MEET OUR STAFF DURBAN Lizelle Tarboton - Personal Assistant to Andrew Patterson Lizelle joined Texmate Textiles in April 2005 having spent 10 years in the shipping industry. With two young sons namely: Tyler - 12 years and Kyle - 7 years, Lizelle keeps herself busy all the time! Married to Paul, the family enjoy participating in outdoor activities together, such as camping, Motor-X and gardening. Contact: ltexmate@iafrica.com   Nenika Nelson - Spare Parts Enquiries and Order Processing Nenika joined Texmate Textiles in March 2010, shortly after returning home from spending 4 years in London. Recently married to Wayne the couple enjoy spending time together renovating their new home, scuba diving, camping, hiking and reading. Nenika is responsible for all customer enquiries, quotations & orders. Contact: tex.mate@iafrica.com         CAPE TOWN   Peter T Fredericks - Spare Parts Co-ordinator 14 years experience in the Textile Industry employed at Maxmore Knitting Mills and SANS Fibres, prior to joining Intexma-Cape end March 2008. Competent on the Lonati 462 from development to end product. Peter has been married for 12 years and has two sons aged 11 and 9 years. His interests include fishing and watching rugby. Contact: peter@intexma-cape.co.za   Brenda September - Office secretary for 15 years controlling spinning and weaving spare parts department. Interests: Intexma and family (not sure which comes first) Contact: Brenda@intexma-cape.co.za   Colleen Grahn - Personal Assistant to John Wood and Kobus Bekker Colleen joined Intexma Cape in August 2007, after working for a leading Southern African textile, plastic and packaging machine agency since 1998. Colleen is married and has a young son. Besides her commitments to Urban Edge Church (Durbanville) her interests and hobbies include photography, scrapbooking, reading, spending time with family and friends and enjoys visiting the numerous attractions in the Cape on family outings and weekend getaways. Contact: Colleen@intexma-cape.co.za     JOHANNESBURG Claire Soper - Financial Administrator Claire was born in Surrey, England and emigrated to South Africa in the mid 1970’s. She attended Ace Secretarial College and obtained her Diploma in Secretarial /Administration Skills. She has been in the textile industry for the past eight years, where she furthered her studies and graduated with a Higher Diploma in Purchasing Management from UNISA (with 7 distinctions) in 2003, and is presently studying for her Business Degree.    Her interests are painting and ribbon work, for which she attends classes, and also cycles competitively. She serves on the Committee at a local Cycling Club. Contact: texmatejhb@tiscali.co.za   Crystal Affat - Personal Assistant to Peter Grigoratos Cris joined Texmate in 2007 and apart from performing general secretarial functions, also processes spare parts enquiries and orders. Cris holds a diploma in Office Administration. She has 2 children, Kiara aged 7 and Ethan aged 5. Cris enjoys swimming in her spare time. Contact: texmateadmin@tiscali.co.za