Provident Fund
University of Pretoria Provident Fund: Candidate information
Prof Anton Kok
Faculty/ Department
Faculty of Law (since June 1999)
Position
Associate professor and deputy dean of the Faculty of Law since 2010; acting dean in 2011
Qualifications / Experience
•He holds the following degrees:
BCom (Law)
LLB
LLM
LLD
•Admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa
•Joined the University of Pretoria in June 1999
Mrs Cecilia Myburgh
Faculty/ Department
Department of Enrolment and Student Administration
Position
Director of Enrolment and Student Administration
Qualifications / Experience
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION: Industrial Psychologist (2005) PS 0091391 Registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
TERTIARY EDUCATION:
•University of Pretoria PhD Industrial Psychology 2013 – current
•University of Pretoria MCom Human Resource Management 2003 – 2004
Degree with Ddistinction
Top Student in MCom Masters in HRM (2004)
•University of Pretoria BCom (Hons) Human Resource Management 2002
Degree with Distinction
Best Research article in group BCom Honours HRM
Best Student Award for BCom Honours HRM
•University of Pretoria BCom Human Resource Management 1999 – 2001 Degree with distinction
RECENT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
•Appointed the first Director of a newly integrated Department of Enrolment and Student Administration in September, 2015 at the University of Pretoria;
•Selected to receive a full fellowship to attend Crises Leadership in Higher Education, presented by the Harvard Kennedy School in February 2016, Boston USA.
•Accepted to present at the Strategic Enrolment Conference in the USA on South African enrolment management practices and processes in 2014;
•Selected for the national Universities South Africa’s Higher Education Leadership and Management Programme (HELM) in 2013, completed in 2014;
•Ensured successful implementation of PeopleSoft new Online Application System with major improved efficiencies in 2013;
•Awarded the Dux Docens medal in 2012 by the TUKS Student Representative Council for a significant contribution to the student community, above and beyond normal duties;
•Appointed as functional lead for PeopleSoft Admissions module in 2009, responsible for new system design, functionalities and implementation;
•Since 2003 presented seven (7) papers at international conferences and delivered three (3) presentations to local and international audiences.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF CURRENT POSITION:
•Manage and lead the integrated Department Enrolment and Student Administration, (previously Department of Academic Administration and the Department of Client Service Centre).
•Responsible for all academic administrative functions, systems and processes to support the institution (i.e. general rules and regulations and yearbook administration), the academic functions (i.e. systems, scheduling, records, examinations) and students (i.e. student portal, communication, graduations) as well as the Divisions of General Services and Enquiries.
•Manage and lead four divisions:
1)Recruitment Enrolment and Financial Aid (recruitment, applications, admissions, enrolment management, financial aid office)
2)Systems and User Support (system management, access and user controls, training and coordination)
3)Student Administration (faculty coordination, post office, invigilation and examinations, graduations) and Academic Programmes (regulation amendments, yearbook administration,
Senate secretariat, scheduling of academic calendar, timetables and examinations)
4)General Enquiries and Client Services Operations (service centre, central centre for enquiries, switchboard, cashiers, self-help services)
•Responsible to ensure that the Department functions on a strategic level, in line with institutional strategies and vision.
•Functional reporting to the Registrar, the Director must ensure institution-wide compliance with rules, regulations and policies at the faculties.
•Coordinate administrative functions across the institution and provide leadership to the faculties. Manage the relationship between the Department and faculties by liaising and supporting Deans.
•Financial management of departmental budget ensuring responsible and ethical management of the budgets in line with relevant policies and guidelines.
Mr Charl Joubert
Position
Change and Configuration Manager (since 2001)
Qualifications / Experience
Associations
•Contributing Member (2009 – 2017)
Institute ITSMF – IT Service Management Forum of SA
•Contributing Member (2009 – 2017) SCF – Service Catalogue Forum
•Contributing Member (2005 – 2017) SQL Central – Xpert-Xchange
•Contributing Member (2003 – 2017) IT - OpenWEB
WORK HISTORY
XPS Couriers / FedEx
Job Title: Quality Manager 1994 – 1998
Council for GEOScience
Job Title: Data Manager for GIS Project Year 1991 - 1994
Prof CJP (Nelus) Niemandt
Faculty/ Department
Science of Religion and Missiology (since July 2007)
Position
Head: Science of Religion and Missiology
Qualifications / Experience
•Trustee for the SABS pension fund (employer appointed). Prof Niemandt attended trustee training for this responsibility, which gave him the experience and knowledge to act in the interest of staff members.
