Marco Wentzel

CEO, Trans Hex Group

Marco Wentzel is CEO of Trans Hex Group.

Trans Hex is a diamond mining company, founded in 1965, with marine and land operations in South Africa and Namibia and interests in Angola. Delisted from the JSE at the end of 2019, it bought International Mining and Dredging Holdings in mid-2022 to build its marine mining arm.

In the job

  1. Trans Hex acquired International Mining and Dredging Holdings, renamed Trans Hex Marine Group, to expand into marine and offshore diamond mining. Source

Career before

  1. 1998-2015Professional rugby lock, including Leicester Tigers, Leeds Carnegie and London Wasps

Sources

  1. transhex.co.za
  2. transhex.co.za
  3. miningmx.com
  4. en.wikipedia.org

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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