Thys Pretorius

I'm an innovative thinker and my goal is to establish scalable economic projects that will eradicate poverty through social entrepreneurship.

I am an expert in the establishment and development of concepts, from idea to implementation.

I work in the space of establishing living laboratories in communities that tackle the complex and even the wicked systemic problems in that community. I've always worked in the "startup" space at the nexus of the intersection of multi-disciplines where true innovation happen.

Through the integration of the BEST model, I achieve innovation and establish inclusive development. The BEST model integrates the following:

• Business Model Innovation;
• Education (skills development), Environment and Ethics (governance) Innovation;
• Social adaptive, Sustainability and Significance Innovation;
• Technology Innovation.

This is a truly exciting space and I'm having extreme fun doing it

Activities and Societies: Chartered HR professional

• High School teacher – Zimbabwe – 3 years
• Personnel and Training Officer for AFC – Zimbabwe – 1 year
• Barclay Card Representative -Johannesburg and Durban - 2 years
• Management and Leadership Training – FNB – 9 years
• Transformational/ facilitation Project Team FNB/ FirstRand – 4 years.
• Independent Contractor [ Firstrand] . Working on key Organisational Development Projects e.g. Succession and Talent Planning, Career Hub, Staff Engagement, Leadership Development - 10 years
• Management and Leadership training and LPF work with USB-ED across many different organisations and industries