Francois Brink

Experienced and innovative general manager with sophisticated sales, customer service and business administration skills. High personal integrity, and able to relate to and create trust in all. Highly articulate, confident and persuasive team-builder, able to motivate and communicate to achieve exceptional business performance.

Dependable and reliable in supporting and enabling team effort to produce genuine long-term sustainable development. Persistent and flexible approach to the mutually beneficial achievement of business plans and personal goals of staff, suppliers and customers.

Director - Classic Fish and Chips

(2018-01 - 2026-02)

Responsibilities include everything

• After working there 7 years I managed to purchase the shop, which I ran for 8 Years and 1 Month.
• Apart from my 8 staff members everything including day to day responsibilities was managed by myself.
• Due to unforeseen circumstances I could not keep up with, I had to close down the end of February 2026.

Manager - Classic Fish and Chips

(2010-01 - 2017-12)

Responsibilities include training, hiring, orders, stock take and administration.

• In my 3 short years being here I helped open a second take away which I also help to manage.
• I started doing the VAT on both stores including the collections on the building which consist of 11 tenants.
• I was then given the responsibility of handling accounts of rent and electricity of the building.

Marketing Manager - MAT International

(2010-01 - 2010-12)

Build and planned business trips across the country. Managed a team of four. Was given the responsibility of training, budgeting and day to day activities.

• It took me four months to go from consultant to marketing manager.
• Participated in a lot of business trips and learned a lot about direct sales.

Manager - Mr.Mover

(2008-01 - 2010-12)

I was given the responsibility of distribution and warehousing. I was also given the office and was in charge of marketing

• This was my first real opportunity where everything dependent on me.
• Even though it was the smallest branch of six I proved myself to become something great if I was given the opportunity.

Grade 12 - WELOM GIMNASIUM (2002-12)