Heading the team is Theresa Oakley-Smith, former academic and educationist. As well as having sat on numerous Ministerial Commissions of Enquiry (SAPS Racism, Vryburg High School), Terry is also well published, having been a contributing editor to The Star newspaper for many years.
Team Absolute
 
  Team Absolute  
 
 

Absolute makes use of local trainers and co-workers in various areas whenever possible with the aim of empowering individuals, contributing to local employment opportunities and increasing the proof of training skills in the specific community.

Matching language and cultural competencies Absolute prides itself in providing training and intervention teams best suited to the areas in which they will be working.

Some of the members of the Absolute Team include:


 Picture of Terry Oakley-Smith Theresa Oakley-Smith
CEO		 Theresa has extensive experience in the areas of diversity, change management, organisational development and anti-discrimination.  As founder and MD of Absolute, Theresa has conducted pioneering work in these areas and is known for her work in many major organisations. Some of these include: Dimension Data, Denel, Transnet and the South African Reserve Bank.
 Picture of Ncanyiswa Patricia Hoboshe Ncanyiswa Patricia Hoboshe
Senior Admin 		Patricia has worked for Absolute for 6 years.  She has served as the project administrator on many medium to large scale projects. 
  Shekeshe Mokgosi
Project Manager 		 Shekeshe has broad experience in managing large and complex projects.  He has experience in tertiary institutions and the public and private sectors. 
  Heather Louw
Senior Trainer and Materials Designer/Developer		 Heather Louw has been working in the field of transformation and diversity since 1995.  She is a very experienced trainer with qualifications as an assessor, moderator and programme developer.
 
  Vanessa Winter
Senior Consultant, Skills Development Facilitator, moderator and assessor 		 Vanessa has extensive experience in designing diversity solutions, developing interventions and managing the implementation of organisational culture skills. 
 Lucien Oakley-Smith Lucien Oakley-Smith
Communications Consultant 		 Lucien has considerable experience in diversity training and programme design.  He has over 5 years of facilitation, programme design, management and development experience in diverse settings. 
  Jackie Pieters
Accounting Officer 		  
  Percy Gumbo
Administrative Assistant 		  

 

Other trainers and members of staff include:

  • Sadique Crombie
  • Bronson Hlatshwayo
  • Charles Marriott
  • Bongani Tshabalala
  • Desire Patel
  • Mbali Morgan
  • Lynette Nel (Clinical Psychologist)
  
 
     
Absolute is accredited through the Services SETA of South Africa and is a black owned enterprise. Awarded level 2 contributor rating by Honeycomb rating agency in 2009, Absolute strives to keep all of its interventions in line with its accreditation and BBBEE status