Profile Annemarie’s career has presented the effective delivery of strategic telecommunication leadership and, project management, operational management, and successful deliver of high revenue generating projects. She is a practical and analytical individual who offers her expertise in compliance with regulatory standards. Her ability to formulate action plans to identify and implement the successful business development of an organisation through telecommunication initiatives ensures effective objective delivery. Annemarie is able to develop big-picture strategies to guide boards in achieving short and long-term business goals, in order to realize significant top and bottom line financial benefit through well designed teams with an effective and seamless workflow environment. Her experience accounts for a unique skill-set and the business acumen of a modern visionary. She has delivered on organisation objectives in various arenas demanding buy-in and focus readjustment, whilst being recognized as a humble leader in her field. Annemarie possesses excellent interpersonal and communication capabilities. She ensures familiarisation with policy development and the analysis thereof for application in her daily practice. Her mission is to add value to an organisation that is compatible with her own values and objectives. She is skillful in defining project directions and solutions, exceeding objectives set, and developing sustainable teams through effective leadership, risk assessment and analysis. Annemarie’s vision is to provide leadership through strategy which consequently produces high impact results whilst promoting the integrity of the organizations and the parties involved. Through a democratic and diplomatic approach, she is able to build the teams necessary to compliment activities implemented, and subsequently improve operational efficiencies by optimising the utilisation of available resources. Work and Focus Annemarie’s last employment was with Liquid Telecom South Africa as a Project Manager and held several Programme Manager Project positions (ASD Special Projects including Transnet NMPP, DJP and Transnet Carlton to Waterfall, NLD, Vodacom, G4S - Africa). Her portfolio includes the rollout of all ASD Special Projects, Implementation, Planning, Estimating, Project and Administrative Management. Functions also include inventory management, logistics and liaison, which fall under the implementation role. Prior to this position as Project Manager, Annemarie was the Project Administrator and Scheduler on Transnet NMPP, NLD and Vodacom Projects within Liquid Telecom South Africa previously called Neotel. Her thorough knowledge and growth with these projects enable her to have full grasp in terms of network deployment and maintenance, whilst leading a project team of a staff compliment of 10 employees and 40 contractors. In addition to these functions, Annemarie is also called on an adhoc basis to fill the role of Company Representation on the SANRAL project. She acquired her Diploma in Project Management whilst filling the role of project administrator and scheduler. Annemarie is also required to assist in tender application for Liquid Telecom South Africa, which often requires long working hours to tide deadlines, and hectic travelling schedules. As the Project Administrator she was awarded, Employer of the Month in June 2017, out of the total Liquid Telecom South Africa staff compliment of 1500 across all provinces in South Africa. Before joining Liquid Telecom South Africa, Annemarie was employed with Nedbank as a Dispute Analyst at the Nedbank Card Division, where she was responsible for analysing disputes on behalf of Nedbank credit cardholders to national and international merchants and banks. Her role also included chargeback merchants where transactions were not compliant with banking rules, preparation of manual General Ledgers for transfer of funds and acting as liaison between merchants and Nedbank Cardholders. Preceding her employment with Nedbank, Annemarie’s previous telecommunication experience was with CellC in the capacity of Credit Scoring Analyst. Her responsibilities included processing of cell phone application but she was quickly promoted to assist the Credit Vetting manager to handle escalations, received from the CEO’s office and she therefore was promoted as Credit Vetting Administrator to the Vetting Department. Annemarie hails from the Northern Cape and her first employer was De Beers Kimberley mines, where she was initially employed as a security trainee, in 1994 after completing her matric year. She was selected to study a fulltime 3-year Security Diploma Programme at Technicon Witwatersrand. During her 3 years of study, she was deployed at various mining operations including Gold Mines to conduct Security Risk Assessments. Upon successful completion of her Security National Diploma, she was appointed as Senior Security Intelligence. Here she acquired her ability to analyse data to information by consolidating Illicit Diamond Trafficking (IDT) information received from South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. She was instrumental in creating an Intelligence Division at De Beers Head Quarter in Johannesburg and had to liaise with entities such as SAPS Diamond Trafficking Divisions. Annemarie provides a significant contribution to the long term sustainable growth of any establishment by creating a value adding business and strategies which are aligned to the overall company objective. Through effectively managing and utilising all resources, and improving processes and operating efficiencies, Annemarie ensures an improvement in overall business performance, whilst placing emphasis on building and strengthening internal and external Customer relationships. As an innovative individual, who welcomes challenges, Annemarie is a resourceful professional, who has a passion for her chosen profession and the provision of effective solutions. She continually strives to achieve best practices and she also has the ability to identify, create and implement strategy through accurate analysis and information collaboration. Annemarie’s working experience has taught her the importance of stakeholder relationships in keeping establishment’s overall objectives. Her communication and interpersonal skills present the ability to interact professionally with all team members, whilst building quality relationships with a good, a fair and a trusting atmosphere. She is a hands-on leader who is able to use her experience and analytical thinking to achieve overall project objectives, within time, at cost and at prescribe or exceed standards. Annemarie has gained the respect of subordinates, superiors and stakeholders through this approach. She presents excellent guidance abilities, which allow her to relate well to, and understand people with regards to diversity, identity and thinking. Annemarie believes that fear is a sign of defeat and an opportunity to achieve success through a sincere approach, whilst keeping organisational and stakeholders’ best interests at heart. With a commitment to integrity and an aim to leave a positive legacy where possible, Annemarie has been recognized as a key player who continuously delivers beyond expectations. Educational Background Advance Diploma Project Management – Cranefield College - 2013, National Diploma Security Management - WitsTech – 1999, MS Project Certificate, P6 Primavera Certificate, Prince2 Foundation Certificate, IBI Certificate Basic Public Relations, IBI Certificate Business Communication, Proficiency Certificate Journalism – Birnam – 1994, Matric – Paterson Senior Secondary School, PE – 1993 Currently awaiting results from Cranefield on Post Grad Diploma