Meet the Team
Relocation Africa has an in-house, dedicated team of specialists, ready to engage with you and satisfy your Mobility, Immigration, Research, Remuneration, and Expatriate Tax needs across the continent of Africa.
Rene Stegmann
Director
MBA (Strategic Marketing) – Thesis on hurdles and costs relating to expats in Africa (2000); Qualified through Worldwide ERC with their Global Mobility Specialist (GMS) programme
Experienced Director with a demonstrated history of working in the Mobility, Research and Immigration industry. An Entrepreneur at heart, with a passion for Africa. Skilled in Negotiation, HR Consulting, Coaching, Deferred Compensation, and Sales. Strong professional with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) focused in Strategic Marketing from The University of Hull.
René has run Relocation Africa in South Africa for 25 years and has a passion in dealing with International Assignees on the continent of Africa. She has developed and delivered many programs and services as diverse as migration, cultural training, and destination services on the continent of Africa. She has further started a second company, Global Expatriate Management, operating internationally but focusing on the continent of Africa, which offers Policy Development, Cost of Living Surveys, Housing Surveys, International Payroll, and Payment management. This company is now merged with Relocation Africa and formed the Relocation Africa Group.
René is foremost an entrepreneur who has many diverse business interests, and contributes to both the local South African Remuneration Industry by sitting on their committee’s South African Rewards Association (SARA), as well as infusing the Worldwide ERC with some African exposure, which has been a rewarding experience. René has recently represented the Worldwide ERC EMEA committee (2005 – 2006), ERC Global Advisor committee (2007- 2008), ERC Editorial committee (since 2006), Author for the Mobility Magazine, Speaker at the Global Workforce Symposium 2007, and sits on the SARA International Mobility Group (IMG) committee. René is the president for The International Relocation Associates (TIRA).
Andrew Stegmann
Director
BSc Engineering (UCT) Relocation Africa Group
Andrew has been with Relocation Africa since 2002.
He qualified with a Civil engineering degree from the University of Cape Town in 1996 and went into the technology industry, becoming involved in database and web-system development.
In 1997 he joined Franklin Asset Management as the IT Manager and worked there for 3 years until 2000 where he started his own IT Consultancy business. He consulted to Coronation Asset Management for 18 months where he was involved in developing an online solution for integrating their clients’ offshore unit trusts with their local investments.
In 2001 he launched a business called GreenJAR which provided a solution for broker research dissemination into the South African Market. In April 2002 GreenJAR won the 2002 Microsoft TechEd Award for the Most Innovative use of XML globally.
In 2002 he joined Relocation Africa when he sold his stake in GreenJAR.
He qualified as a Principle Estate Agent in 2003 and in 2004 qualified as a Global Remuneration Practitioner through the World at Work.
Since 2002 Andrew has been managing the research and remuneration divisions of Relocation Africa. He is the Managing Director of the Group.
Marlyse Wood
Office Administrator
Marlyse has been in Administration since 1999. She initially worked for an FMCG Company as an Office Manager, after which she joined Relocation Africa in 2005. Marlyse oversees all the administration functions in the office, handles all financial matters such as client billings, accounts payable, and payroll, and is the PA to Andrew Stegmann, one of Relocation Africa’s Directors. In her spare time, Marlyse enjoys spending time with her family and friends.
Eloïse Williams
Mobility Lead
BA Languages (University of Stellenbosch)
Eloise Williams is a Client Account Specialist and has been with Relocation Africa since July 2013. She works as project manager, cultural trainer, language trainer, and translator. She is also a qualified corporate coach who specialises in providing support to assignees from all over the world to overcome and manage cultural differences to their advantage.
A University of Stellenbosch graduate, Eloise has lived and worked as an expatriate in many different countries and cultures over the past 20 years. She is passionate about language and communication, and facilitating these across language and cultural barriers.
Joy Jackson
HR Manager
Certified Train the Trainer (Swiss School of Tourism & Hospitality) Certified Service Culture Trainer (Italy, Florence) Certified in Excellent Service Delivery in the Mobility Context (MIM – Managing International Mobility) Currently finalizing certification in Advanced Counselling.
Joy’s diverse career history in various industries including but not limited to health & beauty, human resources, clothing, jewellery & five-star hospitality has always had her in the front line of managing high levels of customer service delivery. Her experience also includes a brief time as an entrepreneur where she started up and managed her own business in the food & beverage industry for 2 years, and this further highlighted her drive and passion for exceeding customer service expectations, despite the challenges in whichever industry she was operating in.
