INA LE ROUX
Ina is currently Director - Women Development Africa of the The Foundation for the Development Africa (FDA)
She also serves on the board of The Foundation for the Development Africa (FDA)
FAMILY
Ina is married to Francois and have a son Francois-Junior
SOCIAL
Women Development and Community Development
HOBBIES
Art; Writing; Reading; Research; Nature; Hiking
BIOGRAPHY
A passion to motivate and develop women to be ‘Women with Purpose’, led to the development and implementation of a ‘Creative Purpose Course for Women’ and a ‘Women’s Leadership Development Programme’. As a life long learner of business, management and leadership disciplines, her academic background, her visionary and entrepreneurial spirit, a life long ambition and urge to serve the community, as well as the need for sustainable economic development in times of turbulence, economic recession, rapid change and the complexity of challenges facing organisations, she developed with her advisory team a ‘Sustainable Organisational Performance Programme’, to enhance sustainable economic development through 'Scenario Planning’ and the implementation of ‘Innovative’ and ‘Out of the Box’ thinking models in organisations.
Ina is a visionary and a pioneer for the empowerment and development of women and the community through education, training and sustainable development. Her natural flair for networking, with an urge to serve the community through education, training and development, is a life long ambition. Ina graduated from the University of the Free State School of Management and received her Baccalaureus Degree in Management Leadership - with distinction; she is currently a Post Graduate researcher and student of Futures Studies at the University of Stellenbosch, Futures Research Institute, focusing on the Futures of Education, Training and Development; She is already reading and scanning the environment towards a PhD in Sustainable Development. She is an accredited and registered assessor of ETDP and SERVICE SETA and a member of the International Academic Golden Key Honour Society.
INA SPECIALISES IN:
* Women Development
* Community and Sustainable Development
* Leadership development, as a ‘Leadership Development Programme’ course designer, mentor and facilitator.
* As a futurist and researcher, focusing on ‘Futures’ of educational training, development and consultancy.
HER AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
* Leadership and Management development
* Women’s issues
* Community and Sustainable development
* Service Delivery
* Business ethics and service excellence
* Creative thinking
* Problem solving
* Team building
* Transformation
FIELDS OF EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
* Management and Leadership
* Innovative Leadership
* Change Management
* Diversity Management
* Transformational Leadership
* Education, Training and Development
* Business Environmental scanning
* Futures Studies
* Systems Thinking
* Qualitative and Quantitative Futures Research
* Organisational Performance
* Strategic Planning
* Sustainable Development
Programmes presented and facilitated include motivational and thinking models for Transformation, Problem-solving, Creative thinking, Team building, Leadership, Diversity, Change Management and Woman with Purpose programmes, seminars, workshops and conferences.
LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Ina has over 25 years’ experience as Entrepreneur, Public Speaker, Facilitator and Designer of Programmes, Board Director, Managing Director, Patron, Principal, Public Relations, Service Delivery, Student and Researcher.
* Ina was instrumental in the launch of the pilot project ‘I Support Community Development’, as implemented in The City of George, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
See: www.isupportgeorge.co.za
* She facilitated ‘Innovative Leadership and Change Management’ training for the Education Department, Western Cape, South Africa.
* She was one of the preferred service providers for SAWEN and the DTI for training and development of small businesses.
* She was a National Board Director for the South African Women Entrepreneur’s Network (SAWEN) - an initiative of the South African Department of Trade and Industry.
* She achieved special acknowledgement for Business and Finishing training, from several South African Government Departments: The Department of Education and Cultural Affairs; The Department of Mental Health and the Mayor’s Office in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
* She was also a Patron of the Department of Mental Health in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Ina writes: "Stellenbosch University to focus on research development"
See: George Herald
CONTACT DETAIL:
PHYSICAL ADDRESS - (Office):
15 BUSH STREET VILLAS
BUSH ROAD
NOORDHEUWEL
MOGALE CITY
GAUTENG
SOUTH AFRICA
POSTAL ADDRESS - (Office):
P. O. BOX 3686
CRESTA 2118
SOUTH AFRICA
TELEPHONE (Office):
00 27 (0)11 954 6855
FACSIMILE (Office):
00 27 (0)86 579 4776
MOBILE:
00 27 (0)71 182 8492 (Ina)
EMAIL:
ina_leroux@foundation-development-africa.org
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