Kissmea Naude
Growing up on the Cape Flats surrounded by gangsterism, drugs and teenage pregnancy, Kissmea had the drive from a young age to achieve more than what was expected from her.
After working in corporate for a few years and finding the glass ceiling rather quickly, she decided to go into business for herself and make her own rules for success.
She started a pest control business out of a small flat in Mowbray in 1994 and soon found that personal service & commitment gained her many happy clients who remain clients to date.
She has the ability to overcome complex business challenges and makes high stakes decisions using experience-backed judgment, strong work ethic and irreproachable integrity. Respected as a proponent of empowerment and accountability she is passionate about service.
Kissmea’s consistent record of delivering extraordinary results in growth and revenue, operational performance and profitability has allowed her to have a sustainable business over the years; despite the harsh economic climate.
Driven by a visceral “hard wired” need to strategize, to innovate, and to disprove the words “it can’t be done”; she has managed to shake the foundations of businesses that are stuck in inefficient processes.
Her respect for human capital has given her loyal, dedicated staff that she trusts as the face of her business in her customer’s day to day interactions.
Kissmea is a Business Analyst and shareholder of Hummingbird Professional Consulting and she is the Managing Director of Bluedot Facilities Company.
She completed 2 years at the MBA Business School of Netherlands, holds a Diploma in Strategic Management, Certificate in Marketing Management, a Diploma in Public Relations.
Affiliations:
Member – Women in Finance
Committee member and Mentor – Women's Property Network
Vice Chairperson - Western Cape Business Opportunities Forum
Director – Western Cape Women’s Investment Forum
Director – Leading Women of Africa
Founder – P O W A (Propagation of Women’s Empowerment Resources.
Board Member – SGB Poslec Seta
Actively involved with the Chamber of Commerce CT 1997
Member of Committee for African Harvest Women’s Initiative Fund 2000
Board member for the Standards Generating Body for SAQA in the Poslec Seta 2000
Training women in the townships and disadvantaged areas in business skills for
NGO Mengoss 1998
Finalist Wecbof Business Person of year award 1996
Committee member of ANC Economic affairs policy development 1994
Director and shareholder of subsidiary Bidwip (Bidvest and Wiphold) Nomtselane (Pty) Ltd 2001 - 3
Co-authored the international book “Multiple Streams of Inspiration II”
Train the Trainer – UK sponsored by British Council
She worked together with British companies needing to send British nationals to
companies in SA and started the project : W.I.S.E. (WOMEN in security employment) a UK based project
Special achievements include:
Kissmea was sponsored by British Council to investigate CCTV systems utilized in the UK and to bring this technology to SA. This resulted in her appointment by the Minister of Safety and Security to the Poslec (Police, Private security, Military) Seta SGB. She was
part of the team that designed the street systems in central Cape Town.
She spearheaded professional training in SA via SITO UK for the Security Industry and was one of ten business people invited to have dinner with Minister Trevor Manual at
his official residence. In 2000 she was the sole partner selected by Bidwip (Wiphold and Bidvest) to partner them in the Grandwest Casino contract. She procured cleaning, hygiene, garment rental, staff supply to the Grandwest Hotel. This was her biggest
achievement yet. She sold her shares 4 yrs later to pursue business on her own.
Voluntary work include:
Marketing Manager Tygerberg Rugby Club
Motivational workshops for young adults (matriculants)
Growing and empowering black disadvantaged women in township
Kissmea, we salute you!
