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Raj Seeparsad

Raj Seepersad

Raj Seeparsad is among the most experienced and well-respected Human Resource Practitioners in the Pietermaritzburg area and KwaZulu Natal.

He is a coach and mentor to several Human Resources Professionals and addresses HR Honours students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Pmb. & Durban and other institutions on a regular basis and presents papers at the Public Sector HR conference and other related conferences both locally and internationally.

Raj worked in a family business with a staff complement of about 900 workers for almost 28 years. He founded the company’s HR department and trained many HR Practitioners who are successfully employed throughout SA. He is currently employed as the Senior HR Manager for G.U.D. Holdings (Pty) Ltd in Pietermaritzburg who are component manufacturers in the automotive industry.

Raj has diplomas in Personnel Management, Industrial Relations, Human Relations and Advanced Labour Law. He is a registered Skills Development Facilitator and a member of the PMCB’s Management Board; past 2nd deputy president and member of the Executive Committee. Raj also represents the PMCB at the Department of Labour’s Stakeholders forum. He also serves on the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) stakeholder’s forum. He is the immediate past National President of the Institute of People Management (IPM) (SA).
He is currently the Vice-President of the African Human Resources Confederation (AHRC) and a member of the Management Board of the World Federation of People Management Associations (WFPMA)

Raj represented the IPM (SA) and AHRC at the World and related HR congresses/conferences in:

  • Singapore – 1996
  • Rio de Janerio, Brazil – 2004
  • Melbourne, Australia – 2006
  • Bangkok, Thailand – 2008
  • Mumbai, India – 2011. At this congress Raj chaired a session on the future of Human Resources. He was also bestowed with the Global Human Resources Leadership award – HR Leadership Award 2010/2011, one of 3 recipients from Africa to be recognized by the World Body.
  • Atlanta, Georgia, USA – 2012.
  • Raj had the IPM Fellow bestowed on him and received the HR Consultant of the Year award in 2001 and 2006 respectively. In 2008 he received the IPM’s (SA) Presidential award. In 2012 he received the Africa HR Leadership award.
  • Casablanca, Morocco – 2013 where he was elected VP of AHRC.
  • Mauritius – 2014 presented papers on HR Talent Acquisition and Retention at the Mauritius HR Conference.
  • Paris, France – 2015 board meeting of WFPMA.
  • Santiago, Chile – 2016 presented a paper on Global Trends in HR.
  • Mauritius – 2016 to 2017 – attended meeting of AHRC.
  • Mauritius – 2018 presented paper on Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the Mauritius HR Conference where countries like India, Brazil, South Africa, United Kingdom and America were present. He received the Presidential award from the Mauritius HR Institute.
  • Montreal, Canada – 2019 – presented the Africa report at the WFPMA board meeting.

As if long service to both his employer and the PMCB, IPM, AHRC and WFPMA is not demanding enough, he serves as an advisor to the various school Governing Bodies in the Northern areas and is involved with various other community organizations.