Experience

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  Parliament of the republic of south africa

  Jan 1995 - Jun 1996

  Constitutional assembly: provincial education manager

  Managed the public education and outreach programme in the KZN Province, during the drafting of the new South African Constitution. The public submissions gathered in our education workshops were fed into the multi-party negotiations at the Constitutional Assembly, which was the interim Parliament of tge new South African democracy. Our public education team collected over 4 million public submissions, which was a world record in a democracy-building process.

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  Ministry of environmental affairs & tourism

  Jan 1996 - Dec 1998

  Ministerial media officer

  1. Spokesperson for the Minister of Environmental Affairs & Tourism (including Fisheries)2. In charge of all ministerial communications and public relations3. Media Liaison and media statements4. Parliamentary liaison5. Speech-writing for the Minister and Deputy Minister

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  Telkom sa

  Jan 1998 - Dec 2003

  Executive regulatory affairs; e-society new business partnerships; parliamentary liaison

  My roles at Telkom included:1. Parliamentary & Cabinet Liaison and Lobbyist2. Developing new e-Society business development and partnerships (B2B, B2G)3. Managing the team of Regulatory Lawyers engaging with the telecoms Regulator ICASA

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  Denel sa

  Jan 2003 - Dec 2005

  Executive chief of staff

  1. Executive support to the CEO2. Government Relations3. Disposal of non-core assets4. Corporate governance

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  Gabriel & associates (pty) ltd

  Jan 2005 - now

  Managing director

  Over the past 19 years I have successfully completed consulting assignments for NGOs, governments and the private sector, across diverse industries and sectors, in many countries.Consulting projects delivered: 1. Stakeholder engagement strategy 2. Strategy facilitation and co-creation 3. Sustainable development 4. Project and change management 5. Research and policy writing 6. Training 7. Knowledge Management 8. Communications

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  Universal service and access agency

  Dec 2006 - Dec 2009

  Chairperson of the board

  Appointed by the Minister of Communications a Chairperson of this Agency, which promotes access to telecoms and broadcasting in rural and under-serviced areas.

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  Talentline consulting group

  Jan 2011 - Nov 2018

  Practice leader; senior consultant

  1. Programme Manager for the Transnet HRM Training Programme delivered by the University of Johannesburg and TalentLine Consulting Group. 2. Acting Practice Leader (COO) and lead consultant for a 2 year period. Clients included Eskom Leadership Institute; Vaal University of Technology; Illembe Economic Development Agency; ICASA; Goldfields; ISETT SETA.

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  Bmit

  Mar 2020 - Mar 2022

  Member board of directors

  I was a Director of BMI-TECHKNOWLEDGE GROUP where my main focus was on the stakeholder management role on consulting projects, and leading the Customer Satisfaction Survey business unit. Clients and projects included (1) the Broadband Feasibility study team for the Development Bank of SA, the Department of Communications and Digital Technology, and the National Treasury; Stakeholder Satisfaction Survey for Parliament SA and project manager for various smaller projects, such as a Market Strategy for Broadband Infraco and a research survey project for FTI Consulting. Show less

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  Institute of stakeholder relations

  Sept 2023 - now

  Executive director & co-founder

  www.stakeholderinstitute.org

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  Undp

  Nov 2023 - now

  Independent consultant

  Knowledge management; Stakeholder management

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  Old mutual limited

  Apr 2024 - Jul 2024

  Strategy advisor

  Appointed in an advisory role to review and improve the OML Stakeholder Relations Strategy.