Innovative | Collaborative | Result-Driven
Over 25 years of experience in private, public, and entrepreneurial organisations. Extensive experience in strategy, customer experience, complex programme management and business eco-systems that deliver tangible results.
Awards
Business Woman of the Year
SA Council for Business Women
Semi-finalist: Most Influential Women in Business and Government Awards
CEO Magazine
Enterprising Woman
Published by DPE
Highly Commended Paper
Power-Gen Africa
Speaker
Woman in leadership
Nelson Mandela Foundation
Woman in ICT
The Innovation Hub & Women Economic Forum
Keynote Speaker
University of Johannesburg prizegiving ceremony for Masters and PHD students
US-Africa Business Summit
The Corporate Council on Africa
Publications
• Managing your customer ecosystem in a digitalised world (Power-Gen Africa)
• Spotlight on developing markets (Institute of Economic Affairs)
• Collaboration (Presidential Review Committee on SOEs)
• Digital Disruption of the Utility Business (Distributech Africa)
• Smart Grid How to Guide (SANEDI)

Industry Experience Knowledge & Skills & Sample Clients
Financial
Standard Bank | ABSA | BancABC (Botswana) |Liberty | Old Mutual | Bank SETA | Vunani | Rentmeester
Energy
Inter Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) | Eskom|PIESA | SANEDI |GIZ | EDI Holdings | Trinergi/European Climate FoundaQon |PetroSA | PIESA
ICT
DOC | Vodacom | MTN | AT&T | Concert/BT | SITA | SA Communications Forum|Reuters/Bridge | Verizon | Comcast
Transport
DOT | DPE | Transnet | SAA | Hainan Airlines |Amadeus | SA Airlink | Sebenza Freight
Other
Various Government Departments at National, Provincial and Local level| Presidential Review
Committee on State-owned enterprises (SOE) |SALGA | GIZ | Iscor | Nissan | Debswana |Saldanha Steel | FP&M SETA | Sun InternaQonal | Ogden Entertainment (NY)| Various SMMEs
Full details of clients and projects are available on request.
Knowledge and Skills
Strategy
Strategic Plans | Joint ventures | M&A |Equity partnerships |Enterprise transformation | Operating Models | Turnarounds |Research and analysis | Equity partnerships
Finance
Compiling, monitoring and reporting of budgets | Cashflows |Capital injections | Business cases | Financial ratios
Business Development
Proposals development | Sales | Presentations | Client Relationship Building | Alliance & partnership formation
Customer
Value Proposition | Segmentation |Customer Journeys |Research | User experience mapping | Service Management, including service management system
Governance
Policy design | Delegation of authority | Compile and conduct training on governance | Served as acting company secretary |Monitoring & evaluation of programmes | Risk management
Operational
Shared Services | COE | Performance Management |Benchmarking | Procurement
People
Performance Management |Coaching & Mentoring | Leadership Development
Connect:
verakriel@10th-dimension.co.za
+27 (0)83 447 3510
http://www.linkedin.com/in/verakriel
Contact: [Link to contact form]