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ENDEAVOR SA MANAGEMENT TEAM
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MALIK FAL
Managing Director
Malik Fal was the former Business Operations Director of Microsoft SA before he took up the reigns at Endeavor South Africa in April 2009. Malik is deeply committed to High Impact Entrepreneurship and sees it as a key ingredient to the development of a vibrant middle class in South Africa and beyond. Moreover, he is passionate about the need to reduce the wealth gap between rich and poor nations and has been involved in a variety of competitiveness initiatives in emerging markets around the world; and, has led a number of successful consulting engagements with the World Bank, the tourism industry in Bermuda and even the Rwandan Presidency.
Malik’s role at Microsoft was Business Marketing & Operations (BMO) Group leader for West-East-Central Africa. Malik was responsible for the formulation and execution of Microsoft’s strategy in Africa’s vast geography. Before Microsoft, Malik was with the OTF Group consultancy as Vice President, Africa region (previously part of the Monitor Group). He also spent six years at PepsiCo. Malik developed a passion for understanding the “essence of development” through exposure to a number of different models. And is particularly experienced in business strategy for firms in developing countries, and the practical roles government, private sector institutions, and individuals must play to find focused and sustainable solutions in the development process.
Prior to PepsiCo, Malik studied at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government where he received a Master’s degree in Public Administration (MPA-2).
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FIONA PIETERSE
Office Manager
Fiona has in excess of ten years professional work experience with various corporations. Fiona has broad general expertise in project management, human resources, organizational and executive secretarial skills. She has worked in the sphere of technology, liquidations and communications. She is a native of South Africa and has two sons.
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REZAAN DANIELS
Search & Selection Analyst
Rezaan Daniels joined Endeavor South Africa as an intern assisting the Entrepreneurial Service team; he is now part of the Search and Selection team along with Fazlyn Toeffie. Rezaan grew up in South Africa, attended high school in Paris and university at Hamilton College in Upstate New York. He has previously worked for Enterprise Uganda a UNDP initiative to encourage the development of SME’s. The different perspectives he has gained from living abroad has sparked his interest in entrepreneurship and the global, social, and economic impact that entrepreneurs have on society.
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LUVUYO MANDELA
Search & Selection Analyst
"Luvuyo Mandela was an Account Manager at National Empowerment Rating Agency (NERA) - a leading Broad-Based Black Economic (B-BBEE) Verification Agency in South Africa. Verification Agencies are privately owned transformation audit firms mandated by the Department of Trade and Industry to track transformation of business in South Africa. NERA is one of many custodians of transformation as agencies are the only objective measure of the contributions and compliance of business in South Africa. His move to the B-BBEE industry was a natural step after Luvuyo's studies in upstate New York.
Luvuyo completed his Bachelor of Arts Philosophy Diploma at Hamilton College where he wrote his final thesis on the need for actual and sincere transformation in South Africa. His thesis argues that while South Africa can celebrate the political freedom we now enjoy in our young democracy, there is more work to be done to address the plight of many South Africans in "the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination."
Luvuyo is currently the Ambassador of Cheesekids For Humanity, a community service facilitation organisation that creates outlets for people to give back to their neighboring communicates. Cheesekids in one of many ways that Luvuyo uses to put his BA in Transformation Ethics to good use. He believes in using unconventional avenues that will end in different people enjoying and sharing common experiences, making the necessary change for the good inevitable."
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PALESA MAKANDA
Entrepreneur Services Director
Palesa Makanda is the Director of Entrepreneur Services at Endeavor South Africa. Previously, Palesa served as a New Business Manager at GroFin, a multi-national specialist SME finance and development company. Prior to that, she worked as a Business Analyst at Business Partners -a large investment company focusing on SME finance. She has also worked for two of the Big Four Auditing firms, namely Deloitte and Ernst & Young in Analytical Forensic and Business Advisory Services. Palesa holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Enterprise Management as well as a B Com Information Systems degree, both obtained from the University of Cape Town.
Palesa’s vision is to achieve sustainable economic growth through education and assisting entrepreneurs through the various stages of their business cycles. Her passion and enthusiasm for education, mentorship as well as her commitment to developing entrepreneurship in South Africa has led her to do voluntary work as a mentor for the National Youth Development Agency as well as the Business Women’s Association, mentoring young aspiring entrepreneurs in all aspects of business management, and motivating them to transform themselves and their communities by drawing on their entrepreneurial strengths.
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MARIA AZEVEDO
Education Manager
Maria Azevedo joined Endeavor South Africa in July 2010 as the Education and Marketing Manager. Maria’s responsibilities included, developing and enhancing the overall marketing and entrepreneurship education outreach of Endeavor. Currently, she has moved on to the education portfolio, where she now heads the education and outreach at Endeavor. Maria’s dynamic personality and immense work experience is an asset to the team; Maria is fluent in four languages- that includes English, Portuguese, French and Afrikaans.
Prior to joining Endeavor South Africa, she was the Back Office Manager at Mecene Investment, a Private Equity Advisory Firm that specializes in socially responsible investments in Africa, providing them with much needed support in all business aspect and also providing them with an overall management of the office and the co-ordination of all their corporate events. And before joining Mecene she was employed at On The Frontier (OTF Group) -which is an emerging market strategy consultancy. This is where she discovered the importance of furthering her education, which led her to enrolling for an executive MBA program through Henley University. She has also completed her Management Advance Program Certificate through WITS Business School and a Higher Diploma in Business management through Damelin. And, she worked for five years prior to joining OTF Group at SITA (Society International for Telecommunications Aeronautic) in the Sales and Marketing Department.
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Deanne Friis-Smith
Portfolio Manager
With over 10 years marketing experience in the services sector, primarily financial services, Deanne Friis-Smith joins Endeavor South Africa Management team as Portfolio Manager - Entrepreneur Services, Search & Selection and Marketing for the Cape Town region. Deanne posses a wide range of marketing and project management skills for local, national and international markets. She holds a Bachelor of Social Science Degree, as well as a Diploma in Public Relations and Marketing Management. Hers is to drive the realisation of the Endeavor Cape Town region to be on par with the Johannesburg one in terms of support offered to our Entrepreneurs.
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MEGAN de VILLIERS
Marketing and Communications Manager
Megan rejoined Endeavor in January 2012 after having previously worked for the organization a few years back. Born and raised in Johannesburg, she has both travelled the world extensively and worked in international environments and organisations. Following her BCom studies through the University of South Africa, she moved to London for seven years where she worked in various roles which included Knowledge Analyst at Ernst & Young, Bond Marketing at Dresdner Bank and Portfolio Administrator in venture capital for the 3i Group. Feeling the need to make a difference, Megan returned to South Africa honing her skills in the not-for-profit sector for 4 years in a Marketing and Project Management capacity at Homecoming Revolution, an orgazination sponsored by FNB aimed at encouraging skilled expat South Africans to return home to build a better country, before joining Endeavor in 2009. She currently consults to both Endeavor South Africa and a well-known global Management Consultancy for India’s domestic market technology and business process outsourcing platforms.
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