Profile

During his compulsory military training he taught at a college in the far northern Namibia. In 1979 Frans joined the Atomic Energy Board where he was involved in Research and Development. It was here that Frans obtained valuable laboratory experience. Two years later he took up a position as Chief Chemist at a lead manufacturing company. Soon afterwards he was promoted to the position of Production Manager. Two years later he took up the position of Plant Manager at an international German company. It was here that he obtained valuable general management experience in a.o. Germany, Austria, England and Sweden. He was later promoted to Works Manager. He was offered the position of General Manager, responsible for all aspects of the company’s business.

Some of his achievements were: halving the production time of some processes, developing veterinary products, obtaining record production output without compromising quality.

In 1990 Frans started his own consulting business. He specialized in the Occupational Health and Environmental aspects of business as an Approved Inspection Authority. He did however assist companies in other spheres of business as well (e.g. implementing a grading system, working off redundant chemicals, assisting companies in optimizing their production etc.) Frans has also on a couple of occasions acted as arbitrator in some technical disputes.