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Profile
Dr. Veni Andrew is an influential leader with international experience and a sustainedrecord of success in business. An
inspirationalleaderandanoutstandingteammember,whothroughaparticipativeapproachcreatesarobuststrategyto
translate visionintoachievementandprofitrealization. She hasheldseniorconsultative positionsinfinance,marketing,
re-engineering,change management,IT,mentoringandcoachingin SouthAfricanbasedmulti nationals,parastatalsand
governmental organizations.
She has very strong leadership and communication skills that create team and organisational effectiveness. She is a
strategicandinnovative thinker,customer-focusedandveryresultsdriven,withabilitytounderstandcomplexissuesand
problems and develop workable solutions to them.
Dr. Veni isthe pioneerof the MillionaireConnect Entrepreneurialprogramme whichempowersentrepreneursfromstart
–up businesstoeffective growth. Propellingthe sustainable economicprogressionof our people byacceleratingwealth
accumulation. Dr.Veni through BlackPride hassince itsinception in1997, developedleaderstoaccessandsustainviable
businessopportunities. The organisationhas overthe years skilledandequipped,thousandsof entrepreneurs,through
various sponsored programs. A development intervention with Gibs and Goldman Sachs, a MBA program was initiated
and completed for entrepreneurs. An empowerment initiative through Eskom and Besa, a business accreditation was
completed for entrepreneurs.
Accolades include.......
 Sanlam Sowetan Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year
 1997 Cosmo Mover of the Year
 1998 Finalist Mercedes Benz women of the year
 1999 Finalist in the Lebone checkers Woman of the Year
 2001 Top 300 Business Woman of the Year
 2002 BBQ Awards Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year
 2003 Ekurhuleni CEO award of the Year
 2005 Conferred with a Causa Honoris “ Doctor of Theology”
 2008_2009 Selected by Stevie Awards New York, on the judicial panel for The Global Stevie Award

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Company : Blackpride Marketing
Title: CEO
Duration: Current
Key Focus
1. Mergersand Acquisitions
2. Finance Restructuring
3. Capital Raising
a. TreasuryFinance deals
b. Infrastructure Capital
4. Corporate AdvisorFacilitation
ProjectsConsultedon:
1. IDC / Absafor taxi finance for2010 businessdemandonmicrobusses (R400m)
2. Dorbyl LimitedDisposal of SA Subsidiaries (R800m)
3. Aucor_ Disposal of FixedandMovable assets (R100m)
4. BishuMunicipalityInfrastructure Capital (R500m)
5. Blue Crane Municipality InfrastructureCapital (R500m)
6. NelsonMandelaMunicipalityInfrastructure Capital (R2.6b)
7. Ethekwini MunicipalityDebtConsolidation (R10b)
8. Master pak Disposal toAfripak (R49m)
9. MetgroupMerger and Acquisition (R150m)
10. SAA debtconsolidation(R14.6b)
11. ElginEngineering(R140m)
12. Cityof Tshwane (R340m)
Blackpride’sEmpowermentand DevelopmentProjects
Eskom Enterprise DevelopmentProgram
- TrainedanddevelopedBlackContractorsina‘ ownercontractor transportbusiness”
- BESA an inhouse trainingand skillsdivisioninEskomtrainedover200 entrepreneurs,andintegratedthemwith
Transport companiesincludingEl-ShaddaiFreight,Transnet,andSAB.
The BusinessPlace
- WithcollaborationswithThe BusinessPlace (www.thebusinessplace.co.za) over4000 entrepreneurswere
trainedandempoweredwithaMicroMBA a course worthR20,000 at a reducedprice of R1500. ( www.micro-
mba.co.za)
- The selectionandintroductionof candidateswere acollaborationof Blackpride MarketingandBizAssist
Informationportal.

