Course Leader Faculty

Leading Maintenance, Engineering & Operations Expert

Allan Tarita has more than 30 years of practical experience, primarily in the oil & gas industry working initially with Shell Canada before joining Coopers & Lybrand and then PriceWaterhouseCoopers (Sector Leader Oil & Gas Portfolio).

He has developed and specialises in a holistic approach towards asset management and seeks the underlying true definition of maintenance and asset management – that both processes are in simplest terms no more that the art of successfully matching people to equipment and other assets within an organisation. And he has developed a reputation for combining tried and tested techniques with innovative new ideas to target change management, strategy, and strategic cost leadership from both an operations and maintenance perspective using real-life examples and experience to communicate these concepts.

Experienced Management & Leadership Development Facilitator

Avril Culverwell is an experienced facilitator who is passionate about adult learning and has demonstrated her abilities to communicate exceptionally while sharing knowledge and expertise with individuals. As an independent education consultant and a successful business coach Avril has engaged groups of course participants in experiential learning from blue chip organisations in the banking, engineering, petroleum and tourism sectors.

Avril believes that managing and coaching day-to-day employee performance is a MUST. And she certainly speaks from experience. Avril herself has over 35 years of corporate management experience. She has previously been a managing director, general manager, regional manager, sales & marketing manager within the publishing, environmental, clothing and aviation sectors.

Leading Expert in Finance & Related Topic Areas

Carel Spies has over three decades of experience in the financial field. He is an experienced facilitator who specialises in financial focused training courses. Carel is an energetic and motivating Course Leader and his engaging training style will get you thinking in new directions as he shares with you his experiences as well as ideas for how to improve your processes and better manage any financial aspect of your business that may be keeping you awake at night..

Over the past 30 years Carel has been exposed to almost every department and discipline in the business environment and because of this he has the ability to pinpoint problem and inefficient areas very quickly and take the necessary corrective actions.

Specialist in the Development of Policies and Procedures for both Public and Private Sector Organisations

With over 25 years of experience in both the public and private sectors, Cecilia Cronje understands that writing policies and procedures that work can be extremely challenging. But having worked for impressive and diverse organisations such as the Financial Intelligence Centre, Anglo American, the Office of the President and Colomer South Africa she understands that for any organisation to function properly, their policies and procedures must be clearly written and easy to understand and implement.

Cecilia says…“I have heard of many horror stories about how poorly developed policies and procedures have almost derailed many corporate companies! However, I believe that with the right guidance and instruction you can easily eliminate those real-world headaches and loopholes inadvertently created by poor policy and procedure development practices. So, my main aim during this training course is to arm organisations with all of the essential skills required to quickly and easily write effective policies and procedures.” And while her courses are intensive and thorough, her high-energy, easy presentation style, solid content and insights quickly enable each Course Participant to extend and build on his/her knowledge-base.

Specialist in Supply Chain Management for both Public & Private Sector Organisations

Chantal Christiansen is a highly experienced facilitator who has spent more than 15 years involved in the field of procurement. Her broad-base of substantial experience ranges from practical working knowledge on how to develop a SCM policy to SCM process mapping for private sector organisations as well as working with key public sector organisations to integrate the PFMA and BBBEE into their SCM departments. In addition to this Chantal was involved in the development of tender evaluation practices for a leading provincial tourism body in the Western Cape.

Leading Construction Law,FIDIC and New Engineering Contract Expert

Coen Snyman is a respected authority on the application and use of the standard form construction contracts. His expertise and opinions are sought by local and international clients alike and his client list reads like a who’s who including companies like Transnet, Group Five, Anglo American and Eskom (Medupi Power Station) just to name a few.

Coen currently works as an independent consultant to many high profile organisations in the building, engineering and mining industries where he provides procurement and contractual advice on all aspects including disputes and claims relating to the standard forms of construction contracts.

Credit & Debit Training Expert

For more than 30 years, Dave Rosin has been sharing his keen insight and unique understanding of receivables, payables and collections processes both locally and internationally.

Having trained more than 5000 people during the past 10 years he is considered by many as “Mr Credit Management” and he is regularly quoted on radio and in the press as well as appearing on radio and television.

World-Renowned Project Management Expert

Dennis Comninos is an international Project Management consultant, lecturer and author. He specialises in project, strategic and human capital management consulting locally and internationally. He has over 36 years of experience in strategic, general and IT management relating to almost all industries as a business and systems analyst/developer and project manager. In total he has over 30 years of Project Management experience covering strategic IT, development, engineering construction and business projects. He has spent some 25 years lecturing and consulting on the subject.