Team/Brondal

Brondal Site

Our Brondal site is where we installed our first plant. It is located 20km from Mbombela (formally Nelspruit) in a small industrial area. On site, as well as our pilot plant, we have our office facilities, laboratory and staff quarters with 10 bedrooms.

All of our staff are from around the area. Skilled labour is sourced from the nearby cities and villages, whereas general labour is recruited from our neighbouring squatter camp.

Factory

Pleasure Mthembu

Plant Manager

Pleasure Mthembu was born and raised in the area, in Sabie, Mpumalanga. He is a qualified electrical technician with both electrical and mechanical engineering experience. Since his career started in 2014, he has worked in the saw-milling industry as well as running a pellet making plant. Pleasure is a team leader who started from the ground through learning, hard work, dedication, focus and passion for his job. He believes that education does not end, and that we should learn new things everyday.

Pleasure is married and has two kids, a boy and a girl. In his free time, he loves spending time with his wife and kids, and taking them on family vacations.

Pleasure feels it is a great privilege to be a part of B10, and is honoured to take on the journey to start saving the planet together by removing carbon from our atmosphere. He believes that B10 will make the world a better place.

Tobias Munk

Founder

Tobias Munk boasts 30 years of extensive trading experience, primarily in the options markets, including bond options, currency options, and power and natural gas options. Over the past 15 years, he has specialized in market-making options within the environmental carbon markets, such as the EU-ETS.

A firm believer in the principle of putting one’s money where one’s mouth is, Tobias is now dedicating most of his time to the B10 venture, aiming to make a positive impact on our world.

In his spare time, Tobias enjoys keeping up with the imaginative ideas of his 8-year-old daughter. He, along with his wife and daughter, cherishes the privilege of traveling the world. For Tobias, making air travel carbon neutral through the B10 venture would be the icing on the cake.

Office

Jaco van Staden

Sales Manager

After completing his National Service with the SANDF and spending time travelling, Jaco embarked on a career that combined technical skill, entrepreneurship, and a deepening connection with the natural environment. He qualified as an electrician and started his first business in Johannesburg.

Seeking a lifestyle more aligned with his love for the outdoors, Jaco and his family relocated to Sabie in the Mpumalanga Lowveld. When his business got him involved in the timber industry, Jaco transitioned into agricultural fertiliser sales, focusing on organic inputs across Mpumalanga. This sparked his passion for sustainable and regenerative farming practices.

Jaco is convinced that the long-term success of commercial agriculture depends on how farmers nurture and build their soils. He is especially committed to the potential of biochar as a transformative input. As a Sales Specialist he champions soil health as the foundation for resilient, profitable, and sustainable farming systems.