The Business Women's
Networking and Inspirational Initiative
in support of Charity
SOME OF OUR SPEAKERS
RAYLAND DUNBAR
THE FINANCIAL XPERT
"I aim to entice you to start taking better care of your finances and to start living with a financial purpose".
Rayland Dunbar - The Financial Xpert
With 20 years experience in the Financial Services Industry, Rayland Dunbar - The Financial Xpert, feels that she is just getting started!
Rayland Dunbar has a number of projects, which she focuses and dedicates her time and energy to. These projects include Education, Empowerment, Mentorship and Financial Programmes for South Africans who want to learn to take control of their finances and become financially successful and independent.
Rayland also spends many hours in consultation with her clients, ensuring that they are well protected and on track to financial freedom.
To contact Rayland Dunbar for Xpert Financial Advice, please email her on rayland@women4women.co.za.
NDILEKA MANDELA
FOUNDER - THE THEMBEKILE MANDELA FOUNDATION
Former President Nelson Mandela's granddaughter Ndileka, is continuing with Madiba's legacy to enhance education in rural areas.
Ndileka has launched a new foundation in honour of her father and Madiba's eldest son Thembekile, who died in a car accident in 1969.
The Thembekile Mandela Foundation will focus on education, health and youth development in rural areas. Its first project will be to refurbish the hostels Clarke Berry School in the Eastern Cape. Ndileka says she wants the memory of her father to live on.
TMF is focused on Health and Education, programmes that were started by Nelson Mandela via his Foundation (the Nelson Mandela Foundation). The NMF mandate has since changed to Centre of Memory.
The 'Pride of the Rural Girl' sanitary pads initiative is an ongoing programme. This year,TMF is aiming to sponsor 80 000 learners with a year's supply of sanitary pads per learner. We have partnered with HAPPY DAY, who are offering a year's supply of sanitary pads at 180.00 per learner. We are inviting Small, Medium and Large companies to join us in making a girl child proud.
HAYDEE ANTEZANA
IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
& CEO PROFESSIONAL IMPRESSIONS
Bolivian born, Haydee Antezana is the CEO of Professional Impressions. An internationally certified impression management specialist and co-author, Haydee has 21 years of experience in the fields of Personal Branding, Corporate Image and Etiquette.
She holds the prestigious CSP accreditation-the highest designation a professional speaker can attain internationally. She is 1 of 2 women to achieve this award in SA. Haydee represents South Africa on the Board of Advisors of the Professional Women Network
(based in the USA) & served as a past president of the Association of Image Consultants. As a sought after celebrity advisor and motivational speaker, Haydee has wowed thousands of men and women with her wealth of practical knowledge, honest outlook, tongue in cheek humour and powerful message.
She contributed towards launching the first South African Idols contestants to fame and has coached Miss South Africa and the pageant finalists for the past 11 years. On a yearly basis she coaches and develops thousands of delegates from the A-Z of national and international companies.
Haydee is proof – a woman can achieve anything she sets her mind to at any age. She is 46 and pregnant with twins!
SHELLEY WALTERS
PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER, TRAINING & COACHING
Shelley has over 15 year experience presenting at a board room level, on radio and in seminars and conferences.
Having started in corporate presentations in 1999 Shelley went on to Co present Kingfisher FM’s breakfast show for over 4 years. Since moving to Johannesburg in 2011 Shelley has personally been trained by Michael Jackson – SA’s busiest conference and events speaker, Greg Secker the Founder of Knowledge to Action and Andy Harrington the founder of the Public Speakers University.
Shelley has spoken at over 300 conferences in South Africa, London, Amsterdam and Warsaw and in December 2012 Shelley took on her first coaching client and since then has coached clients in all these regions.
She brings experience, depth of knowledge and passion, committed and dedicated to seeing that every one of her clients is able to consistently present at a world class level!
COLLEEN LARSEN
FOUNDER & CEO WOMEN OF BUSINESS ENGAGE
and THE GENDER MAINSTREAMING AWARDS
Colleen Larsen is founder and CEO Women of Business Engage (www.businessengage.co.za) and the Gender Mainstreaming Awards, an initiative to reward private sector who are buying into diversity especially regarding gender mainstreaming. (www.genderawards.co.za).
