Derek Springett

Derek Springett

Founder and CEO

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Chief Executive Officer at Harbour and Associates Management Services (Pty) Ltd

  • Education

    • UNISA

      1993 - 1997
      BCompt Hons Accounting and auditing Honours CTA

      I was 50 when I started to study to become a CA(SA). I achieved it in four years, the fastest possible time, it required that I skipped the first year of Honours and jumped to the 2nd - that was hair-raising! During the four years, I held down a full time job as a Managment Consultant with the audit firm that I subsequently came to own.

    • Imperial College, London Univ

      1971 - 1974
      BSc(Eng) Hons Electronics Upper 2nd Class Honours

      I left Maidstone Grammar School after O Levels and entered as an Apprentice with Elliott Brothers. I studied A Levels in the evenings at the local Tech and persuaded Elliotts to pay for me to read a BSc Honours degree at Imperial College, London. They had never done this before so I needed to make friends in high places. Not easy for a kid of 17! While at Imperial, I joined the illustrious Institution of Electrical Engineers as a Student Member. I was asked to act as student representative on… Show more I left Maidstone Grammar School after O Levels and entered as an Apprentice with Elliott Brothers. I studied A Levels in the evenings at the local Tech and persuaded Elliotts to pay for me to read a BSc Honours degree at Imperial College, London. They had never done this before so I needed to make friends in high places. Not easy for a kid of 17! While at Imperial, I joined the illustrious Institution of Electrical Engineers as a Student Member. I was asked to act as student representative on the Council and then as Student representative on the joint committee of the Mechanical, Civil and Electrical Engineering Institutes. I had to buy a Dinner Suit because that was the uniform of the Institutes. It came in useful in my later life and lasted me about 20 years! Show less

  • Experience

    • MI Thermocouples (Pty) Ltd

      Jan 1973 - Jan 1989
      Founder and CEO

      We designed and manufactured temperature and flow sensing devices, which involved, machining, forming, and TIG welding a wide range of stainless steels, aluminium and titanium as well as TIG welding wires of chromel, alumel, iron, constantan, copper, platinum and platinum-rhodium down to diameters of 0,1mm.

    • Harbour and Associates Management Services (Pty) Ltd

      Jan 1986 - now
      Chief Executive Officer

      Meeting and helping clients, potential clients and anyone else who seeks me out. Also Co-founder and Patron of Gallagher Combined School, Grades R to 12 in Midrand.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Commercial mediator

      CEDR - London
      Mar 2011
    • Chartered Accountant (SA)

      South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
      Jun 1998
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    • Professional Engineer

      Engineering Council of South Africa
      Jun 1976
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    • Registered Auditor - By 2021 I had lost all interest in the auditing profession and resigned

      Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors
      Jul 1989
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