Our Team
Duggie Cloete
Duggie holds M.Com Transport Economics Degree and is the TESS Founder and Managing Director. Duggie is a transport economist and has more than 30-years experience in the transport sector. More recently Duggie was the team leader responsible for the successful rollout of the Go George Operations.
Atwell Gadla
Atwell is the Provincial Manager in KwaZulu-Natal, responsible for all TESS Projects in the Province. Atwell has more than 25-years’ experience working in the bus industry specifically related to operations, scheduling, monitoring and general aspects related to bus operations.
Christina Gengan
Christina is part of the TESS Zululand team responsible for checking and verification of learner transport operations, compilation of monthly payment certificates and monthly meetings with the relevant learner transport stakeholders in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
Zamo Manquele
Zamo holds a Diploma in Road Transport Management and is part of the TESS Durban monitoring team responsible for the monitoring of mainstream bus operations in the Durban and surrounding areas. Her core functions are data capture, penalty verification and general administrative assistance.
Amanda Pretorius
Amanda is responsible for company-wide financial management as well as HR related aspects. Amanda has been part of the TESS team since the company was established and therefore has experience and knowledge in various work that TESS has been involved with over the last 26-years.
Shereen May
Shereen holds a Diploma in Road Transport Management. She is the TESS CTN office Manager responsible for the overseeing and management of the TESS projects in the Western Cape. Shereen has over 20-years’ experience working with bus companies, accident investigations and monitoring.
Petrus Ackerman
Petrus holds a B.Com Financial Management Degree and has been a transport operations and financial modelling specialist for more than 17-years. More recently Petrus has led the business into projects in new territories on the African continent including Namibia, Rwanda, Madagascar and Ghana.
Pumla Zulu
Pumla holds a National Diploma in Information Technology and is the team leader for the TESS Durban monitoring team responsible for both mainstream public transport and learner transport monitoring functions. She is responsible for the the verification of learner transport operations, compilation of monthly payment certificates and monthly meetings with the relevant learner transport stakeholders in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
Salome Burger
Salome holds a B.Com Transport Economics Degree and is based in the TESS Johannesburg (Roodepoort) offices and is a senior consultant responsible for various administrative functions, support and data analysis and monthly operator payment certificate compilation.
Sean Kalidin
Sean is based in TESS Johannesburg (Roodepoort) offices and holds a Diploma in Road Transport Management: Passengers. Sean has twelve years experience in the public transportation industry, government and private sector. Sean carries out the tasks and functions of a Senior Monitor and Admin Clerk.
Anéle Ackerman
Anele holds a Diploma in Commercial Law and is the team leader for the TESS Zululand monitoring team responsible for main stream and learner transport. She manages the verification of learner transport operations, compilation of monthly payment certificates and monthly meetings with the relevant learner transport stakeholders in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.