Experienced Graduate Looking for an Opportunity

I have a vast range of exposure, obtained in several diverse industries, private and public, locally and abroad. These organisations include:

· South African Department of Defence (DoD) – multiple intelligence appointments, including Director Air Force Intelligence (1978 – 1997).

· Defence Institute – Senior Consultant (1998 – 2002).

· South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) – General Manager Crime Risk Information (2002 – 2007).

· Business Against Crime South Africa (BACSA) – Senior Consultant (2008).

· United Facilities Management Company (UFMCO) on The Pearl Qatar (TPQ) Island in Doha – Manager Operations Command and Control Centre (2009 – 2011), and Head of Business Support (2011 – 2014).

· Corporate Decision Services (Pty) Ltd – Owner (2014 - 2024). Business consulting services.

My range of practical experiences are augmented by academic studies which have left me with numerous certificates as well as BA (Military Sciences), LLB, and MBL degrees. Other qualifications include all senior military courses up to and including Joint Staff Course, ISO 9001 (Quality) & ISO 31000 (Risk), Strategic Leadership (Cornell University), Emergency Management, HSE, Assessor, Fraud Examination, Six Sigma, etc (30+ courses).

I have domain knowledge in many fields, including Policy and SOP Development, Training, Risk and Security, Team Development, Proposal and User Requirement Specification, Command Centre Management and Design, Process Development, Financial Management, Emergency Management, M&E, and the whole extent of Strategic Management, including Strategic Planning and Scenario Formulation.

My strategic planning interventions include:

· Facilitated DoD strategic planning sessions, presenting the results to Parliament (Joint Standing Committee on Defence).

· Acted as chief strategy facilitator for SABRIC.

· Facilitated the Defence Institute’s strategic planning process.

· Acted as chief strategy officer for companies in Qatar and Israel.

· Facilitated a number of strategic planning sessions for NPO’s.

Research & Project Management – I have been involved in many projects, either as a project team member, or as project leader. The following are examples: SA Tourism Safety Strategy, The Pearl Qatar Emergency Management System, The Pearl Qatar Security Management System, IMS (Integrated Management System – ISO 9001/14001/18001), The Pearl Qatar Operations Command and Control Centre, Honeydew SAPS War Room, Strategic Crime Intelligence Capability, Command Post Exercises (CPX’s), ISCOR Shared Services, SANDF Transformation, IDB (Intelligence Database), ISMP (Intelligence Systems Master Plan), and SABRIC Scoping and Implementation. I am comfortable with both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies.

Willing to relocate.

Please visit my LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-van-vuuren/