PROFILE
INA LE ROUX
Ina is currently Director - Women Development Africa of the The Foundation for the Development Africa (FDA) - she also serves on the board of The Foundation for the Development Africa (FDA)
FAMILY
Ina is married to Francois and have a son Francois-Junior
SOCIAL
Women Development and Community Development
HOBBIES
Art; Writing; Reading; Nature
BIOGRAPHY
Her natural flair for networking, with an urge to serve the community, is a life long ambition. Ina is also a learner and a graduate of Business, Management and Leadership principles. A passion to motivate and develop women to be ‘Women with Purpose’, led to the development and accreditation of a ‘Transformational Leadership Programme for Women’.
Ina successfully launched the first pilot for the ‘I Support Community Development’, as implemented in The City of George, Western Cape Province, South Africa, under the banner of ‘I Support George’.
This LED (Local Economic Development) Project will soon be launched in every village, town and city throughout Africa.
As a life long learner of business, management and leadership principles, her academic background, her visionary and entrepreneurial spirit a life long ambition and urge to serve the community, as well as the need for sustainable economic development in times of turbulence, economic recession, rapid change and the complexity of challenges facing organisations, she developed with her advisory team a ‘Sustainable Organisational Performance Programme’, to enhance sustainable economic development through the implementation of ‘innovative’ and ‘out of the box’ thinking models in organisations.
Ina graduated from the University of the Free State School of Management and received her Baccalaureus in Management Leadership - with distinction.
She is a member of the International Academic Golden Key Honour Society, and one of the top 15% academic achievers from the University of the Free State’s Chapter, in South Africa.
As a history and change maker, she will soon commence with her MPhil in Future Studies at the Business School and Futures Research Institute, University of Stellenbosch.
Ina is also an accredited assessor and motivational speaker with ETDP - SETA, Accreditation nr: ETDP0112, Unit standard I.D. 115753, NQF level 5, Endorsement nr. 476151US, South Africa.
She specialised as a Leadership coach, mentor and programme facilitator.
Among the programmes presented and facilitated included motivational and thinking models for Transformation, Problem-solving, Teambuilding, Leadership, Diversity, Change Management and Woman with Purpose programmes seminars, workshops and conferences.
One of her outstanding achievements was her appointment by the Deputy Minister of the South African Department of Trade and Industry (the dti), as National Board Director for the South African Women Entrepreneur’s Network (SAWEN) - an initiative of the South African Department of Trade and Industry.
Ina also worked, as an associate, with an Academic Advisory Team of the University of the Free State and other specialists in their field of work. She was one of the preferred service providers for SAWEN and the DTI and was showcased in the ‘SA Women Entrepreneurs National Directory, 2006’ that was endorsed by the then Deputy President of South Africa, Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
Her list of achievements include:
Ina is a visionary and a pioneer for the empowerment and development of women and the community.
see: www.isupportgeorge.co.za
* Founder and President of the Woman Global Network;
* Founder and CEO of Dream Leisure, a research and development company;
* A registered principal and estate agent with E.A.A.B of South Africa;
* Managing Director of SA Art, a service organization, with the endorsement of the Deputy Minister of the Department Arts and Culture, South Africa. (As an artist, she helped gifted Art students to promote their work);
* Founder and Principal of Ina Le Roux Business and Finishing School;
* Trained and worked together with several South African Government Departments, including:
the Department of Education and Cultural Affairs,
the Department of Mental Health and
the Mayor’s Office in Bloemfontein, South Africa;
* Patron of the Department of Mental Health in Bloemfontein, South Africa;
* Full time Christian ministry with husband Francois and son Francois-Junior.
CONTACT DETAIL:
PHYSICAL ADDRESS - (Office):
15 BUSH STREET VILLAS
BUSH ROAD
NOORDHEUWEL
MOGALE CITY
GAUTENG
SOUTH AFRICA
POSTAL ADDRESS - (Office):
P. O. BOX 3686
CRESTA 2118
SOUTH AFRICA
TELEPHONE (Office):
00 27 (0)11 954 6855
FACSIMILE (Office):
00 27 (0)86 579 4776
MOBILE:
00 27 (0)71 182 8492 (Ina)
EMAIL:
ina_leroux@foundation-development-africa.org
OUR WEBSITES:
www.foundation-development-africa.org
www.isupportgeorge.co.za
www.isupportafrica.com
www.fdapartners.net
ABOUT THE FDA
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......throughout Africa - with the emphasis on sustainability!
This organisation is currently rated as one of the most proactive Sustainable Business Development Organisations in Africa!
Serving Africa since 1999.
AFRICAN RENEWAL PROGRAMME
We firmly believe that sustainable development is a process that must start from within - Africa needs to "partner" with herself first!
We also prefer the phrase: "Lets create wealth" rather than "Lets alleviate poverty"
Our initiatives include enabler 'showcasing'; networking opportunities; business opportunities; investment opportunities; promotion of special projects; dissemination of business information; joint venture initiatives and a range of value added services - all to serve
AFRICA!
HOW THEN CAN I SUPPORT AFRICA?
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"Sustainable Development is the action and/or act of bringing people and/or processes into position for the effective use in the support and/or delivery of efforts, conducts and the cause!"
"Nothing is as ‘powerful’ as the Human Network"
Peter METCALFE
1999
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