Amy joined ISASA at the beginning of 2024. In 2023, she was a Data Analyst Project Consultant to ISASA. Amy joined ISASA from Beaulieu College where she was a Physical Science teacher. Prior to joining Beaulieu, Amy was a Senior Lecturer and Assistant Researcher at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits).

A St Teresa’s School alumna, Amy received her Bachelor of Science and Honours degrees in Chemistry as well as a Post Graduate Certificate in Education from Wits. In 2023 she also obtained a Certificate in Data Science from Explore Data Science Academy.

Angela was trained as a Mediator, Trainer and Arbitrator in the labour context by the CCMA in 1996. She undertook over 4000 disputes at the CCMA as a Level 1 Commissioner, ranging from disputes of rights to national disputes of interest. As a result of the number of arbitrations undertaken at the CCMA, Angela chairs Disciplinary Enquiries and Grievance Hearings and has done so for the past 18 years. She has been involved in the corporate sector for over 40 years.

After leaving Investec Bank in October 2008, Angela completed a course in Mediation at the University of Stellenbosch’s Business School and is accredited as a Civil and Commercial Mediator by the ADR Group, based in the UK. In March 2009, she underwent training in Family Mediation. In July 2009 Angela completed the CEDR Commercial Mediation course and is also accredited by this organization, based in London.

Angela has a PhD in Occupational Social Work, Wits, 1995, MSc in Applied Social Studies, Oxford University, 1983 and a BA (Social Work) Wits University, 1977. Angela has been a facilitator/trainer since 1984 and has trained extensively on Mediation, Conflict Resolution, Negotiation Skills, Employment Equity, Sexual Harassment and Chairing Disciplinary Enquiries. In addition, she undertakes Investigations into Sexual Harassment and Race Disputes and mediates high conflict disputes, including the fore-mentioned areas as well as incompatibility within teams. Her expertise is in diagnosing interpersonal relationship issues and designing interventions to resolve these potentially disruptive issues in the workplace.

Busi is a multinational resident fellow at the Kettering Foundation in Dayton, Ohio and independent consultant in facilitation and training. She has recently been appointed an Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity (AFRE) in their 2019 programme.

Her work as a dialogue practitioner focuses on issues of race, social justice and transformation. She is part of an ongoing national rollout of a transformation process through the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies (WiCDS) and at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

She is a co-founding member of Democracy Works, a South African organisation working on citizen participation in deepening democracy. Her area of focus is around sustainability models for social justice work and cross sector collaboration. She is the former director of Dignity International, a rights-based development organisation.

Ebrahim is the CEO of Mediate Works (Pty) Ltd, which provides dispute resolution and dispute management services. He is a practicing attorney, CEDR accredited mediator, part-time Senior Commissioner of the CCMA and a sessional lecturer for Wits University and the Mandela Institute.

Ebrahim has a 22-year track record in mediating and arbitrating complex disputes and has been appointed to chair numerous investigations and enquiries. He has successfully facilitated a number of complex multi-party negotiation processes, strategic sessions and relationship building processes (RBOs) for a number of public and private organisations and bargaining councils.

Ebrahim works mainly in the area of employment dispute resolution but has also been appointed with success in family, business, community, socio-political and regulatory disputes.

Ebrahim has successfully led and developed numerous workshops, seminars and conference sessions within and outside of South Africa. He regularly trains for the Mandela Institute on their Labour Dispute Resolution Program as well as for Conflict Dynamics where he is a lead trainer on their Commercial Mediator Training programme. He also trains for the International Labour Organisation International Training Centre (ILOITC).

Ebrahim is able to train diverse audiences in both substantive law and skills development on topics such as negotiation skills, conflict management, mediator skills, mediation advocacy skills, arbitration skills, disciplinary and performance management and labour law.

Gail Forsman has 30 years’ experience in the Organisational Development and Human Resources environment, five of these at a senior executive level, where she fulfilled the role of HR Director at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals South Africa.

She also has 20 years OD and HR consulting experience, having worked in the Government, Development and Private sectors. She has consulted on:

• HR management
• organisational development and design
• development of HR policies and procedures
• recruitment and selection
  design and implementation of performance management systems
• skills development planning
• job grading and evaluation
• design and development of remuneration policies and systems.

Gail is a certified Prosci Change Management Practitioner.

Helen has been an independent practitioner in the human resources field since 1990. Prior to that she was the HR Manager for a large non-profit development organisation that managed education, housing and enterprise projects. Her clients are mainly in the non-profit development sector and include think tanks and policy organisations. She also works with numerous schools in the independent school sector.

While her two sons were at school, she participated actively in school governance functions and lead the St Peter’s Prep Schools Council for several years. She maintains an active interest in the governance issues in this sector.

