SAVC | Webinar Invite: How Do I… Ensure My Para-Veterinary Facility Thrives? [WATCH RECORDING]

Subject: How Do I… Ensure My Para-Veterinary Facility Thrives? [Re-scheduled Date]
Speakers: Andrew Christie & Thami Mvunyiswa
Organizer: SAVC
Event Link: WATCH RECORDING

Webinar discussion points

Andrew will discuss

• Setting up a functional and efficient administrative system, including bookkeeping and recordkeeping
• Establishing relationships with suppliers and managing inventory
• Growth, which may be limited by factors such as funding, staffing, and facilities
• Having a solid business plan in place.

Thami will discuss

• Business registration requirements (Co registration with the CIPC and the SAVC Registration)
• Minimum requirements for registration of a facility
• Scope of Practice and challenges related to limitation of scope
• Challenges related to access to restricted medicines

Andrew Christie
Andrew was born in Johannesburg and, after matriculating at St Johns College, he elected to plunge straight into the business world while completing his BComm in both Business Management and Industrial Psychology through the University of South Africa. He has worked at a bank and a training company and has partnered with a bookshop. But it is the past 15 years that he has spent consulting to entrepreneurial businesses that he has found the most fulfilling. Andrew consults extensively on business issues to vet practices and other stakeholders within the veterinary profession, as well as conducting lectures on various aspects of business at Onderstepoort. His expertise with practice management in general and financial management in particular has made him a sought-after advisor on veterinary business issues, including practice valuations. He is the author of the forthcoming book, “Finance For Vets”, a guide to the financial management of veterinary businesses in South Africa.

Thami Mvunyiswa
Thami obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from UNISA and his Master of Laws (LLM) in Constitutional & Human Rights Law from The University of Johannesburg.

He is an admitted attorney of the High Court and is the deputy Director: Investigations, at the South African Veterinary Council (SAVC).