About Emarie van Schalkwyk
Emarie joined Partner Africa in 2017, prior to this she worked for a certification audit company in the agriculture industry for 11 years where she managed the certification and social compliance audit divisions. She has background knowledge and experience in a number of different standards and methodologies, including, SMETA, SIZA, WIETA, GRASP, Globalgap, BRC etc.
Emarie is the Head of Audits for Partner Africa and based in Cape Town, South Africa. She leads the audit team and activities in North, East, Central, West and Southern Africa. Emarie is responsible for providing the strategic direction of the audit programme, quality assurance and client relation management for all of Partner Africa audit clients. She is passionate about customer service with a mission to ensure that Partner Africa is the preferred audit company for Social Compliance Audits not because of the best rates but for delivering the best service.
Emarie has a background in Public Relations, Accounting, Business Administration and Management. She is a certified Train the Trainer and fluent in Afrikaans and English.
