National Executive Committee - NEC Portfolios

Chairperson

Janssen Davies

Janssen is responsible to liaise with SANParks executive committee and staff and oversee the organisation's affairs at national level.

Deputy Chairperson

Public Relations & Communication

Louis Lemmer

Louis assists the chairperson and is responsible for public relations, marketing and communication. He is responsible for the implementation of an integrated marketing and communication strategy to facilitate communication with and  between members, SANParks, the business community and the public.

Vice-Chairperson: North

Chief operating officer

Andre Van der Merwe

Andre is responsible for corporate governance. He also liaises with the regions in the Northern section of the country and maintains the Northern wish lists.

Vice-Chairperson: South

Willie Engelbrecht

Willie assists the regions in the South and manages the cooperation with the Southern parks through the the parks' wish lists.

Transformation & Retention

Mems Carim

Mems coordinates transformation by helping regions to ensure that membership of historically disadvantaged individuals show a steady growth and membership numbers of younger adults increase.

NEC Administration & Coordination of National Projects

Eugene Joubert

Eugene manages the national projects on the NEC level and assist them to grow in ability and become truly national.  He is also responsible for the administration functions within the NEC.

Members Administration

Des Bothma

Des manages the movement's data and reporting system. He is also responsible to develop our management systems.

National Fundraising

David Webster

Corporate fundraising and coordination of fundraising activities on a national level and maintains the database of "Friends of SANParks."

Skills development

George Smith

George facilitates the process of members attaining the required skills and the training  and accreditation of course facilitators.

Legal compliance and constitution

Willem de Beer

Legal compliance and maintaining the constitution, including its administrative rules and the code of conduct.