•Prof Niemandt was actively involved in management and leadership in the pension fund industry for more than 15 years as vice-chairperson of the Predikante Pensioenfonds, and as chairperson of the Christian Community Pension Fund. These funds were well known in the industry for the innovative approach to member benefits and retirement management and efforts to contain cost.
•Professor Niemandt serves on various faculty committees.
•He was the previous Moderator of the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in South Africa and a patron of the South African Church Leaders Indaba (the broadest body of Christian Church leaders in South Africa).
•He has extensive experience as pastor of a congregation with more than 6000 members (NG Gemeente Weltevreden) where he served for nearly 30 years.
•He regularly appears on TV and participate in radio interviews on issues relating to the church and society. He is also regularly consulted by church bodies on issues relating to the church and society, strategic planning and leadership.
Ms Corlia Laue
Faculty/ Department
Department of Actuarial Science (Since June 2015)
Position
Lecturer in the Department of Actuarial Science
Qualifications / Experience
•Corlia is a qualified actuary with the Institute and Faculty of actuaries (UK) in 2013.
•Corlia is currently busy pursuing a master’s degree, focusing on investigating the effectiveness of smoothed bonus products to manage the investment risk members of defined contribution retirement funds face. Smoothed bonus products serve as an alternative investment vehicle available to retirement funds, offering their members explicit guarantees and the smoothing of investment returns.
•Prior to joining UP Corlia spent eight years with a large insurance company. The focus of her work was mostly related to their employee benefits department, a department which aims to provide financial solutions to retirement funds and their members.
•Corlia was also involved in producing financial information to be used for planning or the annual financial statements.
•Corlia co-consulted to a preservation pension and provident fund, which included performing bonus declarations, preparing valuation reports, preparing investment fact sheets, and attending and presenting work we had done at trustee meetings.
•Her past experience in the insurance industry and research focus area has given her an understanding of the working and operations of a retirement fund. Should she be elected to serve as trustee of the UP Provident Fund, that experience should serve her well when I sit on the other side of the table and have to make decisions based on the work of various service providers to the Fund, that are in the best interest of Fund members.
Mrs Corlia Steyn
Faculty/ Department
Department of Auditing
Position
Lecturer at CTA level (Auditing 700) in the Department of Auditing
Qualifications / Experience
•Corlia is a qualified Chartered Accountant, CA(SA), and a member of SAIC (South •African Institute of Chartered Accountants).
•Corlia has been an assistant umpire and part of the marking teams for various SAICA and Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA) Qualifying exams since 2007.
•Corlia also has been the external examiner for UNISA and Monash University’s 3rd year undergraduate and post-graduated auditing modules for several years.
•Prior to joining the University of Pretoria, Corlia was a senior audit manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), one of the large auditing firms. She started her 11 year career at PwC as a trainee accountant in 1996. As audit manager she mainly focused on providing audit services to Retirement Funds and the related Investment Management and Administration Services.
•Corlia also served as an alternate member trustee of the University of Pretoria Provident Fund for the period 2006 – 2011.
•Corlia is a professional, trustworthy, hard-working and proactive person who has excellent auditing and accounting knowledge and experience.
Ms Daisy Makgopa
Faculty/ Department
Department of Residence and Accommodation
Position
Residence Manager (since 2008)
Mrs Dinah Bokaba
Faculty/ Department
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (Since July 2007)
Position
Academic Administration
Qualifications / Experience
Dinah has effectively and efficiently worked with Faculty Board members for 4 years and Dinah contribution therefore was a great success.
Dinah is looking forward to such an exciting opportunity with a reputable organization. Members can be assured that Dinah can be a valuable asset on the Board of Trustees.
Dinah will therefore contribute all the knowledge that was acquired at the University of Pretoria Faculty Board Meetings.
