Anna Odendal
About
Extensive experience in Human Resources in a variety of industries (financial, retail, FMCG, public sector, construction, education, information & communications technology, mining & resources), in the following roles: • HR Consulting • HR Project Management • HR Business Partner / HR Manager • Talent Management • Management of Talent Acquisition and Selection Functions • Talent Acquisition and Leadership Assessments (using a variety of assessment tools from various test and assessment developers such as Bioss • The development of talent management capacity in organisations, covering the following areas: - Organisational structures and roles - Performance management - Reward systems - Talent reviews and succession planning - Talent acquisition and selection This involves the design and implementation of processes, policies and methodologies; implementation roll-out – change management and training; capacity building; and coaching. • Assessments - Recruitment and selection assessments (psychometric and behavioural / competency based assessments – simulations and assessment centres) - Leadership/executive assessments including development centres - Design of simulations and development centres
Work Experience
Regional and Divisional HR Manager / Assistant Manager: Succession Planning
Regional and Divisional HR Manager (responsible for three regions) Assistant Manager: Succession Planning at Santambank, now called Bankfin, part of the ABSA / Barclays Group
Group Staffing Manager
Group Staffing Manager at United Bank, now part of the ABSA / Barclays Group
Staffing Manager
Staffing Manager at South African subsidiary of Barclays Bank Plc., a financial services company
Senior Consultant: Strategic Staffing / Executive Development
Senior Consultant at one of the largest financial services groups in South Africa
Managing Owner / Principal Consultant
Managing Owner of CAD, an HR Consulting Business (sole proprietor trading as Centre for assessment and development)
Education
BA, Psychology and History
BA Honours, Psychology
Masters in Counselling Psychology
Previously known as Rand Afrikaans University – RAU
Masters in Commerce (MCOM in Business Management) - equivalent to MBA
Previously known as Rand Afrikaans University – RAU