Meet our Team
Directors
Operations Director
Michael is a young dynamic up comer who loves business and challenges. He grew up in the transport industry from a young age. Immediately after high school, Michael got given an opportunity and successfully co-ordinated two 15000 ton cement vessels in the Eastern Cape. This is when he developed a passion and desire for the logistics industry. He has in the last 5 years earned the respect of a vast transport network. This was achieved with his drive and passion for the business. Michael is very passionate about every project undertaken. He has adapted a modern business belief of “putting yourself out in the market”. He is highly motivated and has a honest direct approach. He has learned high levels of responsibilities and will always get the job done. “Where there is will there’s a way” “Our attitude determines our approach to life”.
Managing Director
Freek has a clear and thorough understanding of the transport, logistics and courier service. This vast knowledge has been gained over the last 25 years when Freek started with RTT in 1993. Starting as a holiday job, however his passion and love for the industry kept him there for the next 5 years. Freek was then able to turn his dream into reality and open up his own courier business in 1998. In 2001 Freek bought his first 4 horses and Tri-Axel rigs, and the business fleet has grown since then to over 24 horses with a combination of links and tri-axils. The combination of Freeks diverse industry knowledge and Michael’s desire to achieve sparked a great combination. Freek is old school and believes in straight forward, ethical business and service excellence, rather under committing and over delivering “Do not say a little in many word, but a great deal in a few”.
Finance Director
Michelle has been in container operations and transport brokerage logistics since 2001, where she started gaining valuable knowledge of the entire Logistics chain working for Bidvest SACD. She has many years of operational and marketing experience having managed various container logistics companies. Michelle now heads up the Admin department as she is able to understand the administration requirements from an operational and administration perspective, implementing effective administration and billing systems. Michelle ensures the entire process is excellently managed and queries kept to a minimum and quickly resolved. . Her accounting systems and procedures assist in ensuring efficient service delivery. “Without strategy, execution is aimless. Without execution, strategy is useless”. She firmly believes your Operation is only as strong as your Admin.
Warehouse Director
Francois started in the logistics industry at the age of 19 as a transport controller climbing the corporate ladder from transport controller to client relations and sales manager for one of Port Elizabeth’s biggest logistics firms, by using the experience of corporate industry and studying marketing and sales ended up opening much bigger doors to the outside word. With strong motivation to be successful and one day be a part of his own company, himself, Freek and Michael decided to put their strengths together and open their own container depot.
JFM – VALUES
Ambition
Empowerment
Service excellence
Diversification
Efficiency
Reliability
Dependability
Innovative
Continues improvement and growth
Priding ourselves on reputation