Brinton Spies:

Brinton Spies, General Manager: Human Resources at Transnet National Ports Authority.

Brinton is a seasoned HR professional who has extensive experience of both local and international operations. He has worked in a cross cultural setting mainly in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

His previous position was Head of Human Resources at Cisco Systems, responsible for the Sub Saharan Region, and Managing Director of Human Resources for Africa with Glenrand MIB, a financial services company. He has been a Principal Consultant in Organisational and Strategic Change who has been involved in a number of strategic transformation projects in a variety of public and private sector organisations. He is a registered Psychologist with a solid background in both education and human resources management which he brings to bear in all change projects he manages.

Brinton has also been the Head of the Department of Educational Psychology at the College of Education where he was responsible for training teachers and involved in the formulation of Education policy and strategy.