Ivor Blumenthal

Ivor Blumenthal is the CEO of Services Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA). His qualifications include a BA from Wits University and an Honours Degree in Clinical and Counselling Psychology from Rand Afrikaans University. He also has a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Hawthorne University, Utah, USA.

He has worked in HR and lectured at Wits University and at Greenwich University, London. He has also written numerous courses, short books and instruction manuals on subjects ranging from CV Preparation to an Overview of Industrial Relations for Managers and Practitioners.

Before joining the Services SETA, he was CEO of the Association of Personnel Service Organisations and a City Councillor until December 2000.

In addition, he also serves on a number of national bodies and committees, including:

•The Association of Industry Training Board Managers
•The South African Chamber of Business: Labour Affairs Committee
•The National Furniture Sector Forum
•Stellenbosch University Agricultural Faculty: Advisory Committee
•The South African City & Guilds of London: Advisory Committee
Blumenthal has recently been appointed as a subject matter expert of the Denmark delegation at the European International Social Dialogues.