Riaan Van der Bergh

Deputy CEO at Federation of Governing Bodies of South African Schools (FEDSAS)

Speaker

Riaan serves as Deputy CEO of FEDSAS (Federation of Governing Bodies of South African Schools) and also leads the FEDSAS Centre for Technology and Centre for Finance and Risk Management. He has been with FEDSAS for 12 years and has contributed to publications on School Governance and Teacher training. He is a regular speaker on Education technology as well as general education matters at conferences and in the media. He has served as the SAELA (South African Education Law Association) Treasurer for the past six years. Riaan has contributed to various publications like Financial Management in Public Schools, Help, I’m a student teacher and Excellent Education and translated AI is here - are you ready into Afrikaans. He holds a post graduate degree in accounting and completed accounting articles with KPMG. Riaan is passionate about education and has devoted the past 14 years to research and consultation and advise on the sensible use of the tools of our time to better learning outcomes. He is married to Elsabe and has two children aged 16 and 15 and also serves on the governing body of his kids’ school.