Gregory Bunyard originally developed the ‘Ka-Ching! Business Parenting’ concept through understanding the need for creating the necessary education in helping to create the much-needed entrepreneurial activity in South Africa.

His ideas have been researched and developed through books, websites and financial awareness courses as well as his own experiences. He believes that by creating a partnership between ‘Ka-Ching! Business Parenting’ the schools and the parent, then the child can learn the necessary skills to help achieve greater number of successful entrepreneurs.

He is particularly grateful to the co-author Midge Hilton-Green, previously headmaster of Bishops Preparatory School in Cape Town, South Africa. Hilton-Green was probably the first person to introduce entrepreneurship and financial awareness courses into a formal school curriculum in 1988, while he was Headmaster of Kingswood Junior School in Grahamstown, South Africa. He is an acknowledged international expert in this area and has received extensive newspaper coverage, appeared on television, interviewed on radio and quoted in a number of books and magazines. He has assisted many schools with their own courses; is a founder member of the 'Entrepreneurship Education Initiative' and was presented with a plaque at the 19th Annual Entrepreneurship Education conference in Salt Lake City in 2001, to acknowledge his contributions in this pioneering field.

Jason Bantjes is currently the School Counsellor at Bishops; the Chief Examiner for Economics with the Independent Examinations Board; and a part-time lecturer in Cognitive Psychology in the Department of Psychology at UNISA's Western Cape Learning Centre. In the past he has been a Housemaster at Michaelhouse and a lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Natal. He has published 6 textbooks and his current area of psychological research is masculinity and boys' emotional development.  He has attended numerous national and international conferences and has presented seminars and workshops on a range of topics pertaining to boys and masculinity, education, parenting and the mental health of adolescents.

The Ka-Ching! Foundation Team

Consultant: Jacqueline Taylor – Curriculum Advisor
To add the necessary curriculum experience to the Ka-Ching! Community Intervention initiative, Jacqueline (Jackie) Taylor has been included on the panel as Curriculum Advisor. Initially her focus will be to help schools understand exactly how Ka-Ching! is curriculum aligned and what outcomes the course covers. This very important task will help satisfy the requirements of the revised national curriculum statement from the Department of Education. She will be primarily responsible for overseeing school and teacher training.

Consultant: Midge Hilton-Green – Course Development

Consultant: Mrs Debbie Owen – Public Relations
Debbie will handle all the PR requirements for the project. She comes with extraordinary experience including being responsible for Safmarine’s public relations requirements, being in charge of the PR for Velokhaya http://www.velokhaya.com/ which is the awareness and fundraising vehicle for the Life Cycling Academy (LCA), a non-profit organization focused on introducing the sport of cycling to previously disadvantaged communities (PDCs) in South Africa.

The LCA was established in 2002 and its programs were initially limited to introducing competitive cycling to young children in some of Cape Town’s poorest communities.

Consultant: The South African Institute for Advancement
The mission of the institute is to provide a centre for reflection and to assist institutions, organisations and individuals to develop a professional approach to mobilising the support and resources required to advance their objectives and sustain initiatives. In so doing, the institute also promotes a culture of social investment, voluntarism and self-help, rooted in the African cultural heritage of sharing.

Trustees

Andrew Kirkman
Andrew is a qualified chartered accountant and partner at Kirkman Lanfear Inc. and holds a B Com. B Compt. (Hons), CA(SA). His extensive experience and valuable input will brings tremendous value to the team. He will focus on ensuring the sponsor’s investment complies with the budget.
 
Andre van Rensburg
Andre is an attorney and is employed by Fairbridges Attorneys in Cape Town and brings a wealth of business experience to the team. He is qualified with a BA (Hons) and a Masters in Law.

Gregory Bunyard
Gregory will act as project manager and co-ordinator for the Ka-Ching! Community Intervention Initiative. He is a business owner and entrepreneur and has a BCom from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa where he majored in Business Administration and Industrial Psychology and thereafter obtained an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School in Scotland. He has worked in Johannesburg, London and in the USA.