Coenie N.

Dr. Coenie is a passionate engineering and Project Management professional. He has more than 17 years of experience and exposure to various national and international infrastructure projects. After spending valuable project time with both engineering consultants and contractors, he decided to follow his passion, Project Management, and combine that with his talents, leadership and teaching, to follow a career in developing individuals and organizations to become more successful through applying the principles of Project Management, as well as managing various projects to successful completion on behalf of the client organizations.​Currently Dr. Nel is lecturing on various academic programs in Project Management as well as engineering management, both nationally as well as internationally. He runs his own company, consulting various organizations from various industries to become more successful in running and delivering their own projects, and also manage a team of Project Managers to assist in the delivery of successful projects. Dr. Nel also teach on various inhouse and open programs on the topic of Project Management, nationally and internationally, delivering various training certificates and accreditations in the area of Project and Engineering Management.​Dr. Nel is a PMI accredited Project Management Professional (PMP) and has facilitated on more than 85 Project Management programs, nationally and internationally, on various levels for more than 10 years. He has delivered various successful Project Management development programs (individual and organizational) in the private sector, with clients from industries such as the Petrochemical, Ship Building, General Subcontractor, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing, Design, Mining, and the Travel industry.​Dr. Nel completed his PhD research and graduated in 2019, proving mastery in Project Management, Project and organisation strategy, and the integration of these concepts. ​He also holds master’s degrees in both Business Administration (MBA) and Engineering (MSc.Eng Civil), as well as a baccalaureus degree in Civil Engineering (B.Eng Civil). ​Dr. Nel is a Professional Civil Engineer (PrEng, Engineering Council South Africa) and a Project Management Professional, (PMP, Project Management Institute, PMI).​Dr. Nel is not only passionate about his career but loves his family and love spending time in nature. He is a ultra marathon athlete, so he love spending time with friends on the road (between training courses) socializing while doing long-runs over the weekend.​