Madelise Grobler: DMA winner and multi-faceted ... - Words' Worth

19Chairman’s Distinguished Merit AwardDr Madelise Grobler, founder and managing director of Bytes PeopleSolutions, is this year’s winner of the DMA. Under her passionate andhands-on direction, BPS has become a leader in its field in South Africa’seducation industry, providing outstanding service to many of thecountry’s blue chip companies.Turn to pages 6-9 to read more about this remarkable woman.The other contenders for the DMA were:l Peter Riley and Craig Clark of Powertech Switchgear, joint winnersof the Powertech CEO’s Award.l Harry Louw, MD of Altech Netstar, and winner of the Altech CEO’sAward.l Jannette Horn, Altron group sustainability manager, and winnerof the AMS Executive Award.Dr Venter presents Madelise Grobler with the DMA certificate, golddiamond pin and her air tickets to Europe.Altron Management Services (AMS) Executive AwardJannette Horn successfully established a much-needed sustainabilityfunction at Altron. Collaborating closely with the Altron CorporateCommunications team, she has rolled out programmes such as GreenOffice Week, Earth Hour and numerous environmental workshops.She has made a valuable contribution to the group’s new lookannual report, Altron’s water submission and JSE SRI Index submissionprogrammes, and was instrumental in launching the group’s firstsustainability manual – also a first in the industry.Other nominees:l Dingy Makwelo, head waiter and ambassador extraordinairefor the Parktown corporate officel Chris Potgieter, group legal managerl Parvesh Chetty, group internal auditorl Earl James, group internal auditorAltron CFO, Alex Smith, presents the AMSExecutive Award to Jannette Horn.