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Associates
We have a network of carefully selected, experienced associates and coaches in both generalist and specialist
fields that we work with on a regular basis. We ensure that all associates that we work with subscribe to the
same professional standards of exceptional client service delivery, partnering for value and ethics.

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Helen Roper
Helen is a UK qualified Psychologist and chartered HR professional.
Her experience, gained over 15 years across multiple industries, spans
the full strategic HR spectrum. Helen worked as the Group HR Manager for
Jemca (Toyota) from 2004 to 2007 before moving to South Africa to work as
Operations Manager for the Toyota Tsusho Centre of Excellence, focusing on
Strategic Projects and Leadership Development.
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Andrew Harding
Andrew has over 20 years of experience in numerous middle and senior management positions and consulting roles. He has worked for
and consulted to large corporations such as Gencor Mining, South African Breweries, Amalgamated Beverage Industries, BHP Billiton,
Aberdare Cables, Lonmin Platinum, Clover Dairies and numerous others. During this time he has held positions in the fields of QA/QC,
Production Management, Manufacturing Development, Project Management, and Learning and Development.
Andrew has developed a passion for World Class/Lean Manufacturing, Change Management, Organisational Development and Human Resource Development supported by a natural flair for and interest in IS/IT and has performed consulting roles in these areas.
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Frances Degbor
Frances has a passion for leadership development and seeing people perform at their potential. She has 10 years of supply chain operational and consulting experience, working with both Private and Public sector organisations such as
Unilever, Transnet Ltd, MAC Consulting and eThekwini Municipality.
Frances holds a Bcom degree in Supply Chain from the University of Natal.
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Mark Berger
Mark Berger is the CEO of Mark Berger Training, a Cape Town based organisation specialising in Unlocking Human Potential.
Founded in 1996, the primary focus of MBT is to assist their clients in achieving Sustained Behavioural Change.
Mark utilises his extensive business experience and proven training programs to improve the three key P's: People, Productivity
and Profits.
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Joanne Scholtz
Joanne's background is in marketing and advertising, focusing specifically on the digital realm. She has worked with and for some of South Africa's leading business, including, FNB, Vodacom, Toyota, Microsoft and Nokia. She has served on several committees within the industry, such as AMASA and the AMF, where she held the position of Chair Person. Joanne has held a number of director and senior executive positions and is considered a thought leader and innovator in her field.
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Steve Smith
Steve Smith is a renowned organizational transformation specialist. In his 13 years of consulting, the last few as a Senior Executive in the world premier management consulting company, he established one of the foremost organizational and transformation consulting capabilities in the country.
Steve works with clients across the business spectrum. His passion for seeing organizations and individuals that live, breathe and work is renowned. Years of consulting experience, at the most senior level, and his own personal deep intuition and expertise enable him to engage with clients at all levels, rapidly grasping the real issues and architecting a roadmap leading to improved business results.
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Susan Craig
Sue consults for Catalyst Consulting as a facilitator in leadership development and strategic planning.
Sue holds a B.Com Honours in Information Systems from Wits University. She is constantly widening her experience and training in the field of awakening and expanding human potential.
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Fortune Gamanya
Fortune is a Leadership and Team development facilitator with vast experience in the automotive industry in South Africa and other parts of Africa. Her areas of interest are Leadership Development, Team Cohesion and Development and Customer Relations management. Fortune holds an Associate in Management with distinction from UCT Graduate School of Business.
Fortune joined Toyota Tsusho Africa in 2007 specialising in Leadership Development and Customer Relations Management, and some Toyota specific programs for some of the group's African Distributors. Fortune is a highly skilled facilitator who is able to facilitate difficult conversations and produce results. During her time at Toyota she also worked with other organisations outside the Automotive industry with great success.
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Tuppy Coldwell
Tuppy is a Project Co-ordinator for Catalyst Consulting. Tuppy has more than twenty years' experience of business
administration. She worked for SAFTO in Johannesburg and later in Durban where she ran the Education and Training
Division. She then joined the Transport Education and Training Authority (TETA) where she became Executive Officer
for the Freight Handling Chamber in Durban.
To add some theoretical background to her business administration practical experience, she completed an MDP at Unisa.
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Portia Masete
Portia has completed her 3 year Human Resource Management Diploma at Damelin Randburg and is undertaking an
internship at Catalyst Consulting. Portia is interested in a career in Human Resources and wishes to gain broad
experience in this field.
She is a calm, happy person, outgoing and always wanting to learn more in life. She enjoys challenges and loves
to see growth and change. She is easy going and very understanding towards the needs of others. She is passionate,
honest, loyal and a good listener.
She has gained the following experience in her time at Catalyst: administration, typing, document layout, presentations, organizing, researching, marketing, HR knowledge, an understanding of consulting and project management.
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