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Digby Glover

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Chief Executive Officer at UMS Group of Companies
📍 City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Digby Glover is the Chief Executive Officer of UMS Group, a global leader in mining services. With over three decades of experience in EPCM and project engineering, he specializes in strategic growth and delivering complex infrastructure projects. He holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering, an MBA, and a Government Certificate of Competency (GCC).

His public focus is on professional achievements, consistently emphasizing the importance of workplace safety and celebrating his teams successes. He shows a strong commitment to operational excellence and disciplined, accountable leadership in all his communications and professional endeavors.

Unique fact: He successfully led the strategic integration and ultimate sale of the JSE-listed EPCM group, TWP Holdings, to the global firm WorleyParsons.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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Shaft Sinking
As CEO of UMS Group, he leads a global business specializing in mine access and shaft sinking, including recent expansions into the US market.
Workplace Safety
Publicly and repeatedly emphasizes a "no compromise" approach to safety, celebrating teams for maintaining high safety standards on complex projects.
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Career

Work history

1-2019
Chief Executive Officer
UMS Group of Companies
1-2016 - 1-2019
Chief Executive Officer
DCD Group
1-2013 - 1-2016
Chief Executive Officer
WorleyParsons RSA
1-2010 - 1-2013
Chief Executive Officer
TWP Holdings
1-2003 - 12-2011
Director & Managing Director
TWP Projects & TWP Consulting
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Education
2001 - 2003
Master of Business Administration - MBA
University of Cape Town
1989 - 1993
Bachelor of Science - BS
University of the Witwatersrand
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