Prof Henco van Schalkwyk (Current Member Trustee)
Department/ Faculty:
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. (Since 2011)
Position:
Head of the Department of Financial Management in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences.
Expertise and/or prior experience that you can add to the Board of Trustees:
Henco is a CFA charter holder and CFP® professional and has, amongst others, served as trustee and member of the investment committees of the University of Pretoria Retirement funds, the UJ Pension fund and the UJ Provident fund. He completed his PhD on factors influencing member investment decisions in defined contribution retirement funds.
Mr Herman Botha
Faculty/ Department
Finance Department
Position
Manager: Investment Management
Qualifications / Experience
•Herman has a B.Com (Hons) degree in Financial Management.
•Herman is currently the Secretary of the University's Investment Committee.
•Observer on the Investment Committee of the Retirement Funds.
•Passed Level 1 of the CFA program.
Prof Johan GI Oberholster
Faculty/ Department
Department of Accounting in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Position
Deputy Dean of Teaching and Learning and CA Programme Co-ordinator
Qualifications / Experience
Johan is a CA(SA), Deputy Dean of Faculty of EMS and Co-ordinator of the CA Programme at UP for the past 7 years as well as a former Head of the Department of Accounting.
NUMBER OF YEARS OF ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE AT UP:
26 years of experience in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences including 15 years of experience as an Honours Accounting Lecturer and Module Co-ordinator, 4 years as HOD of the Department of Accounting, 5 years as Chartered Accountant Programme Co-ordinator and 2.5 years as Deputy Dean.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
BCompt (UFS), HonsBCompt (UNISA), MCom [Financial Management] (UJ formerly RAU), DCom [Accounting Sciences] (UP)
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Chartered Accountant [CA(SA)] since 1987
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
-Good communications skills due to many years of public speaking and publishing of textbooks and articles
-Good organizational skills and an ability to manage large amounts of work effectively
-Good grasp of the impact of international and South African economic factors on investment values and investment returns due to professional qualification (CA(SA))
-Excellent grasp of financial statements due to many years of exposure as an Honours Accounting lecturer, academic qualifications as well as professional qualifications
Mr Joseph Makhasa
Faculty/ Department
Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (since 2004)
Position
Faculty Officer (Student Administration)
Qualifications / Experience
SKILLS
•Communication Skills
•Interpersonal Skills
•Personal Leadership skills
•Team player
•Ability to communicate with people from diverse background.
ABILITIES
•Liaise and communicate effectively at all levels
COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
Joseph can express himself clearly, both in writing and speaking English, Venda & Tsonga HE can also speak Zulu, South & North Sotho with well-developed Public speaking ability.
Mr Ronnie Nemaston
Faculty/ Department
Human Capital and Transformation
Position
Employment Equity Specialist
Qualifications / Experience
Vast HR as well as transformation experience and able to communicate to the lowest levels of staff regarding enhancement of their benefits whilst employee at UP.
TERTIARY EDUCATION:
•B.Admin 1992;
•B.Admin (Hons) 1996;
•Post graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations 2005;
•Human Resources in Higher Education Academy Programme Certificate, March 2006.
Mr Roy Mashiloane
Faculty/ Department
Faculty: Engineering built
Environment and information technology
Position
Administration Officer (since 2007)
Qualifications / Experience
Roy has a Bachelor’s degree and he is currently pursuing his Masters degree in Public Administration.
Prof Prof Susan Adendorff
Position
Director: Facilities Management (designate) at the University of Pretoria from 1 February 2013 and assumed the position of Director: Facilities Management on 1 June 2013
Qualifications / Experience
•Prof Susan Adendorff is a professional industrial engineer.
•She holds the degrees :
B Eng (Industrial)(cum laude),
MBA; and
PhD (Industrial Engineering) from the University of Pretoria.
•She was the first female graduate in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pretoria and was the first and only woman to hold a PhD in Industrial Engineering in South Africa until late 2012. In September 2013, Susan was elected as an honorary fellow of the Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering.
•Previously, Susan held the position of Manager: Procurement at the University of Pretoria from May 2006 to January 2012.
In this role she was responsible for the University of Pretoria’s B-BBEE certificate playing a leading role in the engagement of public higher education institutions in South Africa with the BEE legislation.
