Experience

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  Diamond Trading Company Botswana (Pty) Ltd

  • Corporate Affairs Manager

    • Mar 2023 - Present

    Diamond Trading Company Botswana (DTC Botswana) is a 50/50 Joint Venture partnership between the Government of the Republic of Botswana and De Beers. It is the world’s largest and most sophisticated rough diamond sorting and valuing operation, with a capacity to sort 45 million carats a year.DTC Botswana sorts and values Debswana Diamond Company’s rough diamond production. Debswana Diamond Company (Pty) Ltd is a 50/50 Joint Venture partnership between the Government of the Republic of Botswana and De Beers. The main purpose of the company is to mine and recover diamonds optimally and responsibly.DTC Botswana aims to facilitate, drive and support the creation of a vibrant, sustainable and profitable downstream diamond industry in Botswana through superior sorting and valuing practices.

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  De Beers Group

  • Gaborone, Botswana

  • Business Readiness Specialist

    • Aug 2019 - Feb 2023
    • Gaborone, Botswana

    Reporting to the Senior Manager - Transformation and Delivery, as the Business Readiness Specialist, I am responsible for supporting and assisting the business in understanding and preparing for change and transformation as we integrate new technologies and processes. A key part of any integration is ensuring that the views and concerns of all Stakeholders forms part of the transformation plan. I work with the business to ensure a smooth and effective roll out of all transformation changes.

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  Tracr

  • Botswana

  • Internal Communications Officer

    • Mar 2019 - Jul 2019
    • Botswana

    Tracr™ is an innovative, industry-focused blockchain traceability platform developed for the diamond industry by market leader De Beers. Tracr is the first blockchain use case that can securely track a diamond across the diamond value chain – from mine to cutter and polisher through to the jeweler. It uses a unique cutting-edge privacy technology that allows users to own their data and share it selectively, while still ensuring immutable traceability. The platform also creates opportunities for its users and third-party developers to build applications. Tracr is an exciting and innovative platform that is setting the standard for blockchain traceability solutions.

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  Diamond Trading Company Botswana

  • Communication and Change Management Officer

    • Apr 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Communications Officer

    • Mar 2008 - Mar 2016

    DTCB is the largest and most sophisticated rough diamond sorting and valuing operation in the world. I was the Communications Officer in the Public Affairs department. My remit was to ensure that the company’s interests are best served through all aspects of the corporate affairs mix including stakeholder liaison, issues and crisis management, CSI and media relations.The Public Affairs department was established after the transformation of Botswana Diamond Valuing Company to DTCB. As a founder member of the department, I was very instrumental on the successful set-up of the function, ensuring that a robust internal and external communication strategy is in place and implemented within agreed timelines and budgets.

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  Botswana Diamond Valuing Company

  • Communications Assistant in the Ya Masa Project Team

    • Jul 2007 - Mar 2008

    The mandate of BDVC was to sort and value Debswana’s production. I was the Communication Assistant in the Ya Masa Project Team- Workstream: Communications and Stakeholder Management.The transition from BDVC to DTCB necessitated the formation of the Ya Masa Project Team. The Ya Masa Project Team was set up to transform and re-engineer the business model inherited from BDVC to the model required to sustain DTCB and also to migrate all business operations from Orapa House to the New building which houses DTCB. It was also tasked with building a sales and marketing capability required to fulfil the sales contract obligations between De Beers and the Government of Botswana and furthermore to dissolve and liquidate the BDVC subsidiary.The Workstream - Communications and Stakeholder Management primarily dealt with project communication in regard to updating internal and external stakeholders with the progress of the project and taking employees through the change process.

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  Debswana Diamond Company

  • Gaborone, Botswana

  • Assistant Communications Officer

    • Feb 2007 - Jun 2007
    • Gaborone, Botswana

    Debswana is the world's leading diamond producer by value and plays a significant role in the transformation of Botswana’s economy. It is the largest non-government employer and the largest earner of foreign exchange in Botswana. I was the Assistant Communications Officer in the Public and Corporate Affairs department

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  Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) Campus Wave FM

  • Port Elizabeth Area, South Africa

  • Publicity Manager

    • Mar 2006 - Dec 2006
    • Port Elizabeth Area, South Africa

    This is a youth orientated radio station focusing on the youth of NMM University (18000+ students) and the greater Port Elizabeth area. I was the Publicity Manager primarily tasked with improving the stations financial bottom-line by securing sponsorship and selling airspace to provide a platform for the different entities to market their products through the different programmes on the radio station.