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Youth DevelopmentAgency
- Withcollaborationswiththe YouthDevelopmentAgency( www.umsobomvhu.org.za)
- A un- quantified numberof entrepreneurswere trainedanddevelopedforbusinessandaccessedprocurement
opportunities.
GIBS
CurrentlyBlackpride is mobilizing a sponsored‘Certificate of Entrepreneurship”byGibsfor 600 women.
Blackpride WomeninMining
Embarkedon a womenempowereddriveinthe MiningandEnergySector. Blackpride hasaccruedover6800 womento
participate inthisindustry.
An empowermentprogramhasbeentailoredON LINEforaccess to the variouscourses.
Company : Blackpride Marketing PTY Limited
Title: CEO
Duration: 2002-2005
The Entrepreneurial Empowermentprogram, ledtothe incorporationof BlackprideMarketing.
Key Focusareas of organization:
- SMME Developmentthroughsponsoredprograms.
- Integrationof ProcurementopportunitiesforSMMEs
- BBBEE Consulting
o Developmentandownershipof trademarks:
o BEE Scorecard
o BEE Database
o BEE Monitor
o BEE Mirror
- Developmentandendorsementof the BBBEE Land andAgricultural Charter.
- Developmentof Transportation,clearingandforwardingcharter.
ProjectsCompleted:
1. Shell SA supplieraudit
- AssessmentforBBBEE targetsof 3000 suppliers.
- Auditandsignoff on the BBBEE spendforthe SAPREFshutdown procurementbudget,of R400m to JointVenture
BEE spend.

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2. SAA BBBEE Consultancy
- Blackpride wasappointedtooverseethe awardof 22 Major Contracts (5 yearterms) to BEE JointVentures.
- The legal contracts,and selectionof BEEpartnershipswere successfullyconcludedoverthe 15 monthstermof
itsappointment.
- The contractual awardswere inexcessof R4billion.
3. ACSA
- Blackpride concludedanEnterprise DevelopmentAuditforACSA toinitiate developmentprogramsforthe
suppliersof ACSA.
- Blackpride,identified BEE supplierstoleverage ahigherBEEspend.
4. BidvestLimited
- Appointed to facilitate, BBBEE transaction with Dinatla Investments, to acquire 26.1 % of Bidvest Group.
- Auditedthe labour intensive companies in the group and integrated their compliance to the BBBEE scorecard.
- Integrated the gaming board national licence into a co-operative structure,to ensure the successful conclusion
into Bidvest.
5. Bizassist ( www.bizassist.co.za)
Thiswas an empowermentinitiative byFounderWarrickChandlerof BizassistandVeni Andrew of BlackprideMarketing.
The progressionof the developmentof entrepreneursledtoVeni Andrew’srelease of the Empoweredof SuccessSeries,
Book,and Audioseries,“EmpoweredforSuccess”Unleashyourpotential.
- ProjectmanagedanefficientITplatformthatempoweredSMMES
- BusinessSOS,Tenderopportunities,toentrepreneurs.
- Led a teamof IT developerstoestablishthe platform.
- Developedahubfor franchise andbusinessresales.
- Maintenance of InformationDistributionto SMMES for :
o IT trainingand development
o Fundingaccess
o Branding
o Businessforsale opportunities
o A Home BusinessNetworkGuideline
o MentoringandCoaching