•During 2011 she was seconded to the UP Executive for six months to assist with specific projects on succession planning and employment equity reporting.
•Prior to this, she was the MBA Programme Director at the Graduate School of Management at the same institution.
•Before joining the University of Pretoria in 2001, Susan was a staff member at UNISA for many years. She started her career as an Industrial Engineer in the early 1980’s on the shop- floor of one of Armscor’s plants.
•Susan has consulted widely in all areas of industrial engineering. She is co-author and/or editor of three business and operations management books and has contributed to a number of articles in the field.
•In August 2012, the University of Pretoria launched a publication “Pioneering the MBA in South Africa - The University of Pretoria from the GSM to GIBS - 1949 to 2011”. Susan was the editor of the publication. Proceeds of this project feed an MBA bursary fund at UP - the fund currently exceeds R1.2 million.
•Susan is a registered professional engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa and was a council member of the Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering from 2007 to September 2013.
•She was appointed as the editor of an internationally accredited scholarly journal - the South African Journal of Industrial Engineering - at the end of 2007. She fulfilled this role until September 2013. She still serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal and acts as a section editor.
•Susan was a board member of ABSA’s North Gauteng Provincial Advisory Board from 2002 to 2008 and was a board member of Tuks Alumni from 2002 to 2007.
•She served as the Vice Chairperson of the board of PURCO (the purchasing consortium for Higher Education in Southern Africa) from 2010 to January 2013.
•Susan was a member of the project steering committee of DHET overseeing the creation of the two new universities in South Africa. She served as an adjudicator for the NSTF-BHP Billiton Awards 2012/13.
•Susan served on the executive of the Higher Education Facilities Management Association of South Africa from April 2013 to May 2014. She has also been a member of the “Suid- Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wtenskap en Kuns” since 2015.
Dr Thulani Makhalanyane
Faculty/ Department
Department of Genetics (Since August 2014)
Position
Lecturer
Qualifications / Experience
TERTIARY EDUCATION:
•Ph.D. Biotechnology-University of the Western Cape (2013)
•MSc. Biotechnology University of the Western Cape (2010)-Cum laude
•BSc (Hons). Microbiology North West University (2008)
•BSc. Biology and Chemistry North West University (2007)
WORK EXPERIENCE TO DATE:
•University of Pretoria-Lecturer (01/08/2014 to present)
•University of Pretoria-Postdoctoral Researcher (01/04/2013 to 31/07/2014)
•University of Pretoria-IRT Technical Officer (01/09/2012 to 31/03/2013)
•Kapa Biosystems-Research and Development Intern (01/11/2009 to 01/02/2010)
•University of the Western Cape-Teaching assistant (01/01/2008 to 31/07/2013) •North West University-Teaching assistant (02/2006 to 11/2006)
Mr Tinyiko Mashaba
Faculty/ Department
Department of Finance
Position
Deputy Accountant- External Funds and Research (since 2008)
Qualifications / Experience
Tinyiko has served as an elected trustee at UNISA Retirement Fund for a period of 3 years until he left the institution for the University of Pretoria.
•Tinyiko gained a lot of expertise by serving in the Board.
•Tinyiko was exposed to different fund managers and different portfolios.
•Received extensive training from Alexander Forbes, the training included matters such as understanding of the Pension Act.
Ms Vadhashnee Kisten
Faculty/ Department
Department of Human Resources (Since January 2016)
Position
Deputy Director for the Remuneration Benefits and Organisational Design portfolio and HR Project Lead for the Insourcing Project at University of Pretoria
Qualifications / Experience
FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONALCERTIFICATION
•Certified Global Remuneration Professional (GRP) with effect from 05 November 2012.
•Presently studying towards a Master’s in Business Administration Degree (MBA) – all modules completed, in process of completing dissertation.
•Post Grad Degree:B.COM Honours (2004)
•Degree: B.COM (2001)
CAREER HISTORY
Previous employment
•Institution: Durban University of Technology (DUT) - Department of Human Resources
Period: May 2014 to December 2015
Position: Manager: Benefits & Compensation
•Institution: University of Zululand - Division of Human Resources: Remuneration & Benefits