Holding company for trading businesses

I have been a guest speaker at:1. TED Talks speaker at Rhodes University South Africa - "Innovation - Crush the box" - 20112. Bank of Namibia (Namibian Reserve Bank) invitation to present paper on "SME Financing" at Bank of Namibia Annual Symposium - 2010 3. ABSA Bank Black Customer Forum Gauteng – "Strategy 2008 to 2018" - 20084. Nortel - The keynote address speaker South Africa – "Deregulation of telecommunications – the opportunities and threats that will arise" -… Show more I have been a guest speaker at:1. TED Talks speaker at Rhodes University South Africa - "Innovation - Crush the box" - 20112. Bank of Namibia (Namibian Reserve Bank) invitation to present paper on "SME Financing" at Bank of Namibia Annual Symposium - 2010 3. ABSA Bank Black Customer Forum Gauteng – "Strategy 2008 to 2018" - 20084. Nortel - The keynote address speaker South Africa – "Deregulation of telecommunications – the opportunities and threats that will arise" - 20055. South African Chamber of Business (SACOB) – Speaker at Annual convention – "SMEs and Transformation in South Africa" - 20056. Numerous other public speaking activities for international and South African companies as well as NGOs Show less

1. Since 1982 I have been a serial and then later a portfolio entrepreneur. Missed not running my own businesses for some time as I was doing more consulting. Still doing research from time to time if it is of interest to me. Impact assessments and the like.2. Focus since 2009 on consulting, lecturing and education in entrepreneurship development and providing guidance to good businesses that require an experience person to assist with growth.

Paper accepted for ECO-ENA Inc. First Annual Conference of Entrepreneurship and International Business in Cairo, Egypt (Prof O’ Neill presented paper) - 2011 - lead authorTwo papers accepted for Wits Business School Third Annual International Conference on Entrepreneurship under the "Corporate and Strategic Entrepreneurship" and "Entrepreneurial Development and Support" streams - 2010 - authorConference paper accepted for Business & Economics Society International 2010 Greece Conference… Show more Paper accepted for ECO-ENA Inc. First Annual Conference of Entrepreneurship and International Business in Cairo, Egypt (Prof O’ Neill presented paper) - 2011 - lead authorTwo papers accepted for Wits Business School Third Annual International Conference on Entrepreneurship under the "Corporate and Strategic Entrepreneurship" and "Entrepreneurial Development and Support" streams - 2010 - authorConference paper accepted for Business & Economics Society International 2010 Greece Conference and accepted for presentation in July 2010 (Prof O’ Neill presented paper) - 2010 - lead author Show less

Marker, supervisor and part time lecturer at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Lectured global business, corporate strategy, project management, e-commerce, marketing and entrepreneurship at postgraduate level. Lectured entrepreneurship, operations management, marketing and administration management at undergraduate level.