Michelle Townsend founded Human Resources Matters (Pty) Ltd in 2024, to provide HR consulting services to the South African population. Michelle holds an honours degree in Psychology from the University of South Africa, and is a certified mindfulness practitioner, coach and counsellor. Michelle spent over 20 years in Human Resources, heading up HR teams across various industries and has worked for corporates such as Coca-Cola, Norton Rose, Europ Assistance South Africa, Nedbank, Wits University, Foregood, Amacor, Velocity Venture, to name a few, as well as consulting companies such as APSinc, Skillworx Africa, and wellness companies such as Healthi Choices and Mindfulness Matters. Michelle honed her HR, facilitation and coaching skills in these roles, and gained experience as an entrepreneur when she established various consulting firms, and co-founded APSinc, Skillworx Africa (Pty) Ltd and Mindfulness Matters (Pty) Ltd.

Michelle has a passion for people, HR and wellness, and is dedicated to assisting her clients with labour related issued, Policies and Procedures, HR interventions, projects and HR Management and administrative practices.  Michelle is registered with the SABPP and aligns to their HR Frameworks. 

Simon Townsend – Office Manager

Simon matriculated at Eagle House School, where he demonstrated strong leadership and was selected as a Student Council Member, achieved first place in Public Speaking Competition and had a keen interest in people. Simon completed C# Programming, as well as Counselling and Life Skills, Developmental Psychology and Academic Reading and Writing.

Simon is currently studying psychology with Cornerstone Institute and is continuously adding to his development by taking various related courses. Simon assists with administration and office management whilst he completes his tertiary education.

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