MBL, MSc HRM, BSc, Exec Dip Bus Leadership, Dip Ed, Dip Pers Mgt, Cert- Project Mgt, Facilitation, Assessment, On Job Methodologies, Train Driver, Risk Mgt ISO-31000

Appointed Operations Manager in 2023. Bakhile joined BBR in January 2007 after serving in the Ministry of Education for 10 years. He joined as a trainee train driver and rose through the ranks to the current position. After training, he worked as a train driver for six years before he was appointed Station Manager for Beitbridge and Colleen Bawn Stations in October 2016. He served in that capacity before being appointed Chief Controller in July 2021. Bakhile was thereafter promoted to the position of Operations Manager in 2023. The position involves providing strategic direction and leadership in the following departments – Operations, Technical (locomotives), Technical (rolling stock) and Infrastructure. His other involvement at BBR include being appointed as the first Risk Champion for BBR in 2019, Compliance Officer for BBR Pension Fund Board in 2022, Management Representative at BBR Works Council in 2022, member of BBR EXCO, member of Southern African Railways Association EXCO.

His interests in business include:

• Human capital development and motivation
• Performance management
• Managing Operations
• Managing organizational change