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Integrating infrastructure systems, spatial-economic development, and institutional capability to enable long-term resilience and transition.

Louis Boshoff is an internationally recognised infrastructure, asset management, and spatial-economic development specialist with more than 28 years of experience in infrastructure planning, infrastructure investment, urban and regional planning, institutional reform, and lifecycle asset management.

His work integrates infrastructure systems, spatial planning, economic development, governance reform, and long-term infrastructure sustainability into practical implementation and decision-making frameworks.

Louis is a Certified Senior Practitioner in Asset Management (CSAM), Certified Asset Management Assessor (CAMA), Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP), Project Management Professional (PMP), and Certified Public-Private Partnership Professional (CP3P-F). He holds a Master of Science Degree in Urban and Regional Planning, a Graduate Diploma in Asset Management, and is currently completing a PhD in Town and Regional Planning.

He was the lead developer of National Treasury’s Cities Infrastructure Delivery and Management System (CIDMS), a globally pioneering ISO/SANS 55001-aligned asset management system for metropolitan municipalities, and led the development of the Spatial Targeting, Precinct Planning and Catalytic Programme Development Toolkit for Metropolitan Cities under the Cities Support Programme of National Treasury.

Louis also authored various enabling instruments under the National Immovable Asset Management Framework for the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure and the CIDB, contributed to the International Infrastructure Management Manual, and has advised institutions including the World Bank, National Treasury, the DBSA, SALGA, metropolitan municipalities, utilities, and major mining companies.

In recent years, Louis has played a leading role in regional economic transition and post-mining planning initiatives in South Africa, including socio-economic impact assessments, transition pathways, catalytic infrastructure planning, and the development of regional transition frameworks for the Gamagara Mining Corridor.

He also served as South African Lead and Global Steering Committee Member for the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management’s Asset Management Landscape Version 3 initiative, and as Project Leader and Editor of the SAAMA Asset Management Body of Knowledge (AMBOK). In 2024, SAAMA awarded Louis both the President’s Award and Outstanding Achievement Award for these contributions.

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Connecting spatial planning, infrastructure governance & urban modelling to enable coordinated growth and sustainable regional transformation

Werner Fourie directs the i @ Consulting urban and regional planning unit. He is a Professional planner (Pr. Pln), Professional GIS Practitioner (Pr GISc),and a registered Project Management Professional (PMP), with more than 20 years’ experience in strategic as well as land use planning. His key strength lies in combining his understanding and experience of the built environment with technical and analysis skills using tools such as GIS to bring a unique perspective to urban and regional problem solving.

He employs spatial quantitative methods such as bid rent analysis and simulating property values under different conditions, gravity analysis to identify and rank spatial structuring elements, and simulating the impacts of various density levels on the built environment. Werner has made presentations on geographic information systems at a number of seminars across the country and is regularly invited as keynote speaker to conferences across South Africa.

Werner is considered a leading expert in the field of land use planning under the SPLUMA regime. He has been instrumental in drafting innovative land use schemes that (for the first time in South Africa) deals with the issue of informality. He furthermore actively seeks innovative tools to include in land use schemes with the aim of linking spatial planning and land use management. He is very active in the municipal environment and regularly interacts with officials in various departments (from town planning, infrastructure to financial departments). This interaction as well as the multi-disciplinary team at i @ Consulting (Pty) Ltd has led to him having n unique, integrated understanding of local government, its programs and datasets. Werner regularly gets invited to provide training courses for the planning industry and has presented courses on SPLUMA as well as Land Use Scheme guidelines.

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Professional Town & Regional Planner and emerging researcher driving sustainable urban development, spatial innovation, and community-focused planning solutions.

Dr. Olgah Lerato Malapane is a Professional Town and Regional Planner with over six years of experience in sustainable urban development, spatial planning, infrastructure planning, and environmental management. She holds a PhD in Geography and a Master’s degree in Sustainable Urban Planning and Development from the University of Johannesburg, and is professionally registered with SACPLAN.

At I @ Consulting, Olgah has led and supported a range of municipal planning, infrastructure, and policy development projects across South Africa, including Spatial Development Frameworks, precinct plans, asset management initiatives, and urban regeneration strategies. Her expertise spans spatial planning, land use management, stakeholder engagement, environmental planning, and strategic policy development, with a strong focus on sustainable and community-centred solutions.