She is the author of two books :-
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Best Practices in Gender Mainstreaming for the Private Sector
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Gender Matters – A Practical Response to the Slippery Ladder (due out later this year)
She is also :-
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Custodian of the 30% Club Southern Africa (see www.30percentclub.org.za).
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Representative on the Steering committee for the International Labour Organisation programme on gender.
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Colleen is one of eleven ILO cadre in South Africa accredited by the ILO as experts in women entrepreneurship development.
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She is also accredited by the ILO to carry out participatory gender reviews in companies.
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Finalist in SA's Most Influential Women in Business and Government Award 2012 and nominated once again for 2013.
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Founding member - New Faces New Voices – a group established by Mrs Graça Machel to uplift women in the financial services industry & facilitate access to finance for women.
DR PATRICIA HAWKE
SPECIALIST GYNAECOLOGIST AND OBSTETRICIAN
PUBLIC SPEAKER
Respected gynae Dr Pat Hawke has a private practice in the Northern Suburbs of Johannesburg, operating from the Olivedale Clinic.
Originally from Matabele South in Zimbabwe, Pat completed her schooling at Durban Girls' College before obtaining her medical degree at the University of Cape Town where she graduated in 1974, specialised in 1979. Pat's first appointment was at the Walter Sisulu Paediatric Cardiac Foundation for Africa and she started a solo private practice in 1983.
Recognised as being one of the foremost gynaes in Johannesburg, Pat's down to earth practicality, whacky sense of humour and warm personality make her a popular speaker.
Despite her hectic work schedule, Pat manages to dedicate time to her personal passions - photography, indigenous gardening, Steven King and animal conservation, both domestic and wild. A woman of many talents, she is just as comfortable wielding her surgical instruments as she is with her vast collection of power tools - mastering her interest in DIY home renovations!
TABITHA HUME
CLINICAL DIETICIAN, AUTHOR
& PUBLIC SPEAKER
Tabitha Hume is a Registered Clinical Dietician living in Bryanston and working in Sandton, with the Vitalab Team, treating mainly PCOS, overweight, metabolic syndrome, ADD and eating disorders.
Tabitha completed a 3-year BSc at UCT majoring in Medical Physiology and Psychology, after which she completed a 2-year BSc (MED) (HONS) Nutrition & Dietetics degree at UCT. She then studied further at Wits University but left to start a private practice before completing the thesis.
Tabitha started private practice and wrote the first bestselling book, “The X Diet”.
Following this, the practice grew such that she set up The X Clinics in JHB, CT and Durban and went on to write another 3 books: “The X Diet Cookbook”, “Women & Food: exposing the relationship between women, food and depression” and then “The 14 Day X Diet”. These were all best sellers.
Tabitha is a regular contributor to radio (702, Classic FM, Radio Islam, SAFM) as well as television, magazines and newspapers.
She lectures to schools, companies, corporates and the general public about sensible and safe nutrition therapies for different disorders.
She has just completed her recent book, “The New X Diet; Have Your Cake and Eat It”, which is available on her website, www.tabithahume.com.
ANGELA JAMES
FOUNDER, CEO & ALCHEMIST
ALIGNMENT STRATEGIST
Angela James is the Founder and CEO of 7 Generations and Align-Ed Network. She is an expert at facilitating the development of transformative business strategy and aligning brand, and internal organisation culture, and people through stories. Her expertise is developing disruptive communications, education, learning solutions as the mechanism and medium that facilitates alignment.
Prior to her entrepreneurial career, Angela was employed by Southern Sun Hotels in the capacity of Training Manager. She worked within a Support (Head) Office and Regional role in the training and development of InterContinental Hotels and Garden Court Brand management and staff. She also held the portfolio for middle management development for the Group. Before entering the Hospitality Industry, she gained extensive experience in developing middle managers and capacity building at ABSA Bank in a career that spanned 11 years.
