Fin Fit Investments is a dynamic Social Enterprise founded in Namibia with a passionate commitment to transforming lives and organizations through its innovative financial wellness and consultancy solutions. Established as a response to the pressing financial challenges faced by Namibians due to current and historical economic and social difficulties, Fin Fit is driven by co-founders with a wealth of experience and expertise.

Director: Professionalization & Capacity StrengtheningProcurement Policy UnitMinistry of Finance

To support the institutional set-up of the Financial Literacy Initiative. To supervise and direct the FLI team on administrative and operational level. To strategize the initiative’s activities and to actively plan, develop and implement educational campaigns on a continuous basis. Educational campaigns include media activities, educational conferences, road shows and educational activations. In cooperation with representatives from the Ministry of Finance and GIZ, the incumbent is required to direct a platform of more than 50 partner institutions within the designated field of financial education and financial capability. The Initiative is a response to the wider financial inclusion goals of the Financial Sector Strategy and therefore contributes to its success.

To support the institutional set-up of the Financial Literacy Initiative. To supervise and direct the FLI team on administrative and operational level. To strategize the initiative’s activities and to actively plan, develop and implement educational campaigns on a continuous basis. Educational campaigns include media activities, educational conferences, road shows and educational activations. In cooperation with representatives from the Ministry of Finance and GIZ, the incumbent is required to direct a platform of more than 50 partner institutions within the designated field of financial education and financial capability. The Initiative is a response to the wider financial inclusion goals of the Financial Sector Strategy and therefore contributes to its success.

- Assisting the Projects Officer(SME Development) with logistical arrangements of trainings and projects that are to get off the ground as well as associated tasks. - Co-ordinating activities of SME’s involved and the donor organizations.- Provide input on SME market and developments, assist with the preparation and development of training material. Assist with the preparation and planning for courses as requested.- Assisting with the marketing and overall promotion of the CED.- Assisting with the coordination of special events.- Delivering the E-Learning products and services to CED’s clients, building relationships with relevant stakeholders and ensuring continuation of inflowing business from the Public and Private sectors. - Building partnership with donor communities such as business and industry.- Supporting the Projects Officer for SME Development with facilitation of training, mentorship, surveys and other capacity building interventions as they arise. Training provided by Francois in Short Courses Modules:- Tendering- VAT- Project Management- Time Management- Risk Management- Business Registration- Strategic Management- Business Plans/Planning- Business Management- Marketing Management Projects:Anti-Corruption Commission – Corruption Perception Survey Logistics & Data Entry CoordinatorFrom February 2011 to June 2011UNODC Prison Survey – HIV in Prisons Assessment Logistics & Data Entry CoordinatorFrom December 2010 to August 2011 MCP Survey in partnership with UNICEF – Multiple and Concurrent Partnerships in Data Entry & AnalysesFrom Oct 2010 to November 2010, From Oct 2011 to November 2011Arandis Investment Conference Speech: “Creative Tourism”Speech: “SME Development for small town sustainability!”4 November 2011

Strategic Management- Direction- Create and communicate vision, mission and goals- Motivate- Inspire- Develop reward systems- Design organisational structure- Develop and maintain organisational culture- Strategic resource allocation- Time management- Strategy - formalization - implementation - monitoring - controlProject Management- Analyses- Planning - setting of objectives- Design- Implementation- Monitoring- Resource allocation- Problem solving- Quality control (testing...)- Aligning projects with orginisational objectivesMarketing- Marketing strategy development- Market segmentation- BrandingSales- Ongoing customer relationships- Quoting and tendering- Negotiations- Research- Legal administration- Determining project feasibility- Determining project organisational fit- Solution orientated development and approachCreative- Websites design- Mobile websites design- Mobile applications design- Product design- Brand creation- Creative problem solving- Creative negotiations- Creative motivational techniquesHuman Resources- Recruitment - Interviews- Training and development- Retaining - employee motivation - development of reward systems and compensation plans- Team building- Product & Service development- Research and development- Feasibility studies- Market & Industry Research- Strategic Planning- Trend Identification- Identifying opportunities and treads- Mobile Software user interface design (user friendly design)- Negotiations - Investors - Suppliers - Customers- Procurement of finances (including investment)- Budgeting- Financial projections- Networking- Organisational culture - establish - maintain - enhance- Managing relationships - shareholders - suppliers - clients - competitors - partners- Policies and procedures - development - implementation

Assisted the marketing manager with the organisation's marketing activities.

Plants and Planters is a London based company specialising in interior landscaping and design since 1974. With our sister company Plant Decor, based in Leeds we offer uncompromising standards of tropical plant display and after care. Our clients have included; The Ministry of Defence, The Royal Household, financial institutions, media companies, cosmetic companies, television companies and shopping malls.As manager, my responsibility was to ensure that the quality of service and quality of the plants are always at the appropriate level. I was responsible for the servicing of +/- 50 sites. I also handled customer complaints and was part of most of the marketing activities (due to the lack of a marketing division).

• Payments to Creditors• Debtor control• Collection & retrieval of money• Filing & Organising• Writing of Letters• Client care• Administration• Delivering & Retrieval of packages.