Experience

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  Siemens

  Feb 1993 - Aug 1996

  Sales engineer - cape region

  Appointed as Electronics Sales Engineer & Support for the Cape Region. Sales, R&D facilitator offering new products and workable solutions in the Telecomms Industry and Turn-Key Electronics Manufacturing businesses.Siemens Components was component sales and R&D driven division.

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  Molex

  Sept 1996 - Feb 2001

  Sales engineer - cape region

  Appointed as Interconnects Sales Engineer for the Cape Region with Molex Interconnects SA a division of Molex USA. Main focus Interconnects Sales, R&D facilitator offering new products and workable solutions in the Telecomms & Fiber Industry and Turn-Key Electronics Manufacturing businesses.

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  Elethu risk consulting services

  Jan 2001 - now

  Innovations director

  Assisting clients with placement of their commercial / personal insurance risk. We offer innovative ways of optimizing risk benefits at lower rates and premiums."A NEW WAY IN RISK MANAGEMENT"

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  Falcon electronics

  Mar 2001 - Feb 2002

  Sales engineer (amp & molex)

  Selling of AMP Fibre Connectors & Cabling for premise Networks.

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  Absa insurance brokers

  Mar 2002 - Jan 2003

  Broker consultant

  I worked as a call centre agent in (INBOUND & OUTBOUND) also worked from leads generated by ABSA Vehicle & Asset Finance Dept. Main focus was to Underwrite and offer competative quotes on personal lines insurance products. We offer various quotes from insurers like; Regent, ABSA, Hollard, Santam SA Eagle/ Zurich etc. Also trained on all product providers as in features and benefits of all products I was offering to most of my clients.

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  Absa group

  Mar 2003 - Feb 2004

  Call centre sales advisor
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  Business outsurance

  Feb 2004 - May 2012

  Direct sales executive

  • Manage leads process and calling clients to discuss their insurance needs, cold calling to source new business.• Completing client’s needs analysis from scratch.• Converting Multi-mark policies to OUTsurance product offering.• Quote presentation and selling our products and benefits.• Client visits, prepare proposals, negotiate and finalise deals.• Building relationships with all stakeholders in the industry we serve.• Achieve a monthly written premium of R 220,000.00 per month highest sale to date.• I ran the Fleet Dept. for heavy commercial vehicles for 3 years with OUTsurance. My focus was to service all couriers, long and short distance transport companies owning a minimum of 10 trucks & trailers or more. Furthermore, I used to cold call on Corporates owning huge Fleet for their entire company’s and branches. I was very successful and as result, I closed huge Fleet deals. • Also monitor clients Fleet insurance loss ratio performance for annual re-rates• Underwrite Fleet, Commercial and Personal lines products.• Set Monthly targets for my team as per PBS, and train advisors on our Fleet product.• Do an OUTsurance Fleet product presentation to most of my potential clients. Show less

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  Democratic people's organisation sa

  Mar 2011 - now

  General secretary

  Community outreach and Empowerment.Deal with service delivery related issues.

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  Elethu group

  Jun 2012 - Mar 2015

  Group innovations director

  • Introduce Risk Management Solutions to Government Departments. • Monitor State Owned Company Asset THEFT and Tracking Recoveries.• Project Planning and Pilot Project Rollout.• Presentation of products and benefits.• Prepare proposals, negotiate and finalise deals.• Building relationships with all stakeholders in the industry we serve.

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  Takt consulting services

  May 2013 - Jan 2014

  Insurance claim investigator (m/v theft, accidents)

  • Client interviews and validations of claim, visit scenes.• Compile a chronological report of the claim assigned.• Investigate all aspects of the Accident report and Claim etc.• Validate all aspects of insurable interest and minimizing loss.• Building good relationships with clients and all stakeholders in the industry we serve.

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  National african farmers union (nafu)

  May 2014 - Dec 2014

  Assistant to the ceo

  Manage and Source New Ventures for Farming Opportunities around South Africa- Cattle Farming- Fruit & Vegetables Farming

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  Business outsurance

  Feb 2015 - Jun 2016

  Commercial executive agent

  • Manage leads process and calling clients to discuss their insurance needs, cold calling to source new business. • Completing client’s needs analysis from scratch. • Converting Multi-mark policies to OUTsurance product offering. • Quote presentation and selling our products and benefits. • Client visits, prepare proposals, negotiate and finalise deals. • Building relationships with all stakeholders in the industry we serve.• Maintain my monthly targets as a broker agent and building a solid book at the same time. Show less

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  Prestige club sa

  Jan 2016 - now

  Founder & operations director
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  Miway insurance limited

  Jul 2017 - Jan 2019

  Bia - account manager (business field agent)

  • Business Insurance Advisor • Manage leads process and calling clients to discuss their insurance needs, cold calling to source new business. • Completing client’s needs analysis from scratch. • Converting Multi-mark policies to MiWay product offering. • Quote presentation and selling our products and benefits. • Client visits, prepare proposals, negotiate and finalise deals. • Building relationships with all stakeholders in the industry we serve. • Look for new niche markets to offer our insurance products. • Maintain my monthly performance targets. Show less

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  Discovery limited

  Feb 2019 - May 2019

  Discovery insure - dfc financial advisor specialist
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  Prestige group sa

  May 2019 - now

  Founder & ceo

  The first ever Innovative and motoring club in South Africa.

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  Mountvista boutique hotel

  Oct 2023 - Dec 2023

  Director of business operations

  Stream lining operational procedures, hiring staff and upgrading building requirements based on health and safety requirements.