Nishen Naicker  🇿🇦

Nishen Naicker 🇿🇦

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Business and partnership development strategist & broker / Fundraiser / Sponsorship Specialist / Innovative Finance / Impact Investing / Open Innovation / Entrepreneur

  • Education

    • Harvard Business School Online

      2024 - 2024
      Open Innovation
    • Graduate School of Business - University of Cape Town

      2023 - 2023
      Executive Programme Impact Investing in Africa
    • Y Combinator

      2024 - 2024
      Start up school Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Experience

    • KNOWCRIME

      Jan 2009 - Jul 2010
      Project Manager

      • Responsible for the development of organisation strategy and budget• Marketed & promoted the organisations work and plans to various national stakeholders• Responsible for funding solicitation and meeting projects needs• Implementation of various crime preventative initiatives • Management of volunteers • Public relations, newspaper articles , radio interviews, television, presentations• Website management & newsletter editor • Received the eThekwini Mayoral Excellence Award for the year 2009 in crime prevention category Show less

    • Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Southern Africa

      Aug 2010 - Feb 2011
      Face to Face Fundraiser

      • Engaged in face to face fundraising signing up monthly field partners to ensure the sustainability of the all urgent work nationally and internationally.• Raised public awareness on relevant issues, in particular of the plight of people at various risk.• Promoted the organisations work in South Africa, primarily in response to the HIV/ AIDS epidemic.• Fundraising research and analyzing of individual giving patterns/profiles• Donor Cultivation

    • SANCB

      Mar 2011 - Jul 2016
      Programme Manager: Fundraising and Public Relations/ Business Developer

      • Responsible for organisation's strategic fundraising plan and budget.• Management of 7 staff members which include 2 fund development officers, donor relations officer, communications and publications officer, direct mail coordinator, bequest officer and information officer.• Responsible for managing all fundraising activities including a healthy direct mail program, individual donors, SMME’s, SA CSI portfolio, international donors, bequest program, trusts and foundations, school and churches, special campaigns such as Casual Day, E-giving, mobile giving and fundraising events such as stakeholder’s gatherings.• Responsible for managing all organisational public relations and communication activities including advocacy projects, monthly newsletters, special events, communication plans and media related exposure through various media platforms such as social media and conventional media. Show less

    • Inclusive Education South Africa

      Aug 2016 - now
      Head of Partnerships and Engagement / Partnership Consultant

      • Responsible for organisational strategic fundraising plan• Development of partnerships with International grant making organisations, CSI South Africa, Trusts & Foundations, Individuals and non-profit organisations.• Researching and testing alternative and innovative financing models.• Advocating for the successful implementation of White Paper 6: Inclusive Education

    • Africa Check

      Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
      Head of Partnerships & Engagement

      Building Partnerships around ensuring equal access to facts.

    • Thinklink

      Jan 2020 - now
      Chief Partnership Officer
    • Mental Wellness Intiative

      Apr 2020 - now
      Founding Partner & Executive Director

      MWI is a diverse collective of mental health practitioners with the shared vision of delivering mental health at the core of development priorities and other activities in South Africa

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Golden key

      Golden Key International Honour Society
    • Dare to Lead Trained

      Dare to Lead™ Trained
      Oct 2021
    • Online Masterclass: How to Use Storytelling as a Leadership Tool

      GIBS Business School (Gordon Institute of Business Science)
      May 2024
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  • Volunteer Experience

    • GSB Entrepreneurship Club: 13th Annual Conference

      Issued by Graduate School of Business - University of Cape Town on Sept 2023
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    • Fundraising support

      Issued by TEDxPretoria on Jul 2022
      TEDxPretoriaAssociated with Nishen Naicker 🇿🇦
    • Session Leader - International Fundraising Congress 2014 Netherlands

      Issued by The Resource Alliance on Oct 2014
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    • Board Member

      Issued by Hope Warriors Children's Charity on Apr 2015
      Hope Warriors Children's CharityAssociated with Nishen Naicker 🇿🇦