Kim Filies has more than 20 years’ experience in the field of strategic and operational HR. Kim is no stranger to being an entrepreneur and has toggled between the corporate world and running several HR consulting businesses over the past 15 years. She is an internationally certified Agile for HR practitioner and holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Psychology from the University of the Western Cape. Kim’s expertise includes working across a variety of industries such as Information Technology, Retail, Supply Chain and Logistics, Academia either on special projects by augmenting existing HR teams with her expertise in organization development and change management or setting up and managing the entire HR function on behalf of clients. Kim also lectures at a post-graduate level on the topic of employment relations and has been assisting the University of Stellenbosch with the design and implementation of the Employment Relations blended learning module for their Post-Graduate Diploma in HR.

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