PERSONAL PARTICULARS

Title:                      Ms

Surname:                Van Renen

Full Name:              Elizabeth

Date of birth:          8 November 1967

Bilingual:                Good (English and Afrikaans)

Occupation:            Economist. Employed by the Department of Trade and Industry.

Postal address:

P O Box 2573

MONTANAPARK

0159

Phone number:       082 8291118

E-mail address:       elizabethvre@gmail.com

TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS

B.Sc Agric (1989, University of Stellenbosch)

B.Sc Agric Honours (Agricultural economics) (1990; University of Stellenbosch)

M.Sc Agric (Agricultural economics) (1997; University of Pretoria)

Masters in International and Development Economics (2000; University of Namur, Belgium)

INVOLVEMENT IN THE CAT FANCY

Southern Africa Cat Council:      past International Liaison Officer

Cat Fanciers Club of SA:            Committee member (Governing Council Delegate)

Siamese Breeders Group of SA:  past Committee member (Trophy Officer)

SA Council of Cat Judges:          past Chairperson

Cat Judges Incorporated:           past Chairperson

Breeding experience: I became involved in the cat fancy in 1979 when my mother started breeding Siamese. My own cattery (prefix: Siamlove) was registered in 1991, and I have been breeding Siamese and Orientals on a small scale and showing my cats since July 1991.

Judging experience: I stewarded at shows regularly since 1988. In 1996 I commenced a judge’s training course in the Siamese/Oriental/Balinese section and qualified in 1998. In 1999 I qualified in the Persian/Exotic section. I subsequently qualified in the four sections of the Foreign Group (2005 to 2007). I am currently a student in the Medium Hair section.

I have judged regularly at shows in South Africa since 1998. During 1999/2000, I judged on a number of occasions at shows of the European independent clubs in Belgium, France and Germany.

I am a member of the Cat Judges Incorporated panel, which is affiliated to the Southern Africa Cat Council (SACC).