and conditions December 2010 – June 2011 Company: BIE International Engineers Position: Legal Consultant Key responsibilities: Consulting to Eskom regarding, inter alia, evaluation of Eskom contracts with Suppliers and to ascertain whether appropriate quality clauses were embedded in contracts between Eskom and these Suppliers Was seconded to Eskom as Senior Advisor: Procurement Quality Assurance References 1.Mr Henk Scheepers Henk Scheepers Inc (Attorneys) Vanderbijlpark Tel : (***)-***-**** (***)-***-**** 2.Prof Gert van der Westhuizen Ex University of Johannesburg Tel : (***)-***-**** 3. Me Antoinett Hunter Project Procurement Manager at Lonmin Platinum Tel : (***)-***-****