Project Manager: Spatial Development Initiatives,
Walvis Bay Corridor Group Gilbert Boois, is a Certified and Master International Project Manager, and a member of the International Academy of Project Management (IAPM) in Australia. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Workplace Transformation with the University of Manchester, UK. He also recently completed the Senior Management Development Programme (SMDP) with the Public School of Leadership of the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. He has over 19 years of hands on experience in planning infrastructure and industrial value chain projects, 10 years on planning and designing infrastructure master plans, and providing turnkey logistics solutions. Gilbert worked in public and private sector as Project Manager, chiefly responsible for infrastructure master planning, i.e. Logistics Master Plan for Namibia, Integrated Transport Master Plan of Namibia, Namibia Spatial Development Initiatives (SDI) Corridor Master Plan, Regional Industrial Value Chains, among others. He also serves on the Technical Working Committee for the Integrated Transport Master Plan of Namibia, Steering Committee for the Logistics Master Plan of Namibia, Advisory Board of UNIDO Bush-processing Value Chains in Namibia, Steering Committee of GIZ Bush Control and Biomass Utilization Project in Namibia, NGCL Curriculum Advisory Board, and National Trade Facilitation Committee.
While working for the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG), he gained extensive experience on project planning and development, project design and project finance, feasibility and other techno - economic studies, facilitate turnkey logistics solutions for project cargo owners, value chain analysis, industrial clustering, special economic zones, supervising consultants, advising government on infrastructure and industrial development.