Arthur Debenault Botha

arthurdebenaultbotha@gmail.com

Top high energy professional with combined fast track hands on business-, banking-
and public relations experience at world-class organizations for 16 years. Utilized
excellent qualifications and experience to not only build brand loyalty but also
improved organizations visibility and viability in highly competitive industries.

Professional Career Experience:

Arturo Debenault Professional Photography / Business Owner:
January 2008 to Present: Managing Member / Owner, Photographer,
Arturo Debenault Professional Photography: (Decided to follow my personal passion
of photography and take a sabbatical to study photography full time and to offer
professional photography to businesses and individuals in the Nelspruit area).
Achievements during my time as owner of Arturo Debenault Professional
Photography:
• Signed the Spar group as my major client (Already completed work in the region
of R250000 for them)
• Also established Arturo Debenault Professional Photography as a major player in the
wedding market
• Did some work for the Innibos Festival (2008 and 2009)
I am featured prominently on their website
• On a daily basis I run the business with my partner, from finding work to delivering
an excellent final product. All my clients come back for future assignments and refer
friends and family because of my excellent reputation in the market
Click on this link to see the the Innibos Ad we did photography for:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHtrpBd_82k
Click on the link below to see some of our pictures or search Arthur Botha on
Facebook to see all our albums
http://facebook.com/album.php?aid=19864&id=1450774706&l=7a19369431

Standard Bank:
* January 2005 to December 2006: Account Executive - Expert Market,
Business Banking
(Standard Bank – Nelspruit Region):
Managing the accounts of a portfolio of Expert customers with turnover in excess of
R5 million.
During this period I was able to focus on the key customers that banked with me as
Priority and Private Banking Customers and were able to convince a large percentage
of them to bring over their business accounts to Standard Bank from opposition banks.
* July 2000 to December 2004: Personal Relationship Manager: Priority Banking
(Standard
Bank – Lowveld Area):
Managing the accounts of customers and giving advice on all related products and
Wealth Creation in this newly established portfolio in Mpumalanga Province. The need
for this portfolio was identified due to the fact that there are a large number of High
Income Earners in the Nelspruit and White River Area. The portfolio grew on a year on
year basis by at least 15% and later included Priority Banking customers (high net
worth individuals - investable assets of at least R10 million rand). I requested the move
to the Expert Market (Large Businesses) as I was ready for a new challenge. When I
moved to the new role the Priority Market was sufficiently large that two new Personal
Relationship Managers were appointed to look after the customers in this market.
* July 1998 to July 2000: Manager: Personal Markets (Standard Bank – Ermelo
Core):
Established the Personal Market Portfolio in the Ermelo Core after the restructuring
of the Branch Structure into Commercial, SME and Personal Market Portfolios
Managing seven Personal Bankers, three Home Loans Consultants and three
Consumer Consultants. The success achieved in this role led to my appointment
in the newly created Priority Banking Portfolio in Nelspruit, the capital of
Mpumalanga Province
* August 1995 to July 1998: Assistant Public Relations Officer and Public Relations
Officer,
Two regions:
Established the Public Relations function in the newly formed Province.
Put in place infrastructure and support system to handle customer queries and
complaints for the 28 branches
Planning public relations programs
Controlled sponsorship budget of R2 million for 28 branches
Co-ordinate functions, donations, sponsorships and RDP related projects
Media liaison
Writing press releases and articles

Comark Holdings:
* January 1994 to December 1994: Public Relations Officer, Comark Holdings
(In Service Training as part of National Diploma)

Educational Background:
1. National Certificate in Professional Photography (2007)

2. Masters Degree in Business Leadership – UNISA (2003-2005)

First Year Subjects:
Human Resources Management and Employment Relations
Operations Management
Marketing Management
Financial and Management accounting
Strategic Management
Economics and the Global Business Environment
Second Year Subjects:
Leadership and Organizational Dynamics
Strategic Financial Management
Strategy Dynamics and International Business
Information Resource Management
Business Research
Business Ethics
Third Year Subjects:
Project Management
Change Management
Thesis title: “Creating a Climate and Culture for Sustainable Organizational Change”

3. Management Development Program – UNISA (2002)

Subjects:
* Strategy Implementation * Operations & Supply Chain Management
* Marketing & Information Management * Mobilising People
* Financial & Management Accounting * Economics for Business

4. Baccalaureus Technologiae: Public Relations Management – Technikon Pretoria

(1995-
1996)
First Year Subjects:
* Management I * Communication Science IV * Media Studies III
Second Year Subjects:
* Public Relations IV *Research Methods and Technology

5. National Diploma: Public Relations – Technikon Pretoria (1992-1994)

Subjects:
* Public Relations I, II & III *Communication Science I, II & III
* Media Studies I & II * Business Economics I
* Social Psychology * Marketing & Advertising
* Statistics * Photography
* Afrikaans * English

6. Matric: Hoërskool Oos-Moot Pretoria (1990)

Subjects:
* Afrikaans * English * Economics
* Mathematics * Science * History

7. Additional Courses
* Wealth Creation * Relationship Management * Credit
* Various Banking related courses

Additional Information:
2006: Lecturing part-time at Damelin: Marketing and Business Administration &
Management
1997: Chartered Public Relations Practitioner
1994: Secretary for Public Relations Institute of South Africa (Northern Transvaal)
1993: Class Chairman
1993: Winner of Interad Trophy: Best all-round student
1992: First Prize (Public Relations Program: Menlyn Park Shopping Centre)

Competencies:
High Emotional Intelligence
Good communication skills applied daily with internal and external customers
Team player
Problem solving and conflict resolution skills
Relationship management
Resilient
Innovative
Results orientated
I, Arthur Debenault Botha, hereby declare that the above-mentioned information is correct