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Academic Qualifications

Master's Degree, International Human Resources Management

Master's Degree, International Human Resources Management

Master's Degree, International Human Resources Management

VIU - Universidad Internacional de Valencia and Rome Business School

2020-2021

Grade: GPA 3.5


Capstone project for AMEX Italia: Attracting and Retaining Young Talents in a COVID/post-COVID-19 Era


Coursework:

- Performance Management, Feedback Systems, Benefits & Rewards, Succession Planning, and Digital HR

- Strategic HR

- Talent Management & Development

HonsBA, History

Master's Degree, International Human Resources Management

Master's Degree, International Human Resources Management

Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch, South Africa

2010 - 2011


Coursework: Philosophy of History, Historiography, Research Methodology, War and Society

Dissertation: A History of Afrikaner ideas of self-determination and the rise of the Network Society, c. 1993 – 2011.


Exchange student to the University of Antwerp, Belgium: Research conducted on self-determination movements in the 21st century within the context of the Network Society


BA, International Studies

Master's Degree, International Human Resources Management

BA, International Studies

Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch, South Africa

2007 - 2009


Majors: Political Science and History

Minor: German Culture and Literature


Summer School Course: Deutsch Erleben: An Urban Experience of Berlin at Humboldt University of Berlin, June/July 2009

Read some of my essays, if you Dare.

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Courses and Certifications

Branding: The Creative Journey

Foundations of Career Navigating and Coaching

Foundations of Career Navigating and Coaching

IE University 

January 2026

Foundations of Career Navigating and Coaching

Foundations of Career Navigating and Coaching

Foundations of Career Navigating and Coaching

Goodwill Industries International

January 2006 

Hiring Practices

Foundations of Career Navigating and Coaching

Industrial Biotechnology

UC Irvine

April 2025

Industrial Biotechnology

Foundations of Project Management

Industrial Biotechnology

Manchester University

March 2025

Generative AI Essentials

Foundations of Project Management

Foundations of Project Management

 IBM

 July 2024

Foundations of Project Management

Foundations of Project Management

Foundations of Project Management

 Google

 October 2022

Outsourcing Management

Uncommon Sense Teaching

Uncommon Sense Teaching

LinkedIn Learning 

October 2022

Uncommon Sense Teaching

Uncommon Sense Teaching

Uncommon Sense Teaching

Deep Teaching Solutions

October 2022


Building Resilience

Uncommon Sense Teaching

Flipping the Classroom

LinkedIn Learning  

February 2021

Flipping the Classroom

Constitutional Struggles in the Muslim World

Flipping the Classroom

LinkedIn Learning 

February 2021

Teaching Techniques: Project-Based Learning

Constitutional Struggles in the Muslim World

Constitutional Struggles in the Muslim World

 LinkedIn Learning 

 February 2021

Constitutional Struggles in the Muslim World

Constitutional Struggles in the Muslim World

Constitutional Struggles in the Muslim World

University of Copenhagen  

February 2021

Academic Writing

Hons-BA (History) Dissertation (2011)

Mattheus Hendrikus Wessels' Hons(BA) History Dissertation:

"A History of Afrikaner ideas of self-determination and the rise of the Network Society, c. 1993 – 2011."

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History

Afrikaner Fragmentation

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Political Science

Participatory Budgeting in Brazil

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History

Imagination, Politics, and Cultire

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