Goodwill and diversity is what drives Brandon Bekker, MD of Mimecast.
In the second year running, Bekker has been shortlisted for the annual IT Personality of the Year Award. Although he can't connect the dots as to why he is getting such recognition, he says he works for a fantastic business with fantastic people, glued together by a lot of goodwill at the Mimecast business.
An ex-Dimension Data foot soldier, it was a risky business for Bekker to join Mimecast which only hand a handful of employees. Those days, he says, it was unusual to sometimes even work from coffee shops in Cape Town. Now, after nine years, the business has about 100 employees with Bekker heading up three offices - Johannesburg, Cape Town and Dubai.
Showing off his accomplishments on bringing diversity, he says of Mimecast's entire workforce, half of them are women. Also half of the employees come from previously disadvantaged groups.
He is also motivated by creating an environment where people can be happy and is conducive to their development and success.
Read about the other IT Personality finalists
 CAREL DU TOIT |  EDWARD LAWRENCE |  ELIZABETH GOULD |  LEE NAIK | ||
 LUVUYO RANI |  MARIUS COETZEE |  SBU SHABALALA |  ZOAIB HOOSEN |
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