Kobus Terblanche is Chief Operating Officer of Linc Energy.

Kobus started his career in basic R&D with Sasol. He then participated in the establishment of Mossgas, the commercial GTL facility in South Africa. He moved to PetroSA as General Manager of Corporate Strategy and New Ventures. Prior to joining Linc Energy, Kobus turned around and managed a refining, storage and logistics business for Glencore in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as Vice-President and Executive Director. He joined Linc Energy as General Manager GTL in 2008 and was appointed to his present position in April, 2010.

Kobus has a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pretoria (South Africa), specialising in Fischer-Tropsch slurry technology and has furthered his business skills at the Stanford University (Executive Management – Sloane School) and the University of London (Masters degree in Financial Economics).