Lyritia Van Der Linde
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Shaun Vorster شون فورستر
Lyritia is project managing (from start to end) a global thought leadership programme for World Tourism Forum Lucerne and World Travel Market London across multiple time zones and different digital platforms, liaising with some of the world’s foremost biodiversity scientists and leaders in travel and tourism in a super professional and diligent way. Her passionate contribution is making a huge difference to raising awareness of challenges and opportunities in the symbiotic relationship between tourism and biodiversity.
Shaun Vorster شون فورستر
Lyritia is project managing (from start to end) a global thought leadership programme for World Tourism Forum Lucerne and World Travel Market London across multiple time zones and different digital platforms, liaising with some of the world’s foremost biodiversity scientists and leaders in travel and tourism in a super professional and diligent way. Her passionate contribution is making a huge difference to raising awareness of challenges and opportunities in the symbiotic relationship between tourism and biodiversity.
Shaun Vorster شون فورستر
Lyritia is project managing (from start to end) a global thought leadership programme for World Tourism Forum Lucerne and World Travel Market London across multiple time zones and different digital platforms, liaising with some of the world’s foremost biodiversity scientists and leaders in travel and tourism in a super professional and diligent way. Her passionate contribution is making a huge difference to raising awareness of challenges and opportunities in the symbiotic relationship between tourism and biodiversity.
Shaun Vorster شون فورستر
Lyritia is project managing (from start to end) a global thought leadership programme for World Tourism Forum Lucerne and World Travel Market London across multiple time zones and different digital platforms, liaising with some of the world’s foremost biodiversity scientists and leaders in travel and tourism in a super professional and diligent way. Her passionate contribution is making a huge difference to raising awareness of challenges and opportunities in the symbiotic relationship between tourism and biodiversity.
Credentials
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Social Media Management
ANN OLIVE DIGITAL AGENCY
Experience
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South African Business Council (SABCO) Dubai UAE
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United Arab Emirates
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Board Member
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Mar 2020 - - Halen
March 2020 - Present (1 year 11 months) Dubai, United Arab EmiratesWith key responsibility for developing trader elations between South Africa and the Middle East, the value is focused on connecting, facilitating, and accelerating business partnerships between government and private sectors in South Africa for the UAE.Key deliverables:Engaging with Key stakeholder shaping big government engagement between ZA and UAEResponsible for facilitating Corporate South African trade in UAE – ABSA, Standard Bank, DP WorldDesign and facilitate complex cross-industry business expansion strategies across the Middle East.Engaging with C-level constituents to negotiate commercial engagement and financial modelling.Construct and model financial model for the design and implementation of business operationsValue chain analysis and overall strategy definition.Lead, collaborate and Engage with the executive board to define product
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VIVIOR HOLDINGS
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South Africa
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Founder and Growth Lead | Vivior Holdings, Johannesburg, ZA
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May 2014 - - Halen
Being a founder and entrepreneur of a Small/Mid Market business amplifies the requirement for a clear focus on the client experience, quality of product and services, and inclusivity with the team's trust.The remit includes growth strategy across product development, Go-to-Market and Branding strategy, and overall goodwill of Vivior Holdings. Achievements include:• Business Rebrand – Multiple branches rebrand• Recapitalization of business shareholding – Introducing new shareholding• Reinvestment in branch expansion – Capital investment into new services and products• Partnering strategies for product diversification – OEM and supplier relationships• Financial and profitability management with Cost of Sales efficiencies and fixed cost optimization –Double-Digit CAGR growth for Revenue and Gross Margin Levels. Increase in Operating margin andnet earnings• Work effort and resource management – Deconstruction and process optimization for work effortoptimization
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Outsourced Payroll Solutions
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United Arab Emirates
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sales Director
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Haz 2021 - Ara 2022
Managing the end-to-end go-to-market, sales, delivery, operations, profitability and strategic direction for OPS/GulfHR, an enterprise software and payroll systems/automation company. Focused on ensuring product-market fit, developing and creating robust channel strategies – and ensuring the overall viability of successful market engagement and execution.As head of sales, responsibilities included reviewing performance, supporting, coaching and mentoring individuals in achieving their personal development needs and making their careers successful.Key deliverables:Provide leadership to the sales organisation’s management team, while fostering a culture of accountability, professional development, high-performance, and ethical behavior.Lead, collaborate and Engage with the executive board to define sales strategy.Channel Strategy development: Identifying, enabling and compensating indirect channel partners.Ensures support investments yield productivity benefits consistent with established objectives.Product management responsibility as key part of responsibility to drive growth strategy through Sales Engagement(LEAR model), greater client excellence and overall feature development by transforming our solution set to 1) cloud based system, 2)increased level of Data insights, 3)Shaping Data driven product and services.
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World Tourism Forum Lucerne
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Switzerland
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Leisure, Travel & Tourism
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1 - 100 Employee
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Program Lead(Volunteer)
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Tem 2020 - Nis 2021
Global operations manager responsible for orchestrating and optimizing the project teams throughout the project lifecycle, including planning, assigning, scheduling, monitoring, and reviewing project activities between South Africa and the Middle East.The remit includes the Development, Design, board/executive presentation, progression project plans, work breakdown structures, and schedules. Global operations manager responsible for orchestrating and optimizing the project teams throughout the project lifecycle, including planning, assigning, scheduling, monitoring, and reviewing project activities between South Africa and the Middle East.The remit includes the Development, Design, board/executive presentation, progression project plans, work breakdown structures, and schedules.
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Nedbank
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South Africa
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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National Sales and Channel Manager
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Oca 2008 - Tem 2019
Represent Nedbank at a corporate level to manage and operate the commercial, legal, operational and execute the operational construct between Nedbank and the AMH Group. The remit includes functional deliverables to develop sales growth, enhance national brand positioning, and ensure the two corporate entities' commercial construct. Key Deliverables• Revenue increase - Captured sales opportunities to improve customer base and sales byadministering sales functions of Hyundai Finance and Kia/AMH finance brand.• Brand Equity - Built and strengthened highly empathetic relationships between MFC division ofNedbank and Hyundai South Africa and mutually beneficial links with accounts.• Operational Efficiency - Oversee comprehensive operations, including team management, talentsourcing, report generation, inventory management, and budget administration to optimiseefficiency and productivity• Financial Management - Develop and implement budgets and ensure department operationscompliance with company policies• Client Engagement - Attained bottom-line market results and exceeded customer satisfaction levelthrough effective interaction with stakeholders.• Legal and Governance - Developed, led, and trained a team to enhance and improve performance. Managed dealerships and applied governance act knowledge to execute overall operations in accordance with JV agreement rules and regulations and all FAIS and banking regulations.Key Results• Achieved top sales level of AMH group by capitalising on business opportunities and providingtop-flight services.• Increased business value by 35% in just 11 months by developing systems andstrategies.• Successfully launching and ensuring profitability of two branches within three years.
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Education
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2011 - 2011
GIBS Business School (Gordon Institute of Business Science)
Program for Management development -
2018 - 2019
Arden University
BSc (Hons) Psychology, Psychology -
2003 - 2005
University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
Bcom Business Management, Marketing, Business Management, Tourism Management -
2005 - 2005
Damelin
EVENT AND CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT
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