During her 8-year tenure at the Westin Hotel, Cape Town, (Starwood Hotels & Resorts) her high levels of dedication and service excellence was acknowledged and rewarded with an all expenses paid trip to the Swiss Hotel School of Tourism & Hospitality, where she gained further international exposure to service standards.
Upon her return, she was offered a position in Human Resources, as a trainer, focusing on delivering service culture and guest training to staff across the board, and gained further training experience in Florence, Italy to allow her to successfully roll out phase 2 of the programme to all hotel staff so as to ensure that international Starwood service standards were being met in Cape Town, South Africa.
During her last 5 years at Relocation Africa, Joy has successfully managed the recruitment of all Head Office staff, as well as the recruiting and training all part time consultants throughout Africa. Her passion and curiosity for “what makes people tick” has led her to embarking on a counselling course which has yet again upskilled her in
many other areas. Joy sets very high standards for the business, including strict compliance in the recruitment and training portfolio and consistently has her hand on the pulse of the team, ensuring the highest standards of service delivery for our assignees throughout Africa.
Nausheena Hoosain
Client Account Specialist
National Diploma Tourism Management (CPUT)
Whilst completing her last few months of her ND in Tourism Management at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Nausheena applied for a once in a lifetime opportunity to work in the world-renowned Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. She was granted this amazing opportunity, and held the title of International Cultural Representative, with the main focus of representing South Africa to guests, as well as overseeing the Food and Beverage Department within Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge. Walt Disney World instilled the high-end values and predominant client relations ethics of service excellence, which in turn became a core passion.
Nausheena continued to pursue her travel skillset and served as a both a Trainer and Customer Service Representative for KLM, Air France, and Delta Airlines. Nausheena joined the Club Travel Corporate Group in 2011 as a Corporate Travel Consultant, servicing major corporates by utilizing an Online Corporate Travel and Reconciliation Tool.
During her time at Club Travel, she was awarded many accolades for her role and customer service. She was then offered to partake in a Management course which, after completion, promoted her role to both a Corporate Travel Consultant and a Corporate Team Leader, overseeing a team of Corporate Consultants for a period of seven years.
Nausheena joined the Relocation Africa team as a Client Account Specialist in January 2019.
During her spare moments she loves to cook and bake, with the influence of watching TV shows such as Master Chef – she churns her own ice cream too – resulting in feeding her husband and son to a point that they can no longer move.
Chantelle Butcher
Client Account Specialist
Certificate, Project Management (USB)
BTech, Business Management (CPUT)
Diploma, Hospitality Management (Cape Town Hotel School)
Chantelle has in-depth knowledge of and experience in the hospitality and culinary industries. Completing a Hospitality Management Diploma at the Cape Town Hotel School in 2008 established the foundation for the enriched, decade-long journey through the industry. It is during this time that she completed her service intervals at the Cellars-Hohenort Hotel and the Mount Nelson Hotel. She obtained years of experience at 4- and 5-star properties in Cape Town. Chantelle established her career as one of the members of the opening team for the Taj Hotel, Cape Town in 2009 – on the eve of the 2010 Soccer World Cup. With a wish to branch out overseas, she embarked on a yearlong journey on the 6-star Silver Seas cruise ship in 2012. The experience taught her the true value of hard work, patience, and international hospitality standard practices.
Arriving back in Cape Town in 2013, she returned back to her first love. She challenged herself to a career change, moving into the events industry. Working for Urbantonic as their Staffing Manager provided the opportunity to invest her years of experience by enriching and developing the skills and knowledge of South African youth looking to enter the exciting industry.
She joined the Relocation Africa Mobility team in July 2019, as a Client Account Specialist.
In her spare time, she enjoys keeping up-to-date with international current affairs, and meeting new people. Chantelle believes that enriching your life through other people’s experiences adds value to your journey.
Tracy du Plessis
Immigration Specialist
National Diploma in Business Management and Human Resources (Northlink College)
A Director with demonstrated experience within the SA Immigration industry. A strong sense of ethics, focused on achieving beyond expectation results. Tracy has been with Relocation Africa for more than 16 years, prior to which, she worked at The Department of Home Affairs, for 13 years. She is also the Vice Chairperson of the Forum for Immigration Practitioners of South Africa, which is a self-regulated, SAQA accredited organization. She is an Immigration Practitioner specializing in South African Immigration services.