An accomplished researcher and published author, Olgah’s academic work explores indigenous knowledge systems, sustainable environmental management, and landscape change. In 2023, she was recognised with the South African Council for Planners Top Young Planning Professionals Award in the private sector.

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Werner Welgemoed is a Director at i@Consulting with more than 29 years of professional experience in municipal infrastructure asset management, asset register development, and audit support within the South African public sector. He is a Certified Senior Principal in Asset Management (CSAM), Certified Asset Management Assessor (CAMA), and Certified PPP Professional (CP3P).

Werner brings a rare combination of technical accounting expertise and engineering-informed asset management practice — an integration that allows him to engage with both the financial and infrastructural dimensions of complex municipal challenges. This dual perspective underpins his work across the full asset lifecycle, from GRAP-compliant asset register development and audit preparation through to strategic asset management planning, capital investment frameworks, and long-term financial sustainability.

He has established a particularly strong track record in audit turnaround, including some of the most entrenched and long-standing cases in the sector. Since 2013, he has led and overseen programmes that have contributed to more than 73 unqualified audit outcomes on asset registers across municipalities of all sizes. At Mogalakwena Local Municipality, where the asset register had not achieved an unqualified audit outcome in over a decade, Werner led the intervention that secured the municipality’s first unqualified opinion in 12 years — a result that was sustained in the following financial year. Comparable turnarounds were achieved at Blouberg Local Municipality in 2025, and earlier at Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and the City of Polokwane, both of which moved from disclaimer to unqualified audit outcomes under his leadership.

Beyond audit recovery, Werner has directed some of the more ambitious asset management initiatives undertaken in South Africa. He was involved as a technical member for the development, and directed the subsequent updates of the country’s first ISO 55000-aligned Strategic Asset Management Plan at the City of Polokwane, developed and automated a Capital Investment Framework for Rand Water — the largest water utility in Africa — served as the technical lead on the development of a stakeholder register for the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL), and conducted an asset management maturity assessment for the Electricity Control Board of Namibia (ECB), spanning 32 energy generation, transmission and distribution licensees.

Werner has also contributed to the advancement of the asset management profession at an international level. He served on the Global Forum for Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) task team responsible for the development of the Asset Management Landscape (2024), one of the most widely referenced frameworks in the global asset management community. He further contributed as an author to SAAMA’s Asset Management Body of Knowledge (AMBOK), a foundational reference for asset management practice in South Africa. The authoring team received the SAAMA Asset Management Achievement Award in recognition of this work.

He holds a B.Compt from the University of South Africa, a Graduate Diploma in Asset Management, and a Graduate Certificate in Asset Management.

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Erina Otto is a director at i @ Consulting, responsible for data management, software development and valuation. She has more than 25 years’ professional experience within the built environment,  and is a Certified Senior Practitioner in Asset Management (CSAM), Certified Asset Management Assessor (CAMA), registered Project Management Professional (PMP) and Professional GIS Practitioner (Pr GISc).

During this time, she has fulfilled a variety of project management and specialist roles across a diverse range of sectors and disciplines, including infrastructure asset management, municipal property and valuation projects, spatial analysis, land audits and integrated municipal information systems. She also served on the Global Forum for Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) task team responsible for the development of the internationally recognised Asset Management Landscape 3rd Edition and contributed as an author to SAAMA’s Asset Management Body of Knowledge (AMBOK), for which the authoring team received the Asset Management Achievement Award.

Her experience includes involvement in numerous high-profile projects across South Africa, including GIS and data coordination for the 2010 FIFA World Cup projects for the Cities of Johannesburg and Tshwane, as well as the National Transport Master Plan for South Africa.

Erina has extensive experience in spatially and analytical projects, including accessibility and feasibility studies, housing and infrastructure planning support, urban regeneration initiatives and revenue enhancement analysis for municipalities and public sector organisations. She has also been involved in the development and implementation of infrastructure asset management plans, asset registers, valuation rolls, master plans and integrated municipal systems to support improved planning, governance and service delivery.

Erina holds a Master’s Degree in Real Estate and Property Management from Salford University, a Graduate Diploma in Asset Management from IQ-AM Australia, a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from the Wits Business School, a degree in Architecture from the University of Pretoria and a National Certificate in Facilities Management.