Madaleen van der Walt

Madaleen van der Walt has a diverse work experience in marketing and human resources. Madaleen currently holds the position of Head of Marketing & Human Resources at Solarise Africa, where they are responsible for providing reliable and affordable decentralised energy solutions to businesses in Africa. Prior to this, they worked as a Director at Boost Business Consulting. Madaleen also served as the Chief Marketing Officer at Outsourced CTO. Madaleen has experience in digital strategy and social media, having worked as a Group Digital Strategist and Head of Social Media at BRAND et al. Madaleen has also held several roles at DuPont, including Global Social Media Manager, Social Media Leader for Europe, Middle East & Africa, and Corporate Communications Leader for Sub-Saharan Africa. Additionally, they worked as a Marketing Communications Manager at WirelessG, a Marketing Executive at Emerging Publications, and a Regional Marketing Manager at Resilient Property Income Fund Limited. Madaleen began their career as a Branding and Marketing Intern at Lions Rugby Company. Overall, their experience spans a wide range of industries and expertise in areas such as executive communications, thought leadership, media relations, and brand positioning.

Madaleen van der Walt's education history is as follows:

In 2003-2005, they attended North-West University / Noordwes-Universiteit and obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Communications.

In 2006, they enrolled at Vega School and completed a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in Brand Leadership.

In 2019, Madaleen attended the Cape Wine Academy, where they obtained a CWA Level 1 & 2 Certificate in South African Wine.

In 2020, they furthered their wine education at the Wine & Spirit Education Trust, earning the WSET International Level 2 Award in Wines.

Additionally, Madaleen holds several certifications. Madaleen completed the CISSP Certification Course - Certified Information Systems Security Professional at Udemy in September 2020. Madaleen also obtained an ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management System certification from Udemy in September 2020. Furthermore, they received the WSET International Level 2 Award in Wines from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust in 2020. Earlier, in 2019, Madaleen obtained the CWA Level 1 & 2 Certificate in South African Wine from the Cape Wine Academy. In 2015, they earned the Social Media All Stars - Silver certification from DuPont. In 2013, they obtained both the Strategic Communications certification from the International School of Communication and the Social Media All Stars - Bronze certification from DuPont. Additionally, in 2012, they completed the Effective Business Writing Techniques for Public Affairs course at Instructional Solutions and the Writing for Digital course at Quirk. In 2010, they acquired the New Buzz Marketing Tactics certification from Britefire. Finally, in 2018, they became a Tech Recruitment Certified Professional through Devskiller.