Dr Trevor Woodburn

Pr.Eng, B.Sc (Eng) (Natal), M.Sc (Eng) (Wits)

MBA (Cape Town), Ph.D. (Comm) (Wits)

Dr. Trevor L Woodburn, is the Non-Executive Chairman, former Chief Executive and founding member of Woodburn Mann (Pty) Limited which was established in 1982. He has accumulated extensive experience in executive search for Non-Executive Chairmen, Chief Executives, Managing Directors and Senior Directors/Managers, across a wide range of disciplines and organisations in Southern Africa, including HDSA appointments across this spectrum for both private and public organisations. He has had over twenty-eight years of experience assessing senior executives, in particular for top executive succession planning, in all sectors of the economy as well as the profiling and appraisal of Boards of Directors.

In addition to the above, Trevor Woodburn has international experience in management consulting assignments, strategic business planning, holistic corporate audits and the restructuring of multi national organisations gained on four continents. Individual assessments and the counselling of senior executives also form an integral part of his expertise.

Prior to forming Woodburn Mann (Pty) Limited, Trevor Woodburn spent twenty years in various senior executive positions in the telecommunications, electrical engineering and electronic industries in South Africa culminating in the position of Chief Executive of the South African subsidiary of a major electrical engineering multi-national corporation.