EUROPE

Consulting Practice Director - Chris (B.Com, PRINCE2, Chartered Accountant)

Chris qualified and practised as a Chartered Accountant from 1987 to 1998, then shifted focus into Business and Systems Consulting for SMB and Blue Chip Companies. He has many accomplishments to list including Business Restructuring, Acquisitions and Disposals, Off-shore Finance and IT models, Successful Project Life-Cycles (Business and Technical). Chris is a PRINCE2 Certified Project Manager. As company Director and Consulting Services Manager, Chris is Client Partner to our Major Consulting Clients, managing the initial sales process, establishing the project teams and ensuring world class delivery on Time and within Budget.

SAP Practice Director - Simon (B Com, CPA, SAP Cert (FI/BW), PRINCE2)

Simon qualified and practiced as a Public and Commercial Accountant from 1995 to 1998, whereafter he successfully ran an accounting practice. He became SAP Certified in 1999. He then moved into Business & Technical Consulting, focusing on SAP and using his business skills to provide the link between the Business and IT . Simon's accomplishments include many successful project go-lives several as Project Manager. Simon has also been involved with major improvements to financial and management accounting process in the SMB and Blue Chip Markets. Simon is a Company Director and manages the SAP practice, with a focus on the SME market for which ISB is a SAP partner. Simon manages Telesales, Sales, Implementation and our Support Teams.

SOUTH AFRICA

Director - South Africa – Lourie Louw [B Compt (Hons), CFP, SAP Cert (BW/CO/PS/ASAP), PRINCE2]

Lourie brings over 10 years of consulting, marketing and management experience and a detailed knowledge of business processes to our clients. He also has in-depth knowledge of the Business Intelligence arena in the SAP environment and specializes in the SEM (Strategic Enterprise Management) side. As a Qualified Public Accountant, he has a Commerce Degree (Hons) in Accounting, he is SAP Certified, a Certified Financial Planner and Prince2 (Project manager) practitioner.

Director - South Africa – Vassan [Computer Science (UNISA), SAP Cert (BW/EP/ABAP), PRINCE2]

Vassan has extensive consulting, management, functional and technical experience, together with a vast and in-depth knowledge of systems implementations that spans over the last 10 years. In the Business Intelligence and Technical arenas in the SAP environment, he specializes in BW (Business Warehouse). Vassan has successfully headed-up and led several Development Teams and Projects. He holds a Diploma in Computer Science and Information Systems from the University of South Africa, together with 3 SAP Certifications namely BW (Business Warehouse), EP (Enterprise Portal) and ABAP (Advanced Business Applications Programming).

Director- South Africa – Riaan [B Com (INF) (SA), SAP Cert (CO,BW)]

Riaan has extensive knowledge of the SAP Business Intelligence landscape with extremely valuable technical, functional, management and leadership experience when configuring integrated BI solutions. Riaan has completed several full cycle SEM/BW implementations across several industries, in the last 7 years, in the capacity as Team Lead. He holds a degree in Informatics and Accounting from the University of South Africa, together with 2 SAP Certifications, CO (Controlling SAP R/3), BW (Business Warehouse), and extensive experience in SEM-BPS together with other IT and software certifications.

NEW ZEALAND

Practice Manager – New Zealand – Robin BE(Elect) CPEng, MIPENZ, MCSE (NT4, 2000, 2003), CCNA, CCSA, CCSE

Robin is an accomplished Microsoft, Cisco & Checkpoint Networking and IT Security specialist who has significant project management, infrastructure and end-user support experience in the Banking, Telecommunications and Primary Production. He has a wide ranging knowledge of business process, IT security and the deployment of Information Technology. Robin is also a Director of ISB Global (NZ) Limited, and manages all offshore development work for ISB UK.