City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
I am a dedicated and driven Senior Management professional with experience in international and corporate immigration law. My background includes vast responsibility for overseeing a full client offer in services around immigration advisory and compliance. I build, develop and sustain strong working relations with corporate clients and government agencies to drive the development agenda of African countries. Although I have been employed by some of the key players in the industry, I have also founded my own company previously, involving full business management and the overseeing of a full client package to individuals and corporate customers. As a confident and articulate communicator, I am professional in my approach. I am able to deliver persuasive presentations and have also previously made TV appearances and radio presentations. Extremely organised and highly self-motivated, I achieve targets and meet deadlines consistently. I am a strong leader of others, and facilitate training to ensure the continuous high standards of delivery at all times, while working in accordance to relevant and up to date legislation. I have an absolute passion to progress further as a specialist in Africa. During my employment with Ernst and Young, I have been selected to travel throughout Africa to lobby with governments, understand local culture, and understand the mobility landscape in Africa. The knowledge that I have acquired in the last 3 years is something that will be invaluable to future employers that is looking in to expansion into Africa. I am passionate about Africa and its amazing opportunities. Recent focus countries include:Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Mauritania, Gabon, Benin, Congo and Senegal. I am actively seeking employment following recent resignation. Should you be interested in discussing further the benefit which I can bring to your company, don’t hesitate to contact me at [email protected]
Resource Manager – Mechanical Engineering, leading the team of Technical Field Advisors from SSA & NAF region, while serving as the focal point for the SSA region demands.
• Utilize Lean principles, mainly: Process Mapping, Waste Elimination, and others to drive culture of continuous improvement, streamline existing processes/procedures, drive improvements in speed, accuracy, and cost-reduction while compliantly fulfilling regional/cross regional immigration deliverables • Employ Lean problem-solving tools and principles to proactively identify, define, isolate, and resolve/prevent complex, strategic mobilization problems across multiple countries or regions • Apply advanced subject matter expertise to lead, oversee and/or participate in highly complex immigration projects by communicating and coordinating requirements, roles and responsibilities, determining milestones, assessing optional courses of action, changing assumptions and direction when necessary, implementing results and expediting fulfillment • Serve as major point of escalation to advise best course of action or provide innovative, out-of-the-box, compliant, solutions during emergency, irregular or unknown mobility situations within a particular region • Use advanced industry knowledge to advise, audit, and report on risk mitigation processes and policies based on prescribed risk tolerance• Managing a team of immigration specialists who are responsible for inbound and outbound mobilizations within multiple countries and regions • Use subject matter expertise to oversee and coordinate large and complex immigration projects and situations • Establish guidance and deploy resources to meet immigration needs in conjunction with function leadership• Provide input into immigration policy updates and provide training to the business and key stakeholders as required
I have recently decided to offer my services to companies needing ad-hoc immigration advice, government lobbying for problematic visa applications or quotas and workshops for companies wishing to expand their footprint in Africa. My success in assisting my clients speaks for itself. My background includes vast responsibility for overseeing a full client offer in services around immigration advisory and compliance. I build, develop and sustain strong working relations with corporate clients and government agencies to drive the development agenda of African countries. Please feel free to contact me if you require further details or need any assistance.
Accountable for the Immigration Coordination in the Human Capital division , with 102 direct reports Responsible for client services and all aspects of Immigration and Relocation matters, providing high levels of achievement in managing multi-disciplinary and multi-national assignments; demonstrated strong knowledge of International Immigration matters, focusing on International Immigration Law Conducted various related activities including the management of marketing, administration, media and public relations relevant to Immigration and Global Mobility areas Increased new business development opportunities and project managing corporate services in accordance to organisational requirements Responsible for a vast portfolio of corporate clients with immigration requirements through a network of immigration offices in 34 countries based in Africa; utilizing an advanced technical skill set of immigration processes across the continent Facilitated all technical and operational training across Africa, ensuring immigration best practice Acting single point of referral for Africa, easing communication, increasing efficiency while also ensuring the timely coordination of all immigration requests Developed strong working relations through effective liaison with the client, ensured a streamlined approach Extensive travel with over 50% of time involving traveling to all African countries
Delivered support and increased efficiency for the immigration management team while delivering a high quality service to clients Provided technical support and review of work along with coaching and developing a team of productive staff Effectively networking, identified and managed risk as well as managing key client relationships and projects; generated new business opportunities to improve processes and grow the business through an expanded client offer Supporting and coaching staff regarding accurate and completeness in the preparing and finalizing of work as well as performance managing, career development planning and facilitating training
Founder and creator of an industry leader organisation, supporting and assisting corporate companies in setting up new offices in Africa and the rest of the world Provided services to individuals, families and corporate clients in all legal procedures while delivered advice and practical solutions regarding personal visas, international work permits and inter-company transfers
Opened and managed the South African office from 2000-2002, beginning a new business internationally utilized a wealth of knowledge regarding the legal and marketing aspects Conducted extensive market research into the market conditions, strategic planning through media campaigns, as well as managing a significant marketing budget Personal television appearances on SABC 2 E-TV and interactive talk shows Participated in interactive radio programs including RSG, Cape Radio, Jacaranda and Radio 2000; also quoted in leading national newspapers the Star, Sunday Times, Cape Argus and Beeld
Strategically planned the opening of four new offices in New Zealand, Ireland, Australia and South Africa, including conducting thorough research into foreign culture, business cultures, procedures, ethics and international immigration law Undertook an extensive range of duties including marketing, delivering legal advice, customer relations management and public relations management