Wendy is an Innovation Behavioural Specialist and Managing Director of Newmella Holdings (Pty) Ltd, your global partners in change and innovation for sustainable success.

She chairs the SA Chamber of Commerce UK and the 30% Club for KZN (KwaZulu-Natal), serves on the KZN NBI (National Business Initiative) council, and is a NED for Dare Restoring Worth (a Youth Mentorship and Coaching Academy, est. 2013), all of which drive Economic Inclusion. Additionally, she is an Executive Consultant to the Institute of Inventors and Innovators, serves on the Advisory Council for Tedx and Vega Durban and is a Director at GLSI, a global sustainability training and verification agency.

Wendy lectured a course in Business Innovation Management at Vega School, a tertiary education college and subsidiary of ADvTECH; has a Bachelor of Business Administration and Marketing (cum laude), a Master of Arts in Brand Innovation (cum laude) and is currently working on her PHD in Leadership and Culture. She is also a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and an internationally accredited Trainer of NLP. Wendy is a seasoned conference speaker and has presented on TEDx.

Her corporate positions include; Executive Director European Times, Director Sales and Marketing CNBC and Forbes Africa, General Manager Sales Trudon South Africa and Director TDS Namibia.