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About ICS

Outsourced and fractional HR for South African small to medium-sized businesses.

ICS was founded in Cape Town in 2017. Our HR executives have each spent 20 years or more running HR inside real businesses, in South Africa, across Africa and overseas. Today we give small and medium-sized businesses that same senior experience, for the hours they actually need.

Since 2017 Cape Town head office, Johannesburg presence
4 HR executives Each with 20+ years in HR, IR or labour law
CCMA-tested Disciplinaries, grievances and representation
Global depth Experience with brands like Coca-Cola, DHL and Toyota

Our people

The people you'll actually work with.

Every ICS HR executive has run HR inside real businesses, locally, across Africa and overseas.

Barbara Henshilwood
Recruitment and Labour Law

Barbara Henshilwood

25 years in HR, with qualifications in HR management, industrial relations and labour law. Barbara matches what a business needs to the right people and the right solution.

Mark Meredith
HR strategy

Mark Meredith

Operations and HR leadership in food and pharmaceuticals, then 20+ years in recruitment and managed services globally and in South Africa, including Australasia, Canada and the UK. Strategic and hands-on HR consulting.

Marianne Steyn
Labour law & governance

Marianne Steyn

30+ years across strategic and generalist HR, specialising in labour law, governance and complex employee relations. Deep experience in financial services, FinTech and start-ups.

Caron Webb
Employee & labour relations

Caron Webb

22 years as an HR generalist with a strong record of resolving conflict and winning cases at the CCMA, including in unionised environments.