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6. Thebe Investments// Shell SA
- Consultedonthe facilitationof aBEE acquisitionwith ShellSA andThebe Investments
- Analysisof Financial Due Diligence fordeal toverifyandauditvalue of acquisition.
- Preparedlegal draftsof Sale Agreement,ShareholderAgreementsandManagementAgreements.
- Liaisonwithlegal facilitatorsforconclusion of deal.
- Corporate Advisoryfacilitationpostthe transactionfor12 months.]
7. Gauteng Transport ManagementAuthorityGTMA
- Togetherwith16 other professionals,consultedonthe 2nd
economylogisticsmappinginSA
- Consolidatedthe marketingplanfor Air,Road,Rail infrastructure in4IDZs inSA.
- Compiledforthe Metros the planfor the infrastructure developmentplan,landclaimsfordevelopment.
- Consultedonthe initiationof the PPP“private publicpartnership”registrationforthe projects.
Company : El-Shaddai Freight PTY
Title: : CEO
Duration: : 1996-2001
Key Focusareas:
Initiatedacollaborative model fordeliveryanddistributionexecution.Withcompetitorsinthe industry,utilisingan
international supplychainmodel, developedbyJohnGattorna,the founderof DHL worldwide.The integrationof
competitivelogisticsagentsgloballywasaneweconomictrendthatachievedcostefficiency.ITsystemsthatcreated
efficiencythroughseamlesscontrol of the delivery,through trackandtrace, alsowere a new trendthat was
implementedwithinEl-Shaddai Freight.
Key Responsibilities:
- Liaise andtarget parastatal and governmentaltenderbusiness.
o ClientLiaisonwithClientele Transnet,Transtel,Spoornet,MTN,Vodacom, TelkomandEskom
- Expansionof Continentalinfrastructure inbusinessunits
o ClearingandForwarding,longhaul,distribution
- OversighttoLegal contracts foran ownercontractor model fortransporters,toexpandbusinessreach.
- Establishedanational infrastructure of contractorsfordelivery,with45depotsinprovincial,urbanandrural
areas.
- Developednational trainingprogramsforContractordevelopment,sponsoredbyEskom.
- El-Shaddai,receivedmomentousbusinessawardsforitssignificantcontributiontojob creationand
entrepreneurialdevelopmentof itsnational database of ownercontractors.
- The developmentof entrepreneurs,throughasponsoredempowermentprogrambyEskom, spearheadedby
Reuel KhosaandRubenMamorare,ledto the qualifyingwithBusinessskillsover2000 ownercontractors.

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8. Gauteng Transport ManagementAuthority GTMA
- Togetherwith16 other professionals,consultedonthe 2nd
economylogisticsmappinginSA
- Consolidatedthe marketingplanfor Air,Road,Rail infrastructure in4IDZs inSA.
- Compiledforthe Metros the planfor the infrastructure developmentplan,landclaimsfordevelopment.
- Consultedonthe initiationof the PPP“private publicpartnership” registrationforthe projects.
Company: Lectrolite Div of Imperial Group (FINANCE)
Title:Financial Controller,
Duration: 1993-Jan 1995
Responsible forall aspectsof finance andaccounting. Integratedwithin the ISO9001 policydevelopmentteam, to
monitorsystemsaudit,withinthe manufacturingindustryof bougicord. ReportedtogrouponProvisions,production
and salestargets,andfull functionof finance.
Key Responsibilities
- Collectionof Debtors
- MonthlyCash flowProjections
- Ensuringthat the CreditPolicyisbeingimplementedatall levels
- LiaisingWiththe Legal PractitionersforHandedoveraccounts
- Trainingof CreditDepartmentpersonnel
- MonthlyProductionof DebtorsReports
- ForeignDebtors
- Value AddedTax Returns
- ForeignCreditorsPayments
- Cash flowManagement
- ManagementSalaries
- Inter-CompanyReconciliation
- Final accounts
- Preparationof budgets
- LiaisingwithExternal Auditors
- Supervisionof AccountsStaff

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REFERENCES
NAMES ORGANISATIONS
Edward C Kieswetter Group CEO Alexander Forbes
Genine Jacobs Group HR Standard Bank
Belinda Bhoodoo Africa Marketing Manager Illy
Deon John F Manager Imperial
Tony Zebert CEO Jindal Africa
Matumwa Mawere Group CEO AHI Holdings
Nathan Mariemuthu Group CEO Basadi Steel
Krish Pillay FManag Ethekwini Muncipality
Paul Winterstein Directory Aucor
Steve Zagey BC Gold
AK Joosub CEO Baker Transport
Belinda Brass Finance Alt X
Neverl Kambashe CEO Beryl Capital
Bongani Aug Khumalo Chairman Gidani
Bongisizwe Mpondo Director Gauteng Transport Management Authority
Hannes Malan Transport IDC
Kugan Thaver CFO IDC
Brendan Pearse CEO 4 PL Logistics
Brian Richardson CEO Wizzit Cell Banking
Prof Anton Bam Advisor Treasury PE
Prof ND Sandi Chaiman NAFU
David Malapo CEO I Can Foundation

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