She has a particular interest in fairness in labour issues in the workplace and considers it a critical part of the employment relationship. Her current work involves a mix of training, dispute resolution, evaluations, compensation, contracts and recruitment.

Helen is married to Alban and has two adult sons.

John Lobban is a retired Educator. He spent thirty years in the public school education system where he was Head of Kimberley Boys’ High and King Edward VII School.

In 2004, he joined ISASA as the Director: Membership and operations, a position he filled for 13 years until his retirement. Post retirement, John worked as a consultant for a number of independent schools and a private equity firm. In 2019 He joined Teneo School as an online teacher, a position he held for four years until final retirement.

During his time at ISASA, John was responsible for the adaptation of the School Sustainability Workshop for independent schools in South Africa and served as the facilitator of the workshop for countless ISASA schools during his period of employment. He has now refined the workshop to its current form and will be facilitating it for interested schools.

Jon Harding is a Chartered Accountant and has been involved in the educational sector for the past 20 years. He was the Financial Director of Educor Ltd as well as the Financial Director of the South African Board of Jewish Education.

Jon has developed a number of courses including the Credit Control module which forms part of the Pastel suite of accounting software. He has also written eLearning courses for Woolworths (Financial Literacy) and ABSA (Home Loan Management)

Jon has been extensively involved in improving debtor management at a number of large corporates and believes that the methodology he teaches will lead to better results. Successful credit management is not complex at all but needs perseverance, consistency and the right processes.

Jon is currently involved with the launch of a new Business Intelligence Software programme for small business.

Judith Griessel is a legal professional and after admission as advocate to the High Court in 1988, started out her career as a prosecutor and magistrate, and then ventured into the corporate field specialising in labour relations management and employment law for 10 years. She started her own legal consultancy in 2005.

Judith has been involved in private education and as consultant to ISASA since 2007, and she has various member schools as clients. She has drafted an Employment Relations manual and a range of pro forma documents for independent schools, including employment contracts and policies.

Judith provides practical advice and assistance for dealing effectively with areas of conflict in the workplace. She is based in Johannesburg but provides services to clients nationally.

Keryn House is a strategic marketer with her roots in the education sector. She holds a HDE from UKZN, an MBA from the University of Wales, and is certified as a practicing Chartered Marketer (CMSA) by the Marketing Association of South Africa (MASA).

Keryn has consulted to blue chip companies across South Africa in marketing strategy, sales strategy, and business strategy. Her experience includes retail, financial services, media, IT, FMCG, capital equipment and non-profit organisations.

After holding executive roles in Johannesburg in government and business, she returned to her home province of KZN to be with her family and chose to move back into education. She took up part-time teaching and school marketing. In 2016, wrote the ISASA publication: A Guide to Effective School Marketing.

In 2018, Keryn started her own independent marketing consultancy, Houseway Consulting (Pty) Ltd. Her strength is in translating strategic marketing concepts and market research (such as personas, positioning, messaging, platforms) into practical tactics for implementation in a school setting, while creating buy-in to the marketing effort. Houseway Consulting was awarded the Best Education Consultancy 2023 – South Africa by LUXLife Private Education Awards.

Keryn works with the heads of independent schools and their marketing teams to help them to achieve growth and sustainability through strategic marketing. Key to her unique project management approach is a co-creation model (online and in-person) which aims to optimise scarce resources and build capacity in school marketing.

Motheo joined ISASA in 2023. He has a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in International Relations & Politics from the University of Cape Town and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of the Witwatersrand. In addition, Motheo has a Public Management certificate from the Mandela Washington Fellowship: Southern African Regional Leadership Centre.

He completed his articles at MacRobert Attorneys where he was retained as an Associate.

Pam is a Clinical Psychologist, Forensic Psychologist, Leadership Development Consultant, Parent/Child Educator and, most exhaustingly, mother of two boys, aged 11 and 13.

Pam was the co-founding member of the Core Vision Consultancy, serving as a Leadership Development consultant, Executive Coach and Diversity Management specialist. In this role, Pam developed and implemented country-wide diversity management and multicultural programmes for Deloitte and Anglo Coal.

She has coached many senior managers, CEO’s, and run process groups with executives from various global corporations and NGO’s, including the South African Truth Commission. She has been a facilitator for the GIBS Leadership Development programme in South Africa and has written numerous papers on Diversity Management and Moral Development processes for companies and government.

Organisations with which she has worked include MTN, the Johannesburg Bar, Transvaal Sugar, Investec, McKinsey, Anglo Coal, Anglo Platinum, Deloitte, Societe Generale, Standard Bank, and Lonza.

