Dr CLIFFORD STANLEY FERGUSON (PhD ThD, FBCI, Senior Lead Implementer, Senior Lead Auditor ISO 22301, Research Fellow UFS, DIMTEC, Advisory Board Member Stenden University), an experienced and innovative executive with 35+ years of experience across a broad spectrum of management and technology-related functions, with skills in identifying, qualifying, building consensus for, and implementing enabling technologies and enterprise systems that facilitate business processes and strategic objectives including business continuity. Strategies developed encompass about a 1 Billion ZAR annually and has reported to, and worked directly with numerous CEOs building and implementing strategies and other matters for more than a decade. Has been involved in change management in line with enterprise risk management. A proud author of the period model for resilience and his latest published articles are Management to create resilience: Business continuity and disaster management within the public service in relation to the National Development Plan (2018) Utilising Trade Unions in Business Continuity: A South African Perspective (2019), KING IV and Business Continuity (2019). Adept at identifying training needs; coordinating through strategic solutions; and facilitating, coaching, and measuring the effectiveness of learning. Proven success in managing multiple large-scale infrastructure programmes and projects, across matrix environments, and multi-phased, complex migration that addresses technology, people/organization and process change. Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with an ability to prioritise, multi-task, and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders. An exceptional leader, motivator, and team builder who is goal-oriented and excels in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

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