1. CURRICULUM VITAE: RIAAN SWEMMER
OVERVIEW OF PROFILE
I currently manage the Environmental Management Services Unit at Digby Wells
Environmental. For the past two years, it has been my responsibility to oversee this high
performing unit, while also consulting to our clients, bringing in new client work and project
managing the company’s deliverables to these clients.
My environmental consulting and project management expertise span local and international
Environmental Impact Assessments, Environmental Management Programmes, IWULAs and
IWWMPs, Waste Licence Applications, Basic Assessments, Feasibility Studies and Environmental
Compliance Assessments. Much of my experience has been in the mining sector (especially coal
and gold mining), but I have also been involved in projects in renewable energy, smelting and
refining and a variety of commercial and residential developments.
I have a love of learning and my time as an environmental consultant and a mathematics teacher
have afforded me the opportunity to sharpen my problem solving skills and polish my
communication. My studies culminated in an MSc in Zoology in the field of aquatic health.
The people I work with are very important to me, both colleagues and clients. I love to be part of a
team and particularly relish the opportunity to take a leadership role. I am fluent in both English and
Afrikaans and I am hard-working, practical and fiercely loyal. I love the outdoors and enjoy getting
in a round of golf when I have the chance.
CURRICULUM VITAE CONTENTS:
1. PERSONAL DETAILS
2. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS
3. CAREER HISTORY
4. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1. PERSONAL DETAILS
■ Name: Riaan Swemmer
■ Telephone Number: (+27 83) 744 8243
■ Email Address: rswemmer@telkomsa.net
■ Address: 5 Hanover Square, Partridge Place, Douglasdale

2. ■ Date of Birth: 20th January 1982
■ Language: English – fluent, Afrikaans – fluent
■ Nationality: South African (ID. Number: 8201205132083)
■ Demographic: White
■ Highest qualification: MSc Zoology (Aquatic Health)
■ Interests: Golf, camping and 4x4ing, volleyball
■ Strengths: Hard working, enthusiastic, loyal, reliable, great at establishing relationships,
practical minded problem-solver, compassionate people leader
■ Technical skills: Project management, knowledge and application of environmental
legislation, compilation and review of environmental reports (including EIAs and water use
licenses), facilitation of public participation and consultation processes
■ Computer skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Projects)
2. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS
■ Career achievements: After less than two years with Digby Wells Environmental I was
promoted to Environmental Management Services Unit Manager. For the past two years I
have managed this team of seven consultants that is central to all client relationships, client
development activities and major client deliverables and reports.
■ University achievements:
– Awarded a SAPPI bursary for my MSc studies
– Awarded sports and academic bursaries for my undergraduate studies
– First prize for best presentation at the South African Academy for Science and Arts annual
conference held at the University of Johannesburg (2006) for work on an Ecological
Integrity Assessment of the Mvoti Estuary
■ School achievements:
– Represented South Africa at the 17th Commonwealth Games held in Manchester
– Appointed as a prefect at Linden Hoërskool
3. CAREER HISTORY
JANUARY 2012 – PRESENT: DIGBY WELLS ENVIRONMENTAL
■ September 2013 – present: Environmental Management Services Unit Manager

3. ■ January 2012 – August 2013: Environmental Consultant
■ Responsibilities:
– Unit Management, including: team capacity planning, work load allocations, oversight of
team utilisation, recruiting, coaching, mentoring and facilitation of performance
evaluations and individual KPI setting
– Project Manager on various projects, including coordination of project resourcing,
management of project budgets, coordination of specialist and sub-contractor input, being
the primary point of contact for the client, leading client meetings, conducting site
inspections and advising clients on approach and scope of work
– Writing up and review of Environmental Impact Assessment Reports including Basic
Assessment Reports and Environmental Impact Reports in terms of the National
Environmental Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 107 of 1998) (NEMA), the NEM:WA and
the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (Act No. 28 of 2002)
(MPRDA)
– Compilation of Environmental Management Programmes
– Compilation and review of Integrated Water and Waste Management Plans (IWWMPs)
– Compilation and submission of Integrated Water Use Licence Applications (IWULAs) and
technical support documents in terms of Section 21 of the National Water Act, 1998 (Act
No. 36 of 1998) (NWA)
– Compilation of compliance reports and fulfilling the role of Environmental Control Officer
– Compilation of client proposals, including scope of work and budgets
■ Specific client experience:
– Local and international Environmental Impact Assessments, Environmental Management
Programmes, IWULAs and IWWMPs, Waste Licence Applications, Basic Assessments,
Feasibility Studies and Environmental Compliance Assessments focused on clients in the
mining sector. My involvement in these projects has been both on a project management
and project administrator level.
– Examples of client situations include:
□ Gold mining industry (North West Province, Côte d’Ivoire)
□ Coal mining industry (Mpumalanga Province, Limpopo Province)
□ Renewable energy sector (Northern and Western Cape Province)
□ Coal-fired power generation
OCTOBER 2008 – DECEMBER 2011: HYDROSCIENCE (Environmental, Water and Waste
Consultants)
■ Environmental Consultant under the leadership of Paulette Jacobs

