Marléne graduated with a BA (Honours) in Industrial and Clinical Psychology from University of South Africa. She worked as Consultant for the largest part of her career, where she gained particular experience in Management Consulting; Business Process Re-engineering; Organisational- and Leadership Development. She has managed projects across the spectrum of the employee and talent lifecycle.During her Consulting career, Marléne worked her way up through the ranks, and finally held the Operations Director role for Talent Institute South Africa, where she wore a dual hat as Principal Consultant and Coordinator of the South African Operations and International Projects.She then decided to take deep dive in the corporate world and worked with Mondi South Africa, where she held various portfolios. These included Talent Specialist, and Learning & Development Manager for Leadership and Critical Skills. As internal consultant, she was initially responsible for the talent life cycle (recruitment, onboarding, succession and pipeline management, exit interviews) and later also for culture initiatives such as employee surveys, engagement projects, coaching & mentoring; and leadership development. She is passionate about our people, our beautiful country and our planet and believes we are all capable of making a positive difference.International Consulting Experience:Marléne has worked in various countries in Africa and the Middle East, including South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mauritania, and Oman Industry Experience:She has worked across a range of industries, including Mining, Metals, Minerals, Manufacturing, Packaging, Parastatal, Banking, Sugar and the Paper & Pulp Industries.