About Summits Africa
equal opps
:: how we began :: career
progression :: management team /
sales team
Equal opportunities
and a fair deal
If you expect to be the best then you can
never exploit your workforce. Summits Africa tries to keep
all of our team constantly involved and well paid. We attempt
to create a career path for all of our team to progress through
training and sponsorship opportunities. We expect and hope
that the best of our teams will one day run their own companies
and teams with a similar ethos and commitment to their fellow
workers. Summits Africa is an equal opportunities employer
and we do have a written series of commitments
that make up our code of conduct.
How we began
6 years in the making Summits Africa was
created through the combined experience and vision of over
50 dedicated Kilimanjaro and trekking specialists from senior
managers to porters. Most of the Summits Africa team have
been working together since 2001 shaping the way we do business
and that makes for a very dedicated and close nit team. It
is that team is Summits Africa. Members start at the bottom
and work up - after all if you have been a porter as a guide
you can properly emphathise with their position and earn their
respect.
Career progression
At Summits Africa the formal career progression
path for most team members is as follows:
- Porter
- camp crews
- Trainee guide
- Assistant guide
- Head Guide
- Trip leader
Our management team is also made up from
head guides and trip leaders that have taken the initiative
and shown interest in Management. Where ever possible we always
try to hire from within and promote according to initiative
and competence backed up by supplemental training.
Management
team
All of the management team are also trip
leaders as well as managers. As they are on the ground managing
and also spend some time of the year leading trips their product
knowledge is always up to date and first hand. We expect all
of our management team and sales team to have been to all
areas we cover or have participated in trips we run so that
our clients always receive the most accurate information on
a given topic. Two key players you are very likely to meet
are:
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Ake Lindstrom:
founder and General Manager of Summits Africa. Most likely
to be seen at briefings or evacuations. Preferably the
former! With an slightly more than healthy addiction to
systems and a love for the great outdoors, Ake has lead
many trips on Kilimanjaro, developed many of the adventure
trips Summits Africa operates and is a good person to
bounce itinerary ideas off. You can contact Ake on ake@summits-africa.com
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Emanuel Motta:
Operations Director and guy with the most time consuming
job of all! The Summits Africa way of operating means
keeping in constant contact with all crew, porters, cooks
and sales team as well as checking every zip and peanut
that goes on a Summits Africa trip! Hard to catch him
without a grin on his face and he lost count of the number
of times he climbed Kilimanjaro after 50 or so ascents.
You can contact Emanuel on emanuel@summits-africa.com
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