Nicolas Lategan is a director in Simera Holdings and leading Simera Trace. Nicolas developed a competence for innovation commercialization. He operated in the innovation space for several years both in South Africa and abroad. He joined the Simera family in 2017 and in 2023 he started Simera Trace. The potential impact the technology can make, together with its scalability, motivated the team to gear the company towards the mining industry. Nicolas is married and has two teenage boys of whom he is extremely pleased.