Portia Nene

Dedicated and passionate professional with over 20 years of combined experience overseeing stakeholder relationships, business development and sustainability in public, private and NPC sectors. An effective communicator with a strategic mind and creative heart. Passionate about relationship building, networking, and campaign management. Driven about impact initiatives and an advocate for all matters involving social development, inclusion and empowerment.

Impact Projects Consultant - Selah Enterprise - Durban, South Africa

(2024-01)

Director of LIV Business and LIV Labels | Board Member for associate companies - LIV Business and LIV Labels - Durban, South Africa

(2021-01 - 2024-01)

LIV Business and LIV Labels are registered private companies with the main aim to establish and invest in businesses to provide for the sustainability of LIV Village NPC and create jobs. It seeks to put care and compassion into the commercial enterprise. LIV Business seeks to bridge the gap by facilitating true economic participation and empowerment to vulnerable communities.

LIV Business (Pty) Ltd and LIV Labels (Pty) Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of LIV Durban, an NPC registered as both PBO and an NPO. LIV Business has existed for 9 years and identified agriculture as an area of enormous potential for job creation, income generation and provision of healthy sustenance for LIV residents. LIV Labels manufactures self-adhesive labels.

• Oversight of business dealings
• Finance- sign off/loan history& repayment/budgets/cashflows
• Implementing all systems and processes
• Funding- generation of project and other funding
• Communication management Stakeholder management (internal & external)
• BBBEE, ED, SED Partnership
• Board Member for associate companies of LIV Business (EMCOM and LIV Clean)

Business Development Manager - Switch Marketing - Durban, South Africa

(2019-01 - 2020-12)

• Digital marketing strategy
• Marketing -Creating Inbound Marketing campaigns including strategy, target demographic development, content campaigns, customer delight and inbound sales scoring
• Develop, execute, monitor the online business ecosystem
• Ensuring strategic alignment of business, customers and stakeholders
• Client experience navigation and management

Business Development Manager - News & Media (SA) (Pty) Limited - Durban, South Africa

(2018-01 - 2018-12)

Independent Media is one of South Africa's leading multiplatform content companies. With quality publications include 20 of the country's most prominent newspapers.

Operations Coordinator/Marketing Associate - Saldanha Bay IDZ Licencing, SOC LTD - Saldanha Bay, South Africa

(2015-01 - 2018-12)

The marketing function within the SBIDZ LiCo has a key role in marketing the SBIDZ to potential investors and broader stakeholders, using the unique value proposition to attract investment into the Zone. In addition, the function supports key marketing initiatives across the SBIDZ LiCo and manages all formal communications for the business.

BA Honours - Development Studies - UNISA (2024-01 - 2026-12)

Bachelor of Arts - International Relations and Diplomacy - UNISA (2023-01 - 2023-12)

Certificate - Project Management - PRINCE 2 FOUNDATION (2017-01 - 2017-12)

Certificate - Public Management and Governance - UCT GetSmarter (2016-01 - 2016-12)

Certificate - Marketing - UCT GetSmarter (2016-01 - 2016-12)

Certificate - Microsoft Office - CAD Training Centre (2016-01 - 2016-12)

Certificate - Digital Marketing - Hubspot (2018-01 - 2018-12)

Certificate - TESOL - Teach, Travel Asia (2011-01 - 2011-12)

Certificate - Project Management 1 - CPUT (2009-01 - 2009-12)