"From humble beginnings."
Experience, Qualifications and Achievements
Balbina Daes Pienaar
2020 - present
Deputy Executive Director (DED)
Ministry of Works and Transport.
Windhoek, Namibia
2013 - 2020
Ambassador
Ambassador Extraordinary Plenipotentiary: Harare - (Maputo, Antananarivo)
2010 - 2013
Deputy Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Works and Transport.
Windhoek, Namibia
2009 - 2010
Centre Manager
Komeho; Ongwediva
2004 - 2009
Chief Regional Officer
Omaheke Region, Gobabis
2000 - 2004
Manager
Economic Development Department: Luderitz
1996 - 1998
Freelance Management Consultant
Executive Director
1994 - 2000
Local Councillor
Walvis Bay -
Deputy Mayor
Chairman: Management Committee
1995 - 1998
Union Presidency
Local Governance
Chair/President of the association of Local Authorities in Namibia (ALAN);
Second vice president of the African Union of Authorities (AULA)
Third vice president of the International Union of Local Authorities (IULA)
1996 - 1999
Community Liaison Officer
(CLO) Swakopmund
1987 - 1998
Teacher
Arandis, Kuisebmund, Walvis Bay
1987-
Political/Community Activist
Namibia
1962-
Religion
Roman Catholic Church
2020
Academic Qualifications
Doctor of Business Administration - Atlantic International University (AIU), Honolulu, USA
1982 -
Exposure
Africa, Asia, Australia, America, Europe
.
Languages
Damara (khoe-khoe Gowab), English, Afrikaans