I am currently the Director and Owner of Earthwise Environmental Expert (Pty) Ltd a freshly established independent consultancy firm providing professional services in environmental management. I gained extensive GIS experience as the manager of the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Department at the Malelane Cane Growers Association. My duties included the management of the departments’ budget, workload, staff and the mapping of all sugar cane fields within the Onderberg region. I obtained my Honours Degree in BA Environmental Science and Geography and previously worked as an Environmental Practitioner & Project Manager in the environmental and advisory services unit at the Mbombela branch of Aurecon (Pty) Ltd. Ultimately project management skills are the basic day-to-day application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet defined deliverables – in this context I was identified as one of two top performing project managers in the group in the companies’ internal audit process. I also have experience in the capacitating of people. This skill is underpinned by both my teaching qualification and hands-on teaching experience as well as the facilitation and involvement of numerous stakeholder workshops and engagements.