She is the co-author “Your Teen Unleashed!” a hands-on to guide to assist parents with managing their teens and the online world. She has also co-designed “EQin a Box,” a card game to develop emotional intelligence in children.

Pam is currently writing a book on teen bullying entitled “Dealing with Difficult Kids, even when They’re Yours.” She also speaks locally and internationally on child-related issues.

In 2020 Paul Edey was appointed to a new position in the ISASA office as the SAHISA Stakeholder Manager. The main purpose of the job is to act as a support for school leaders in ISASA member schools and as a link between the ISASA office and the SAHISA executive.

Paul has over 40 years’ experience in education at secondary and tertiary level. He has led three different schools over the past 25 years as Headmaster of St David’s Marist, Inanda (1995-2006), his old school, St Andrew’s College, Grahamstown, (2009-2014) and then as the 15th Headmaster of St John’s College, Johannesburg (2015-2019).

Paul was Director of Executive Education at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) from 2006-2008. At GIBS, Paul led three Global Executive Education programmes, and his experience at GIBS exposed him to adult education, issues of leadership, the political economy and strategy.

Paul has served on the boards of many different schools, including The Ridge Preparatory, The International School of South Africa, Dainfern College, The Good Shepherd School, The Hope School and Holy Cross School.

He has a particular interest in school leadership and governance, and the education of boys.

Paul is a past chairman of JOCASCO and SAHISA.

Pieter Griessel is a legal professional who was admitted as an advocate to the High Court in the late 1980’s, and then started his career as a prosecutor and magistrate, before venturing into the corporate field.

Pieter specialised in legal risk management, corporate governance and employment law. Pieter later joined his wife Judith in her practice and they are currently both directors of Griessel Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Griessel Consulting has various member schools as clients and both Pieter and Judith frequently assist schools with various legal issues. They provide practical advice and assistance for dealing effectively with workplace issues and legal risk management, including POPIA. They are based in Johannesburg but provide services to clients nationally.

Sarah is passionate about technology and education. Through her talks, Sarah empowers parents and professionals to foster healthy and sustainable digital behaviours to ensure that our productivity, performance, parenting and relationships thrive in an increasingly digital world.

Sarah is the co-founder of Klikd, together with clinical psychologist Pam Tudin- an educational company aimed at giving children, teens and parents the tools to navigate social media successfully.

Before founding Klikd, she was a director and speaker at the Digital Law Company, South Africa’s thought leader in all matters related to social media and the law and is an admitted attorney. At the Digital Law Company, Sarah assisted hundreds of (mostly teen) victims of revenge pornography and cyberbullying and gave talks to companies and parents across the country on the legal, reputational and disciplinary risks of using social media.

Sarah spent five years running the strategic communications for African Leadership Academy (ALA), a pan-African leadership academy for talented youth from across the continent.

Sarah believes her most important job is being a mom to her two children. And when she isn’t running Klikd, or running after them, she is an avid wine enthusiast and self-proclaimed ‘foodie’.

Vanessa Botha is Training Manager at Conflict Dynamics, a specialist training and dispute resolution organisation offering training on conflict management skills, dispute resolution, negotiation skills, employment relations and labour law as well as process interventions such as mediation, facilitation and chairing of enquiries and investigations.

Vanessa has more than 20 years of experience in designing, developing and facilitating training on a variety of issues under the Labour Relations banner, including Conflict Management, Chairing Disciplinary Enquiries, Preparing for and Presenting Cases in Disciplinary Enquiries, Managing Performance and Workplace Discipline and the general application of South African Labour Legislation.

She is an experienced consultant in the areas of Labour Relations and Learning and Development, having consulted independently on these subject matters for 10 years prior to joining Conflict Dynamics. During this time she also practiced in the area of alternative dispute resolution as a Tokiso panellist.

Earlier in her career, Vanessa spent a number of years in the corporate sector, notably as Industrial Relations Specialist for Nestle South Africa. She also has extensive experience in academia having been a part-time lecturer in Labour Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand’s Business School and Faculty of Commerce for 17 years.

Wayne joined ISASA in March 2022 as Director of Membership and Programmes. Prior to this, he was Deputy Headmaster: Operations, at Reddam House School, Helderfontein. His other leadership roles include Headmaster of the Preparatory School at Bishop Bavin, Head of the Senior Primary School at Marist Brothers Linmeyer, and Afrikaans Head of Department and Housemaster at The Ridge School.

Wayne received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Movement Sciences from the University of Pretoria. He obtained his Post Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of South Africa, where he pursued a second Bachelor’s degree in Counselling Psychology. He is a former ISASA Wits Business School Leadership Development Programme participant.