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“From our point of view, we are fortunate that we have a fairly good balance between the property market, the natural resource market (oil & gas and mining) and the infrastructure sector in Africa. On a year-by-year basis they probably each make up a third, more or less.” This becomes especially significant when one sector is experiencing more challenging periods, like the mining industry is at present, with Turner & Townsend not only able to leverage existing relationships to stay active in a currently insecure market, but to also fall back on its surrounding markets to pick up any of the slack; all of which places the business in the perfect position as it strives towards its next five-year evolution. “In 1999-2004, our business doubled globally, despite it being largely UKorientated,” Donaldson concludes. “We then got together in 2004 and wanted to double it again. It wasn’t by fluke, but by design, that this happened. It was a seminal moment for the business and we knew if we carried on doing the right things, then our five-year plans could prove successful for us. “Our five-year plan at the moment is called Vision 2020, which addresses continued growth and success in Africa and a lot of that is around our panAfrican approach, so in five years time I would expect us to have grown not only in Southern Africa but at a faster pace across the rest of Africa too. “We will also want to mature and to be recognised as leaders in fields we are currently entering, but with critical mass in these places too. “We see huge opportunity and potential in Africa and are excited about what we will see over the next five years. We know markets will ebb and flow, but we’re here for the longterm. We’ve had offices in Africa for 34 years already and are hoping that the business will have grown equally over the next 34 years.”
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