Frans obtained a Ph.D degree in Public Management (2004) from the University of the Free State. Frans has been consulting in the private - and public sectors during his career as a management consultant; specialising in training, facilitation, strategic and project management. Frans Minnaar has started his professional career in 1994, at the Free State Department of Health; working in managerial positions in a Financial Management capacity. He has been a management consultant, specialising in Municipal –and Public Management since 2003. Frans’s core specialities are Public –and Municipal Governance, Strategic –and Performance Management, Integrated Development Planning, Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation. Management Consultant: 2003-current Municipal Governance Public Management: Training: Public Servant: 1994-2003 Internal financial control Cost-efficiency of programs Liaison with the Office of the AG Budget Management Revenue Management Supply Chain Management Public Management Consulting 2003-Currently Frans has conducted management consulting projects at various public –and municipal institutions during his career as a Public Management Consultant. Integrated Development Planning Strategic planning Performance Management Enterprise Risk Management Organisational / Other Management systems

Employer: University of the Free State, Department of Public Administration and Management From January –June 2014, I have been fulltime employed by the UFS as a lecturer in Public Administration and Management. For the remainder of the period, the UFS’s has utilises my services and-and-when required by the academic programme of the Department of Public Administration and Management. I also provided study leadership to M. Admin., MPA –and Ph.D. students. Lecturer, Free State University: 19962017 Department of Public Administration and Management: Under-graduate, Honours, PostGraduate, Ph.D. and BML. Author / Co-author: Citizen Participation in Local Government Strategic and Performance Management in the Public Sector Public Management in the Information Age Contributions to academic journals and publications. Other projects / programmes: Project Manager: Public Sector Training (EMDP-AMDP, between the National School of Government and the UFS. Advisor and developer of course material: Namibian Institute of Public Administration and Management. Advisor and developer of course material: Free State Training and Development Institute. Learn more: Frans Minnaar has piloted various training and development programs during his career as a management consultant and university lecturer. He has taken this innovative skills and abilities to the business world by guiding and coaching entrepreneurs and owners of start-up businesses to evaluate business venture feasibility, and advise them about launching their businesses.

I have extensive experience in facilitating workshops for working adults, or for training purposes, across Africa, including: Facilitating strategic planning sessions Facilitating performance evaluation sessions Facilitate training workshops Facilitate IDP and SDBIP sessions to gather inputs for compiling strategic –and performance reports.