Mark Janse van Rensburg is husband to Shannon and father to Luke and Isabella. Mark loves sport (both participating and spectating) with a special affinity for rugby. This dates back to his early years of teaching where he coached high school sport, taught Mathematics, Business Economics and Physical Education. Mark finds the coaching and mentoring of young adults extremely rewarding and often he claims to have learned more from his students than they did from him.

Mark’s love for education was maintained long after he left the teaching fraternity and eventually resulted in him co-founding a skills development company with three partners. Today he is Managing Director of Kwelanga Training, which has a national footprint, and offers both short courses, accredited programmes and learnerships to employees. He is also co-founder of Trainers on Tap and he sits on the board of SmartStep, an E-Learning joint venture.

Mark is grateful for the opportunity to join the SAYes board where he hopes to make a positive contribution to the good work SAYes is doing in the community.