SAUFT’s Organisational Structure

SAUFT will operate as a registered South African Trust.  Its formal organisational chart appears on the next page and reflects staffing plans that will be in effect by April, 2007.  In some cases, however, the number of individuals serving in certain roles will increase as programme activities and resulting workloads increase.  Please note the following:

First, SAUFT will be governed by a Board of Directors (see page 4) that works closely with Kevin Chaplin, the Managing Director.  Eventually Kevin will have three Programme Cordinators and the CEO of the Entrepreneurship Academy reporting directly to him.  But in the early stages of 2007 only one of these Coordinator positions will be filled to cover the UCD, UBN, and UBS programmes.  The others will be brought on board as these initiatives grow.  An Administrative Assistant for these Coordinators will be hired early in 2007.

Second, major responsibility for the content, quality, and impact of all of the SAUFT programmes and the Academy will lie with a seven-person Programme Design and Review Committee consisting of Kevin Chaplin, Prof. Fatima Abrahams, Dr. William Spady, the CEO that is hired to run the Academy, a training expert, and two practicing entrepreneurs.  This Committee will liaise directly and continually with the UCD programme’s Coordinator and instructors, and with the Academy’s CEO, Training Coordinator, instructors, and mentors/coaches. 

Third, the operations of the Academy will be directed by a CEO, to be appointed by the end of January, 2007.  This individual will be responsible for both the administrative efficiency and programmatic success of all four aspects of the Academy (see the diagram and text on pages 10 and 11 for elaboration).  Because of the major workload involved in establishing, coordinating, and sustaining the many dozens of instructors and mentors/coaches on whom 

the Academy’s success depends, the CEO will have a Financial Coordinator and a Programme Coordinator working directly under her/him.  In addition, a Support Staff of two persons will initially assist them, but this number will grow to four and six as the Academy expands in 2008 and 2009 respectively. 

Fourth, because gaining access to funding for new business start ups is a key, unique feature of the Academy, this area of its operations will have a full-time Coordinator devoted to developing these necessary arrangements.