Dr Erna Fourie is a senior financial and management consultant registered with the South African Institute for Professional Accountants.  Her teaching encompasses a wide spectrum, ranging from "managing your personal finances" on the level of ABET to the supervision of doctoral and masters degree graduates. As a facilitator she has conducted numerous Leadership and Management Development programmes, Negotiating for Results, Transformational Conflict Management.  She has facilitated many different programmes for both government and commercial clients requiring a variety of skills and expertise.

Professional Background:
    
Erna started out as an Accounting and Business Economics teacher and went on to complete a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and completed this leg of her formal studies with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Accounting. 

She then qualified as a Professional Accountant and has always had a foot in the business world although she diversified by getting serious about education.  This led to a Bachelor of Education in Economic Sciences.  She went on to attain a Masters degree in Education with a focus on the teaching of Economic Sciences.  She completed her Educational studies with a Doctorate in Educational Management with the supporting field of study in Curriculum Design, Implementation and Development.

Based in South Africa, Erna was previously a Professor at the University of Johannesburg where she implemented Computer Based Education and headed the group who implemented virtual classrooms and Web Based Education.  In 1998 she resigned from a professorship to return to the corporate environment and is now in high demand as facilitator.

Relevant Experience:

As a curriculum and training specialist, Erna does extensive training in Project Management, Transformative Conflict Resolution, Managing Small Businesses and Computer Use in the Educational and Business environment.  She has facilitated a wide variety of People Development programmes including Finance for Non-Financial Managers, Negotiating for Results, Performance Management and Leadership and Team Building initiatives.

Key clients include national and international organisations such as Bader Leather, Gundle Plastics, Guest Resource Services, HR Solutions Ltd.and Department of Water Affairs and Forestry.

Erna has several publications in accredited journals, nationally and internationally and has read several research papers at national and international conferences.  She has co-authored a number of books and was editor-in-chief for a publication on Online Education.