Thabo Mbeki, cited in:

This tells all of us that this person whose working day will not be governed by the hours he is contracted to work, but by the quality of the product he will have produced by the end of that working day.

I also came to realise that selling is part of our lives. Those who are masters at it - be it selling ideas, products or services - can influence the future. Selling is an important leadership competence.

Expectations were high, my performance low. I knew the subject, but somehow couldn’t articulate my ideas coherently. Delegates didn’t hold back when it came to criticism and told me afterwards that my strategy was unclear, my content muddled and that I had given them no clear direction. It would have been so easy for me to have run my presentation by Louis in the days before I gave it - but I hadn’t wanted to subject myself to negative feedback. So I’d blundered on. I felt that I’d blown it and feared being sent back home.

Louis Guelette, cited in:

We had discovered a potential leader, a bright man with a high level of attention for others and an incredible ability to motivate people around him - not only those who reported to him, but also his peers.

There are people able to unite teams wherever they are - Mteto is one of them.

I enjoyed working with this great man.

Mark Harris, cited in:

Leadership in a multinational company requires strong communication skills, forthright management styles, personal business drive and organisational development. Mteto was a very humble individual and was very quiet in his approach but he demonstrated an intellectual capability that clearly showed his talents.