4. ■ Responsibilities:
– Writing up of Environmental Impact Assessment Reports including Basic Assessment
Reports and Environmental Impact Reports in terms of NEMA and the NEM:WA
– Compilation of Environmental Management Programmes
– Conducting of public participation processes
– Compilation and submission of NEMA Section 24G rectification applications for unlawful
commencement and continuation of activities requiring environmental authorisation
– Compilation of IWWMPs
– Compilation and submission of IWULAs and technical support documents in terms of
Section 21 of the NWA
– Conducting and writing up of feasibility studies
– Compilation of compliance reports and fulfilling the role of Environmental Control Officer
– Compilation of desktop studies utilising Spatial Development Frameworks, Land Use
Management Schemes, Google Earth™ and Windeed
– Liaising with clients, including regular meetings and site visits
■ Specific client experience:
– Environmental Impact Assessments, Environmental Management Programmes, IWULAs
and IWWMPs, Waste Licence Applications, Basic Assessments, Feasibility Studies,
Environmental Compliance Assessments and facilitation of public participation processes
and meetings for various government, industrial, commercial and residential clients.
– Examples of client situations include:
□ Health industry (North West Province)
□ Smelting and refining industry (Mpumalanga Province)
□ Vanadium industry (Mpumalanga Province)
□ Various private, commercial and local government developments (Gauteng and North
West Provinces)
JANUARY 2007 – DECEMBER 2009: EDUCATOR AT FOURWAYS HIGH SCHOOL
■ Responsibilities:
– Taught Mathematics (Grades 8 – 11)
– Taught Computer Application Technology (Grade 11)
– Teacher in charge of tennis

5. JANUARY 2004 – DECEMBER 2006: STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
■ Responsibilities:
– Managed and tutored practical courses in Ecotoxicology for undergraduate at the
University Of Johannesburg Department Of Zoology
– Tutored 1st year practical courses in animal physiology at the University Of Johannesburg
Department Of Zoology
– Taught mathematics to high school learners at Summit Maths College
4. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
■ University education: 2001 – 2010 (University of Johannesburg)
– 2005 – 2010: Masters in Zoology in the field of Aquatic Health with a dissertation
entitled ‘Ecological Integrity Assessment of the Mvoti Estuary, KwaZulu-Natal, South
Africa’. This study was a SAPPI-THRIP (South African Paper and Pulp Industry-
Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme) initiative.
– 2004: BSc Honours in Zoology with course work in Aquatic Reserve Management,
Biological indices, Nature conservation, Population genetics, Eco-physiology, Aquatic
Parasitology and Philosophy of Natural Sciences
– 2001 – 2003: BSc (Natural Sciences) majoring in Zoology and Biochemistry
■ School education:
– 1996 – 2000: Attended Hoërskool Linden and matriculated with distinctions in English and
Computer Literacy
– 1989 – 1995: Attended Laerskool Louw Geldenhuys
■ Additional courses, workshops and affiliations:
– Member of the International Association for Impact Assessment (South Africa)
– Digby Wells training courses on mining law and mining operations (2013)
– MS Projects (Basic) course through ExecuTrain
– Basic Fire Fighting course through the Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training
Authority (Johannesburg, 2013)
– Course on the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of
2008) (NEM:WA) with KC Facilitating Solutions (Johannesburg, 2012)
– Water Use Licensing (WUL) course with Carin Bosman Sustainable Solutions (Pretoria,
2012)
– SAGI Northern Provinces Branch Google Earth Workshop (Pretoria, 2011)

6. – Windeed introductory workshop (Johannesburg, 2011)
– Department of Environmental Affairs Waste Act road show (Pilanesburg, 2010)
– Bushveld Training Adventures field guide course (Johannesburg, 2010)
R. Swemmer