Reward Partners is not your ordinary consulting firm. We stand for excellence driven by passionate individuals who believe that there is no substitute for exceptional quality and professional delivery. Our goal is to ensure that any business that uses our services and products is enabled and supported to address the challenge and implement the right solution.
Addressing reward issues has become an essential part of doing business and managing remuneration is no longer merely a sub-function of Human Resources. Any decision on remuneration and benefits now weighs more heavily in terms of its impact on business performance and this is exacerbated by stronger organised labour efforts, local and international governance requirements, shareholder sentiment and socioeconomic factors which significantly impact business and the talent that keeps it alive.
It is therefore crucial to rethink the value proposition to employees within your business. As the commercial world evolves and changes, so does business, and consequently so should any reward strategy and total reward program. The influx of younger generations in the workplace, diverse employee demographics and an emerging “on-demand” economy places question marks on typical, standardised approaches to remuneration and benefits management.
It is therefore imperative to do things better, thus continuously enhancing the employment value proposition, because without your employees there is no business.
OUR PARTNERS
Pierre Marais
Co-Founder and Partner
Pierre holds a Master of Arts Degree and a Post Graduate Diploma in Labour Law. He is also a certified Global Remuneration Professional with the World@Work Society and a member of the IPM and SABPP. He has 30 years’ experience in Human Capital and Total Reward Management practice across all industries and sectors including government and NGOs, both locally and in sub Saharan Africa. His experience was gained in both a corporate and consulting environment, which has provided him with an understanding of the reward discipline from both sides. He has provided reward advisory services to leading listed companies and serves as an independent expert member on the Remuneration Committee of two medical schemes. Pierre has presented numerous papers at seminars and conventions, including the Gordon Institute of Business Studies, University of the Free State and Mauritius Society of HR Professionals. He is also the author of numerous training manuals on remuneration management and has presented training sessions to both local and sub Saharan African clients and consultants.
Johlene van der Linde
Co-Founder and Partner
Johlene holds a Bachelor of Commerce Honours (Cum Laude) in Industrial Organisational Psychology, is a Reward Specialist Practitioner, member of South African Reward Association (SARA) and is currently the Deputy Chair on the SARA Conference and Reward Awards Committee. She has over twenty years’ of Payroll, Human Resource generalist and Reward experience across various industries and sectors, both locally and in sub Saharan Africa. She commenced her career in a corporate environment, gaining many years’ experience in both Payroll and Human Resources practice. She has been a Reward consultant for 9 years, advising on a broad spectrum of remuneration and benefits projects. Her experience ranges from the general reward issues to specialist Excel-based and web-based solutions and she is particularly adept at creating customised user friendly reward management dashboards to address a wide range of client needs. She has previously served as a trustee on a company in house pension and provident fund and has an in-depth understanding of trustee responsibilities in terms of good governance and oversight.
Paul Marais
Co-Founder and Partner
Paul holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree and Advanced Diploma in Labour Law. He is a certified Global Remuneration Professional with the World@Work Society and a member of the South African Reward Association (SARA). He was instrumental in the establishment of a SARA branch in Port Elizabeth. He was also the author of the first SARA accredited training course on basic remuneration management. He has co-authored annual international publications on local conditions of employment for Mercer HR consulting and has written subject-specific articles for various discipline related publications. Paul has been working in the reward space for 9 years on various remuneration and expatriate management projects for clients ranging from small enterprises to large multinational organisations both locally and in sub Saharan Africa. He has provided reward management training to clients and fellow consultants. He has advised several Remuneration Committees and currently serves as an independent expert on the Remuneration Committee of the University of Mpumalanga.