RADICLE - Key Persons
Brian worked in a number of industries before starting his own blow moulding operation as a division of Rhino Plastics. Brian became a shareholder and Managing Director of the Rhino Plastics Group in the mid-eighties and ever since has been involved with growing and diversifying from a manufacturer to a diversified Group of Companies offering turnkey solutions within the Group's key strategic focus areas of ‘food-energy-water' and green building offerings.
Gavin Olsen has extensive university training in soil science, crop protection, agronomy and irrigation design and scheduling. He has farmed successfully for several years and established successful brands in the agricultural community of which Rhino Agri with the CODA brand of fertilisers is his latest success.
He has been involved in assisting growers from small scale to large commercial suppliers in all aspects of planning, growing and designing production systems for optimal and sustainable growth.
Thys obtained a degree in Law at the University of Stellenbosch in 1993. He practiced as an Attorney at Law from 1994 to 1997 during which time he was a Partner for 2 years. He specialized in Maritime and Commercial Law.
In 1998 he founded a fishing corporation and managed it as the Chief Executive Officer for 3 years.
In late 2000 Thys joined a South African registered Merchant Bank (Wipcapital Ltd) as the manager of the Cape Town office. In 2002 Thys left Wipcapital to start his own Private Equity Fund. During this time he was involved in numerous transactions ranging in size.
Thys founded and/or operated businesses in Eritrea and Namibia during this period and consulted for business in Kenya.