Angela was educated at University of Witwatersrand (BA Psychology) and UNISA (BA HONS Psychology). She has extensive experience in Learning and Talent Management, Marketing Messaging, Culture and Brand Management, The Experience Economy, Transformation and Change Management and Organisational Development. Angela is currently a graduate of the Goldman Sachs GIBS 10000 Women Entrepreneurial Development Programme.
Her strengths lie in seeing interconnections between different disciplines; predicting the impact of trends and the creation of context within which people and organisations operate. Angela is insightful, visionary and entranced by South Africa and African philosophy and storytelling as a means to learning. She is a lifelong learner, passionate about the development of people, potential and possibility. She has a fundamental belief in the promise of the Rainbow Nation and is inspired by awakening potential in others.
Contact details:
Email: angela@align-ed.co.za
Cell: 0825664236
Skype: angelajames5
Web: www.align-ed.co.za
LEBO PULE
CEO OF LEBO PULE BUSINESS NETWORKS
Lebo Pule is a seasoned entrepreneur, and a social activist. She is considered an intellectual, a maverick and wise beyond her years by Emerging Stars African Magazine. She is currently a founder and CEO of LEBO PULE BUSINESS NETWORKS, a sales agency where they specialise in Sales Advisory/consultancy, Lead Generation and Sales Training. They also do team building facilitation and strategic planning for sales teams in coporates and smaller organisation.
Lebo Pule Business Networks is a second formal business. In 2002 she established her first formal business Exquisite Interiors an Office Furniture and office alterations entity at the age of 26. With over 13 years as an entrepreneur Lebo Pule having learnt many valuable lessons from her past entrepreneurial mistakes - She travels around the country talking on entrepreneurship sharing and teaching emerging entrepreneurs to avoid some avoidable mistakes and how to learn from mistakes already made.
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She has been nominated for the Shoprite Checkers Woman of the year award for 2011.
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She is featured as one of South African’s most inspirational women in a coffee table book.
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She is featured in the latest book called South Africa’s young best Entrepreneurs
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She is a coach and Facilitator for ENABLIS Entrepreneurial Network South Africa
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She has spoken at UCT GSB on Social Entrepreneurship
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She has addressed BMF members on the importance of supporting Entrepreneurs
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She has addressed the Sasol Black Professionals forum on Transformational Leadership as well as facilitated a strategic planning session for the Forum’s leadership
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She Facilitated a woman’s day even for the Department of Trade and Industry
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She has co-lectured classes of MBA students at Milpark Business School
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She is also a brand new author of a book ALONE – Growing up in Alexandra.
NIAMH McGUIRK LUBBE
HOD NATIONAL WELLNESS DEPARTMENT
PLANET FITNESS
Originally from Ireland but living in South Africa since 2012. I am married to a South African, Michael Lubbe.
I’ve been in the fitness industry for 12 years now, gaining most of my experience in the UK and Ireland. I’m currently head of the Wellness department for Planet Fitness on a National level. This involves Product development to ensure we stay fresh in the industry.
Although I am an experienced Personal Trainer, most of my experience lies in the education and development of Group Fitness programmes and instructors, specifically the Les Mills programmes recently launched in South Africa. I am a UK & Ireland National Les Mills Trainer & Presenter and proud to be developing these programmes, along with exciting new PUMA programmes with Planet Fitness here in South Africa.
NOZIPHO MHLAMBI
SCHOOL VISITS CO-ORDINATOR & TRAINEE PERSONAL ASSISTANT
JOBURG BALLET
Nozipho Mhlambi was born in 1980 in Witbank in a small place previously known as New Largo and now resides in Sebokeng.
She matriculated 1998 at Mehlwana Secondary School. During her school years, she was involved in netball team, drums majorettes, choral music and drama.
In 2003 she was a backup singer of a gospel singer Amos Mphahlele, in 2004 to 2007 was a coordinator and backup singer for a gospel group called Sister in Praise.
She holds a Security Guard Certificate, a Call Centre Agent Certificate and is currently studying towards a Sales and Marketing Diploma.
In 2013 she joined Sibikwa Art Centre on a Leanership Programme and was successfully placed at Joburg Ballet, for an Arts Administration Internship. She has now been appointed as a School Visits Coordinator and Trainee Personal Assistant, for Joburg Ballet.
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