From 1931 to 1935 he was appointed chief electrical engineer at Iscor. In 1935 he moved to the Union Corporation (UC).[5] He was appointed to several senior positions during his time at UC, including Chairman of the Board of Kinross, Bracken, East Geduld, Grootvlei, Leslie and other gold mines. He was Managing Director from 1954[6] and Chairman of UC from 1962 to 1972, after which time he retired.[4][5]
During the Second World War, General Jan Smuts' government appointed Stratten Head of Technical Production of the Directorate of War Supplies.[1]
From 1 September 1964, Stratten was appointed to the National Finance Corporation[8] (a subsidiary of the South African Reserve Bank from 1949 to 1984), to represent the mining industry.[9]
Recognition, memberships, presentations
Stratten was a member of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE)[4]
He was an associate of the Scientific and Technical Society of South Africa.
Stratten married Mary Adele Morris in 1930 and they had three children, Peter, Thomas and Mary. He was a member of the Rand Club, The Johannesburg Country Club and The Royal Johannesburg Golf club and had a home in Westcliff, Johannesburg.